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1. Crataegus Crus-galli Linnaeus. COCK-SPUR THORN. NEW- 

 CASTLE THORN. Plate 77. Bark dark gray, scaly; spines many, strong, 

 straight, 3-18 cm. (1-7 inches) long; leaves obovate to elliptical, 2-10 

 cm. (%-4 inches) long, 1-4 cm. (^-1^2 inches) wide, sharply serrate, 

 except towards the base, acute or rounded at the apex, cuneate, dark 

 green and shining above, coriaceous, glabrous or occasionally slightly 

 pubescent; petioles slightly winged above, glandless, 1-2 cm. (%-% 

 inch) long; corymbs glabrous or occasionally pubescent, many flowered; 

 flowers appear in May or June, about 1.5 cm. (% inch) \vide; stamens 

 10-20; anthers usually pink; calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, entire; 

 styles and nutlets usually 2; fruit ripens in October, ellipsoidal -ovoid 

 to subglobose, about 1 cm. (% inch) thick, greenish to red; flesh hard 

 and dry, rather thin. 



Distribution. Northern New York to Ontario, eastern Kansas 

 and south through western Connecticut to Georgia and Texas. Intro- 

 duced near Montreal, about Lake Champlain and Nantucket Island. 

 Well distributed in Indiana (but apparently more common in the south- 

 ern part of the State). 



A small tree, sometimes 10 m. (35 feet) high, with spreading branches 

 and a broad crown; but often a large shrub. This is a variable species 

 and has received many names. 



I have seen specimens from the following counties: Allen (Beam); 

 Crawford (Beam) ; Bearborn (Beam) ; Becatur (Mrs. Chas. C. Beam) ; 

 Belaware (Beam); Bubois (Beam); Franklin (Beam); Gibson 

 (Schneck), (Beam); Grant (Beam); Hancock (Mrs. Chas. C. Beam); 

 Jackson (Beam); Knox (Schneck); Lawrence (Beam); Marion (Mrs. 

 Chas. C. Beam); Posey (Beam); Owen (Grimes); Randolph (Beam); 

 Scott (Beam); Tippecanoe (Beam); Vermillion (Beam); Vigo (Blatch- 

 ley); Washington (Beam); Wells (Beam). 



2. Crataegus cuneiformis (Marshall) Eggleston. (C. pausiaca 

 Ashe). MARSHALL'S THORN. Plate 78. Bark dark brown, scaly; 

 spines numerous, 2-18 cm. (%-7 inches) long; leaves oblanceolate- 

 obovate, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, serrate or doubly serrate 

 3-6 cm. (y<2r\.y<i inches) wide, dark vivid yellow-green, glabrous and im- 

 pressed veined above when mature, subcoriaceous ; petioles 1-2 cm. 0/g-% 

 inch) long, slightly winged above; corymbs usually slightly pubescent, 

 many flowered ; flowers appear in May, 1.2-1.5 cm. (^2-% inch) wide; 

 calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, entire; stamens, 10-15; anthers dark 

 pink; styles and nutlets 2-4; fruit ripens in October, ellipsoidal-pyriform, 

 scarlet or dark red, about 8 mm. (% inch) thick, flesh hard, thick. 

 Distribution. Western New York and Pennsylvania to south- 

 western Virginia, west to central Illinois. 



