REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1903 47 
Clayey soil. Albany and Albia, Rensselaer co. 
When in flower the colored anthers easily separate this species 
from the preceding one, later it may be recognized by the con- 
vexity of many of the leaves. The young unfolding leaves are 
sometimes tinged with red. On vigorous young shoots the leaves 
often have the basal pair of lobes somewhat enlarged and more 
distinct than the others. 
Crataegus exclusa Sarg. 
Excluded thorn 
Rhodora, 5: 108 
Shrub 8-12 feet tall, with. widely spreading or ascending 
branches; leaves similar to those of the preceding species but with- 
out the convexity seen in them; flowers similar but the calyx and 
peduncles more densely villose or tomentose, the calyx lobes more 
narrow, elongated and hairy on both surfaces; fruit longer and 
more narrowed toward the base. 
Clayey soil. Crown Point and Fort Ann. May, September. 
Formerly united with C. pringlei but separated from it 
because of its more shrubby habit, more hairy inflorescence and 
longer fruit. 
; DILATATAE 
Fruit medium or large, subglobose, bright red or scarlet, nutlets 
5, ridged on the back; flowers having 20 stamens with rose colored 
anthers; leaves broad, thin. 
Crataegus dilatata Sarg. 
Broad leaved thorn 
Bot. Gazal. Oo) Silva’ Ne Ay 135 11S. t 67s 
Tree or large shrub 10-20 feet tall with widely spreading or 
ascending branches and a broad rounded head; leaves thin, ovate 
or deltoid ovate, acute at the apex, subtruncate or slightly cordate 
at the base, with 4-6 short, acute or sharp pointed lobes each side, 
serrate with unequal sharp pointed teeth, when young minutely 
pubescent above with short, stiff, appressed, whitish hairs, gla- 
brous below or with a few hairs on the midrib and in the axils 
of the principal veins, 1.5-8 inches long when mature, nearly as 
broad, those of vigorous young shoots often with the basal pair 
