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ing on the branches until late in the winter. The best hawthorn 

 for hedges. Quebec to Manitoba, N. H., Fla., Tex., and Ohio. 



2. Crataegus brevispina (Dougl.) Farw. Black Haw- 

 thorn. A small tree. Leaves obovate, unequally serrate or 

 somewhat lobed, cuneate or narrowed at the base. Mich., to Br. 

 Col., Colo., and Ore. 



3. Crataegus punctata Jacq. Dotted Hawthorn. A 

 shrub or small tree with horizontal wide-spreading branches. 

 Leaves obovate, slender-petioled, irregularly serrate or serrulate. 

 Fruit somewhat edible. Quebec and Ont., to N. H., Ga. and 

 Iowa. Ohio. 



4. Crataegus cordata (Mill.) Ait. Washington Haw- 

 thorn. A tree with slender thorns. Leaves broadly ovate, gen- 

 erally sharply 3-7-lobed and serrate. A very desirable species for 

 cultivation. Va. to Ga., Ill, anl Tenn. Also from N. J. to Ohio. 



5. Crataegus eggerti Eritt. Eggert Hawthorn. A small 

 tree growing in dry soil. Leaves ovate-orbicular, dull green 

 above, pale beneath, sharply and irregularly serrate or somewhat 

 lobed. Io\^a to Mo. and Kan. 



6. Crataegus oxyacantha L. English Hawthorn. A 

 shrub or small tree with numerous stout thorns. Leaves broadly 

 ovate or slightly obovate, sharply 3-7-lobed. Sparingly escaped 

 from cultivation. Ohio. 



7. Crataegus viridis L. Green Hawthorn. A small tree 

 often without thorns. Fruit persisting into the winter. Leaves 

 ovate to lanceolate or somewhat obovate, sharply serrate, and 

 somewhat lobed. ]\Io. and Kan. to Tex., S. Car., and Fla. 



8. Crataegus coccinea L. Scarlet Hawthorn. A shrub 

 or small low tree with crooked spreading branches and short stoui. 

 thorns. Leaves broadly ovate or orbicular, sharply incised and 

 serrate, teeth gland-tipped. Fruit somewhat edible. Of consid- 

 erable decorative value. Petioles with glands. Newf. to Man., 

 Fla., Tex., and Ohio. 



9. Crataegus rotundifolia (Ehrh.) Borck. Glandular 

 Hawthorn. A shrub or small tree, the petioles with glands. 

 Leaves oval, ovate, obovate, or nearly orbicular, incised-serrate 



