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em. (1/3-34 inch) thick, flesh succulent, edible, calyx lobes persist- 
ent, erect or spreading. 
Distribution. Nova Scotia and Maine to southeastern Minnesota 
and south in the mountains to North Carolina and Tennessee. 
Usually a large shrub but occasionally a small tree sometimes 8 
m. (25 feet) high, with ascending branches. 
Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Clark, 
Fulton, Madison, Porter, Shelby and Wells (Deam). 
11. Crategus Jesupi Sargent. Jrsup’s THorN. Twin Moun- 
TAIN THORN. Plate 90. Bark grayish-brown; spines stout, straight, 
2-4 em. (34-11% inches) long; leaves elliptical-ovate, 3.5-7 em. (1144-8 
inches) long, 2-5.5 em. (1-2 inches) wide, acute or acuminate at the 
apex, broadly cuneate to truncate-cordate, serrate or doubly serrate 
with 4 or 5 pairs of acute lobes, yellow-green above, paler beneath, 
glabrous; petioles slender, 2-3.5 em. (24-11% inches) long, slightly 
winged above; corymbs glabrous, many-flowered; flowers appear in 
May, about 2 cm. (5/6 inch) broad, stamens about 10, anthers 
dark red, styles and nutlets usually 3 or 4, calyx lobes entire; fruit 
ripens in October, short-ellipsoidal to pyriform, dark red, slightly 
angled, lacking bloom when mature, about 1 em. (2% inch) thick, 
calyx lobes mostly deciduous, flesh yellow, firm. 
Distribution. Western Vermont to southwestern Wisconsin and 
south to Pennsylvania and Owen County, Indiana. 
A shrubby tree, sometimes 6 m. (20 feet) high, with ascending 
branches and a round crown. 
Specimens examined: Owen (Mrs. C. C. Deam). 
12. Crategus rugosa Ashe. Frerz’s THorn.  (C. deltoides 
Ashe.) Plate 91. Spines numerous, 3-6 em. (114-2% inches) long, 
stout, curved; leaves broadly ovate, 3-7 cm. (1-224 inches) long and 
broad, acute or acuminate at the apex, cordate or truncate at the 
base, serrate or twice serrate with 4-6 pairs of broad acuminate 
lobes, glabrous, membranaceous; petioles 1-3 cm. (3<-114 inches) 
long, glabrous; corymbs many-flowered, glabrous; flowers appear in 
May, about 2 em. (5/6 inch) broad, stamens 10-20, anthers pink, 
styles and nutlets usually 4 or 5, calyx lobes deltoid-acuminate, 
entire or slightly serrate at the base; fruit ripens in October, de- 
pressed-globose, bright red, angular, glabrous, waxy, 1-1.5 em. (14- 
2/3 inch) thick, flesh yellow, somewhat succulent, calyx lobes per- 
sistent, spreading, the tube rather prominent. 
Distribution. Southwestern New England to southern Indiana 
and the mountains of North Carolina, 
