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TREES OF MINNESOTA. 



Plate 42. Crataegus tomentosa. Black Thorn. 



1. Flowering branch, one-half natural size. 2. Longitudinal section of 

 flower, natural size. 3. Fruiting branch, one-half natural size. 5. Cross sec- 

 tion of fruit, natural size. <5. Part of fruit showing seed, natural size. 7- 

 Branchlet showing winter buds, one-half natural size. 8. Summer shoot showing 

 stipules, one-half natural size. 



face. Flowers i inch broad, produced in broad, leafy, pubes- 

 cent, slender-branched cymes appearing in June. Fruit pear- 

 shaped but occasionally globose, dull red, half an inch in 

 diameter and erect on the branches. A small tree occasion- 

 ally 15 feet high with a straight trunk and spreading branches 

 making a flat-topped tree or often a shrub with many 

 straggling stems. 



Distribution. From New York to Minnesota, south to 

 Georgia and Texas: not known to be common in many 



