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slightly villous, becoming glabrate, dark yellow-green above, mem- 
branaceous; ‘petioles slender, 2-3 em. (14-1!4 inches) long, slightly 
winged above; corymbs glabrous or slightly villous, many-flowered; 
PLATE 8&9, 
CRATAGUS MACROSPERMA Ashe. VARIABLE THORN. (xX#3.) 
(GEM Wiceexcel) 
flowers appear in May, 1.5-2 cm. (14-34 inch) broad, stamens 
5-20, usually 5-10, styles and nutlets usually 3 or 4, calyx lobes 
lanceolate-acuminate, entire; fruit ripens in August or September, 
ellipsoidal or pyriform, scarlet to crimson, often glaucous, 1-1.8 
