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glandular, flower stalks pubescent; fruits pear-shap- 

 ed, about % inch long and 1 / 3 inch wide, dark 

 orange-brown. 



97. Crataegus senta Beadle. Rough Thorn. 



Closely related to C. flava; fruit globose, bright 

 red. Abandoned fields and open pine woods near 

 Asheville at an elevation of about 2,200 feet. 



98. Crataegus aprica Beadle. Sunny Thorn. 



Closely related to Crataegus flava; found in sunny 

 exposures on the mountains. The fruits are globose, 

 %-% inch in diameter, red or orange red, and 

 marked with many small dark dots. There are 10 

 stamens instead of 20 as in C. flava, and the anthers 

 are yellow rather than purple or pink. 



99. Crataegus spathulata Michx. Spatulate Thorn. 



Leaves spatulate to oblanceolate, %-!% inches 

 long, %-% inch wide, toothed, often three lobed at 

 the end, dark green, slightly hairy when young, but 

 smooth at maturity ; flowers many in a cluster ; fruits 

 globose, small, % i ncn or ^ ess in diameter, red. Usu- 

 ally near the banks of streams or swamps or low de- 

 pressions in pine woods. 



100. Crataegus Marshall!! Eggl. [C. apiifolia Michx.] 



Parsley Haw. 



Leaves broadly ovate or orbicular, %-!% inches 

 in diameter, jagged toothed, and with 5-7 deep nar- 

 row clefts, leaves and twigs softly tomentose when 



