LONG-SPINE HAW (Cratasgus macracantha, Koehne). 10 

 to 15 feet. Small tree, or spreading shrub. Thorns numer- 

 ous, slender, curved, 3 to 4 inches long, very sharp, shiny. 

 Leaves rhomboidal to ovate, acute at both ends, saw-toothed, 

 lobed, dark green, leathery, lustrous, with stout, red petioles. 

 Flowers in May, in velvety, broad clusters, stamens 10, with 

 yellow anthers. Fruit in September, soon falling; globular, 

 pea-size, crimson, dry. Dist.: Montreal through New Eng- 

 land, and south to eastern Pennsylvania; west to Illinois and 

 Wisconsin. Haw with longest thorns. 



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