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Crataegus modesta Sarg. 
Modest thorn 
Rhodora, 3:28 
Small shrub 2-5 feet tall with irregular short branches; leaves 
broadly ovate, ovate or oblong ovate, acute at the apex, rounded 
or cuneate at the base, on young and vigorous shoots often trun- 
cate or slightly cordate, serrate, with 3-4 short, broad, acute lobes 
each side, at flowering time pale green and hairy above, paler and 
villose below, specially on the midrib and principal veins, when 
mature thick and firm, dark green and scabrous above, much paler 
below, 1.5-2 inches long, 1-1.5- broad, petioles 4-12 lines long, 
glandular, villose, margined at the apex, sometimes on vigorous: 
shoots nearly to the base, often becoming red with age; flowers 
large, 3-6 in a cluster, on short, villose, mostly simple, peduneles, 
calyx tube hairy, its lobes slightly hairy, laciniate serrate, reflexed 
in flower, stamens 10, anthers pale yellow; fruit erect, subglobose, 
short oblong or pyriform, greenish yellow, orange red or greenish 
with a red cheek, hairy, nutlets 3. 
Clayey and shaly soil. Albany, Rensselaer and Lansingburg. 
Flowers open the last week in May or the first week in June, fruit 
ripens late in September. The spines are variable, being slender 
or stout, straight or curved, and 1-1.5 inches long. On some 
clumps they are very scarce. The young shoots are more or less 
villose. 
Crataegus peckii Sarg. 
Peck’s thorn 
Rhodora, 5: 63 
Small shrub 2-6 feet tall, sparingly branched; leaves ovate or 
broadly ovate, acute at the apex, broadly rounded or concavely 
cuneate at the base, on young and vigorous shoots often truncate, 
serrate, divided into 3-4 short, broad, acute or blunt lobes each side, 
when young, hairy abovewith appressed whitish hairs, villose below 
on the midrib and principal veins, when mature, firm, dark green 
and scabrous above, much paler below, the basal pair of lobes often 
much enlarged and more distinct, 1.2-2 inches long, nearly as 
broad or on young vigorous shoots 2-2.5 inches long; flowers large, 
3-6 in a cluster, supported on short, villose, simple peduncles, 
