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REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 1903 5 
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Crataegus praecoqua Sarg. 
Early thorn 
Rhodora, 3:27, 5: 167 
Shrub 8-10 feet tall with spreading branches; leaves ovate, oval 
or rhomboidal, acute or blunt at the apex, broadly cuneate at the © 
base or on young vigorous shoots sometimes rounded, serrate, 
slightly divided into numerous short, narrow, sharp pointed lobes 
on each side, at flowering time thin, pale green and clothed above 
with short appressed whitish hairs, paler below and villose along 
the midrib and principal veins, when mature thick, dark green, 
shining, glabrous or scabrous above, paler below, 1.5-2 inches long, 
nearly or quite as broad, petioles stout, 4-6 lines long, margined 
on the upper part; flowers on villose, often branching peduncles, 
calyx tube hairy, its lobes narrow, elongated, glandular serrate, 
stamens 10, anthers pink; fruit subglobose, erect or drooping, 
slightly hairy, dark red. 
Clayey soil. Crown Point. Flowers the latter part of May, 
fruit ripens the last of August or early in September. The species 
was first published under the name Crataegus praecox, 
but this was afterward changed toC. praecoqua. 
Crataegus egglestoni Sarg. 
Eggleston's thorn 
Rhodora, 3:30 
Shrub 5-10 feet tall with slender spreading or ascending 
branches; leaves oval, elliptic or suborbicular, acute or sharp 
pointed at the apex, broadly rounded or cuneate at the base, ser- 
rate, divided into 4-5 short inconspicuous acute lobes on each side, 
at flowering time thin, yellow green and hairy above with short 
whitish appressed hairs, paler and glabrous below, when mature 
thick or subcoriaceous, dark green and scabrous above; 1.5-2 
inches long and nearly or quite as broad, petioles slender, 6-12 
lines long, slightly margined at the apex, sparingly glandular; 
flowers 6-8 lines broad, 5-10 in a cluster, on rather long, loosely 
villose often branched peduncles, calyx tube glabrous or slightly 
hairy, its lobes entire or minutely glandular serrate, hairy on the 
inner surface, stamens 5-8, usually 5, anthers red or rose color; 
fruit subglobose or oval, crimson when ripe, the mostly persistent 
calyx lobes reflexed, appressed, nutlets 2-3, 3 lines long. 
