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CRAT^GUS 



margins are beautifully cut up into narrow, triangular lobes J to | in. deep, 

 each lobe with a long, slender, very sharp point, and with slender, sharp teeth ; 

 the young shoots are soon quite smooth, and the leaves are only downy above 

 for a short time. Stamens fifteen to twenty. Fruit red. (See fig.) C. coccini- 

 oides has similarly shaped leaves, downy on the veins beneath. Stamens 

 twenty. Fruit dark crimson. 



C. CORDATA, Aiton. WASHINGTON THORN. 



An elegant tree up to 30 ft. high, with a slender trunk supporting a dense, 

 rounded head of leafy branches ; young shoots slender, smooth ; thorns sharp, 

 slender, up to 3 ins. long, sometimes branched. Leaves triangular, broadly 



CRAT^EGUS ACUTILOBA. 



ovate, heart-shaped or slightly rounded at the base, pointed, often lobed 

 towards the base, sharply toothed ; i to 3 ins. long, f to 2% ins. wide ; of a 

 vivid lustrous green, and smooth except when first expanded ; stalk up I in. 

 long. Flowers white, -^ in. across, produced during July in terminal and 

 axillary corymbs 2 to 3 ins. wide. Calyx and flower-stalk quite smooth ; 

 stamens twenty ; anthers pink ; styles two to five. Fruit scarlet, orange- 

 shaped, | in. diameter, persisting on the tree until spring. 



Native of the eastern United States ; introduced in 1738. This handsome 

 species is one of the most distinct of all the thorns. It flowers the latest of all 

 the better-known kinds, and its small, bright fruits are beautiful through the 

 winter. 



C. CRUS-GALLI, Linnczus. COCKSPUR THORN. 



A small, usually more or less flat-topped tree, with spreading, often 

 horizontal branches ; young shoots quite smooth ; thorns rigid, i to 3 ins. 



