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soidal-pyriform, scarlet or dark red, about 8 mm. (^ inch) thick, 

 flesh hard, thick. 



' Distribution. Western New York and Pennsylvania to south- 

 western Virginia, west to central Illinois. 



A small tree sometimes 8 m. (25 feet) high, with spreading branches 

 forming a flat or round crown. This species is intermediate be- 

 tween Crus-Galli and punctata, and has been foundj as yet only 

 in a region where both these species are known. 



I have seen specimens from the following counties : Clark (Deam) ; 

 Gibson (Schneck); Hamilton (Mrs. C. C. Deam); Knox (Schneck); 

 Vigo (Blatchley). 



3. Crataegus punctata Jacquin. Large-fruited Thorn. Dot- 

 ted Haw. Plate 82. Bark grayish-brown, scaly; thorns light 

 gray, 2-5 cm. (^-2 inches) long, straight; leaves obovate to oblong, 

 2-8 cm. (M-3 inches) long, 1-5 cm. (3^-2 inches) broad, dull gray- 

 green and markedly impressed-veined above, pubescent, becoming 

 nearly glabrous above when mature, acute or obtuse at the apex, 

 sharply cuneate at the base; serrate, doubly serrate or lobed at the 

 apex, subcoriaceous; petioles 1-2 cm. {^-^ inch) long, sHghtly 

 winged above; corymbs tomentose or canescent, many flowered; 

 flowers appear in June, about 2 cm. (5/6 inch) wide, calyx lobes 

 lanceolate-acuminate, entire, stamens about 20, anthers white or 

 pink, styles and nutlets usually 3 or 4; fruit ripens in October or 

 November, green, yellow or red, short-ellipsoidal, 1.2-2.5 cm. (H-1 

 inch) thick, flesh hard, thick, calyx lobes spreading. 



Distribution. Quebec to Pennsylvania, southeastern Minnesota, 

 Iowa, Kentucky and south to the high Alleghenies. Well distrib- 

 uted over Indiana. 



A small tree, sometimes 10 m. (35 feet) high, with distinctly hori- 

 zontal branches and a broad, flat crown. 



Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Barthol- 

 omew, Fulton and Gibson (Deam); Hamilton (Mrs. C. C. Deam); 

 Howard, Jennings and Marion (Deam); Putnam (Grimes); Vigo 

 (Blatchley); VermilHon and Wells (Deam). 



4. Crataegus Margaretta Ashe. Judge Brown's Thorn. Mrs. 

 Ashe's Thorn. Plate 83. Bark dark grayish-brown; spines curved, 

 2-4 cm. (M-lH inches) long; leaves oblong-obovate or ovate, some- 

 times broadly so, 2-6 cm. (M-2/^ inches) long, 2-4 cm. {%-l}/2 

 inches) wide, obtuse or acute at the apex, cuneate or rounded at 

 the base, serrate or doubly serrate with 2 or 3 pairs of acute or ob- 

 tuse lobes towards the apex, glabrous when mature, dark green 



