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above, membranaceous, petioles 1-3 cm. ('3^-134 inches) long, 

 slightly winged; corymbs slightly pubescent, becoming glabrous, 

 5-12 flowered; flowers appear in May, 1.5-2 cm. (H-5/G inch) 

 wide, stamens about 20, anthers yellow, styles and nutlets usually 

 2, calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, slightly pubescent inside; 

 fruit ripens in October, dull rusty green, yellow or red, compressed- 

 globose to short-ellipsoidal, angular, 8-15 mm. (3^-2/3 inch) thick, 

 flesh-yellow, mealy, hard, thick, calyx lobes reflexed, deciduous. 



Distribution. Southern Ontario to central Iowa, western Vir- 

 ginia, Tennessee and Missouri. Known in Indiana only from the 

 northern part of the State. 



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

 branches. 



Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Cass 

 (Mrs. Ida Jackson); Delaware, Fulton, Steuben and Wells (Deam). 



5. Crataegus succulenta Schrader. Long-spined Thorn (C. 

 macracantha Loddiges). Plate 84. Bark gray; spines numerous, 

 strong, 3-10 cm. (13^-4 inches) long, chestnut-brown; leaves rhom- 

 bic-ovate to obovate, 3-8 cm. (1/^-3)^ inches) long, 2.5-6 cm. (1-23/2 

 inches) wide, acute at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, serrate 

 or doubly serrate with fine teeth, often lobed towards the apex, 

 coriaceous, dark shining green above, pubescent along the veins 

 beneath; petioles 1-2 cm. (5^-M inch) long, slightly winged above; 

 corymbs slightly villous, many-flowered; flowers appear in May, 

 about 2 cm. (5^ inch) broad, stamens 10-20, usually 10, anthers 

 pink or occasionally yellow or white, large, styles and nutlets usually 

 2 or 3, calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, glandular-laciniate, villous; 

 fruit ripens in September, subglobose, 5-15 mm. (3^-2/3 inch) 

 thick, dark red, shining villous, calyx-lobes reflexed, flesh thin, glu- 

 tinous; nutlets with deep pits on the inner faces. 



Distribution. Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Nebraska and south 

 in the higher Alleghenies to North Carolina and in the Rocky 

 Mountains to southern Colorado. As yet reported only from 

 northern to central Indiana. 



A small tree sometimes 6 m. (20 feet) high, with ascending 

 branches and a broad, irregular crown; more often, however, a large 

 shrub. 



Specimens have been seen from the foflowing counties: Cass 

 (Mrs. Ida Jackson) ; Fulton (Deam) ; Noble (Van Gorder) ; Putnam 

 (Grimes); WeUs (Deam). 



Horticultural uses. Highly ornamental for parks and hedges 

 from the abundant flowers, dark green shining leaves and its dark 

 red shining fruit. 



