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6. Cratzgus neo-fluvialis Ashe. New River Tuorn. Plate 85. 
Bark grayish; spines numerous, 2.5-8 cm. (1-3 inches) long; leaves 
elliptical-ovate to obovate, 2.5-8 cm. (1-3 inches) long, 2-6 em. (34 
214 inches) wide, acute or obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base, 
sharply and doubly serrate, with obtuse or acute lobes towards the 
apex, coriaceous, dark green and shining above, pubescent along 
the veins beneath; petioles 1-2 em. (?%-34 inch) long, slightly winged 
above; corymbs and calyx-tubes glabrous or slightly villous, many- 
flowered; flowers appear in May, 1.2-1.6 em. (14-2/3 inch) broad, 
stamens 15-20, anthers usually pink, small, styles and nutlets usually 
2 or 3, calyx lobes more villous on the inside, lanceolate-acuminate, 
glandular-laciniate; fruit ripens in September, globose or short ellip- 
soidal, dark red, 4-12 mm. (14-!% inch) thick, glabrous or slightly 
hairy; calyx lobes reflexed, flesh thin, glutinous; nutlets with deep 
pits on the inner faces. 
Distribution. Western Vermont to eastern Wisconsin, Iowa and 
south in the Alleghenies to North Carolina. 
A small tree sometimes 9 m. (30 feet) high, with ascending and 
spreading branches. 
Specimens have been seen from Wells County (Deam). 
7. Cratzegus Calpodendron (Ehrhart) Medicus. Prar-rHorn. 
Pear oR Rep Haw. Plate 86. Bark pale gray to dark brown, 
furrowed; spines occasional, slender 3-5 cm. (114-2 inches) long; 
leaves rhombic-ovate, 4-11 em. (114-4/% inches) long, 3-8 em. (1144-3 
inches) wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, finely and doubly 
serrate, those on the vegetative shoots obtuse and more entire 
than the others, pubescent on both sides, becoming scabrate above, 
subcoriaceous, dull green above; petioles about 2 em. (%4 inch) 
long, wing margined, glandular hairy; corymbs white-tomentose, 
many-flowered; flowers appear in June, about 1.5 em. (2/3 inch) 
broad, stamens about 20, anthers small, pink, styles and nutlets 
usually 2 or 3, calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, glandular-lacin- 
iate; fruit ripens in September, pyriform to ellipsoidal, orange-red 
or red, 8-10 mm. (1/3 inch) thick; calyx lobes reflexed; flesh glu- 
tinous, nutlets with deep pits in their inner faces. 
Distribution. Central New York, northeastern New Jersey to 
Minnesota and Missouri and south in the mountains to northern 
Georgia. 
A large shrub or occasionally a tree 6 m. (20 feet) high, with 
ascending branches forming a broad crown. 
Specimens have been examined from the following counties: Mar- 
ion and Posey (Deam); Putnam (Grimes); Wells (Deam). 
