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slightly villous, becoming glabrate, dark yellow-green above, mem- 

 branaceous; petioles slender, 2-3 cm. (3^-1 J^ inches) long, slightly 

 winged above; corymbs glabrous or shghtly villous, many-flowered; 



Plate 89. 



CRAT^GUS MACROSPERMA Ashe. Variable Thorn, (x^.) 

 (Fruit, xl.) 



flowers appear in May, 1.5-2 cm. (3^-M inch) broad, stamens 

 5-20, usually 5-10, styles and nutlets usually 3 or 4, calyx lobes 

 lanceolate-acuminate, entire; fruit ripens in August or September, 

 ellipsoidal or pyriform, scarlet to crimson, often glaucous, 1-1.8 



