HOG'S HAW; POMETTE BLEUE (Cratcegus brachyacantha, 

 Sarg. & Engelm.). 40 to 50 feet. Handsome tree with com- 

 pact, round head of stout gray branches. Thorns numer- 

 ous, short, stout, curved. Leaves rhomboidal to lanceolate, 

 lustrous, dark green, 1 to 2 inches long, sometimes irregularly 

 lobed, coarsely saw-toothed, tapering to wedge-shaped base, 

 and short, stout petiole; apex acute or rounded. Flowers 

 small, in broad clusters, petals orange-colored as they fade; 

 stamens 15 to 20. Fruit in August, flattened, globular, 

 bright blue, with pale bloom. Dist.: Arkansas to western 

 Louisiana and to Sabine River Valley, Texas. Only blue- 

 Vuited hawthorn. Handsome ornamental tree. 



Illustration from Prof. Sargent's "Silva of North America. 1 ' 



