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above, membranaceous, petioles 1-3 cm. (%%-114 inches) long, 
slightly winged; corymbs slightly pubescent, becoming glabrous, 
5-12 flowered; flowers appear in May, 1.5-2 em. (4-5/6 inch) 
wide, stamens about 20, anthers yellow, styles and nutlets usually 
2, calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, slightly pubescent inside; 
fruit ripens in October, dull rusty green, yellow or red, compressed- 
globose to short-ellipsoidal, angular, 8-15 mm. (14-2/3 inch) thick, 
flesh-yellow, mealy, hard, thick, calyx lobes reflexed, deciduous. 
Distribution. Southern Ontario to central Iowa, western Vir- 
ginia, Tennessee and Missouri. Known in Indiana only from the 
northern part of the State. 
A small tree sometimes 8 m. (25 feet) high, with spreading 
branches. 
Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Cass 
(Mrs. Ida Jackson); Delaware, Fulton, Steuben and Wells (Deam). 
5. Crategus succulenta Schrader. Lone-sprnep THoRN (C. 
macracantha Loddiges). Plate 84. Bark gray; spines numerous, 
strong, 3-10 em. (11%-4 inches) long, chestnut-brown; leaves rhom- 
bic-ovate to obovate, 3-8 cm. (114-314 inches) long, 2.5-6 em. (1-214 
inches) wide, acute at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, serrate 
or doubly serrate with fine teeth, often lobed towards the apex, 
coriaceous, dark shining green above, pubescent along the veins 
beneath; petioles 1-2 em. (%4-34 inch) long, slightly winged above; 
ecorymbs slightly villous, many-flowered; flowers appear in May, 
about 2 em. (*%% inch) broad, stamens 10-20, usually 10, anthers 
pink or occasionally yellow or white, large, styles and nutlets usually 
2 or 3, calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, glandular-laciniate, villous; 
fruit ripens in September, subglobose, 5-15 mm. (14-2/3 inch) 
thick, dark red, shining villous, calyx-lobes reflexed, flesh thin, glu- 
tinous; nutlets with deep pits on the inner faces. 
Distribution. Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Nebraska and south 
in the higher Alleghenies to North Carolina and in the Rocky 
Mountains to southern Colorado. As yet reported only from 
northern to central Indiana. 
A small tree sometimes 6 m. (20 feet) high, with ascending 
branches and a broad, irregular crown; more often, however, a large 
shrub. 
Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Cass 
(Mrs. Ida Jackson); Fulton (Deam); Noble (Van Gorder); Putnam 
(Grimes); Wells (Deam). 
Horticultural uses. Highly ornamental for parks and hedges 
from the abundant flowers, dark green shining leaves and its dark 
red shining fruit. 
