195 
rounded at the base, serrate or doubly serrate, lobed towards the 
apex, membranaceous, glabrous, dark green above; petioles glab- 
rous, 2-3 em. (34-114 inches) long; corymbs glabrous, many-flowered; 
flowers appear in May, about 2 em. (34 inch) broad, stamens 10-20, 
anthers small, pink, styles and nutlets usually 3 or 4; fruit ripens in 
October, globose, angular, red, slightly waxy, 0.8-1.2 em. (1/3-4. 
inch) thick, flesh hard, calyx tube prominent, the lobes triangular, 
spreading. 
Distribution. Southern Pennsylvania and southern Indiana to 
West Virginia and central Tennessee. 
Shrub or small tree sometimes 4.5 m. (15 feet) high with ascend- 
ing, irregular branches. 
Specimens seen from: Floyd (Dr. Clapp) (Before i840); Knox 
(Schneck). 
14. Cratzgus pruinosa (Wendland) K. Koch. Waxy-FrrRuITED 
Tyorn. Plate 98. Bark dark brown; spines numerous, slender, 
3-6 em. (114-2% inches) long, leaves elliptical-ovate to broadly ovate, 
2.5-6 em. (1-2!%4 inches) long and wide, acute or acuminate at the 
apex, abruptly cuneate, rounded or occasionally cordate at the 
base, serrate or doubly serrate with 3 or 4 pairs of broad acute 
lobes towards: the apex, blue-green, glabrous, membranaceous; 
petioles 2 or 3 em. (34-114 inches) long, glabrous; corymbs glab- 
rous, many-flowered; flowers appear in May, about 2 cm. (5/6 
inch) broad, stamens 10-20, anthers pink or sometimes yellow or 
white, styles and nutlets 4 or 5, calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, 
entire, slightly serrate at the base; fruit ripens in October, depressed- 
globose to short-ellipsoidal, strongly angled, waxy, apple-green, 
becoming scarlet or purple, 1.2-1.5 em. (14-2/3 inch) thick, flesh 
firm, yellow, sweet, calyx tube prominent, the lobes spreading, 
persistent. 
Distribution. Rocky, open woods, western New England to 
Michigan and south to North Carolina and Missouri. Well dis- 
tributed in Indiana. | 
A small shrubby tree, sometimes 6 m. (20 feet) high, with irregu- 
lar branches and crown. 
Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Decatur, 
Delaware, Gibson, Hamilton, Madison, Steuben, Warren and Wells 
(Deam); Putnam (Grimes). 
15. Crategus coccinoides Ashe. Eacrrt’s Tuorn. (C. Egger- 
tit Britton). Plate 94. Bark grayish-brown, scaly; spines curved, 
2-6 cm. (34-21% inches) long; leaves broadly ovate, 4-9 em. (114-3% 
