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rounded at the base, serrate or doubly serrate, lobed towards the 

 apex, membranaceous, glabrous, dark green above; petioles glab- 

 rous, 2-3 cm. (M-l/€ inches) long; corymbs glabrous, many-flowered; 

 flowers appear in May, about 2 cm. {% inch) broad, stamens 10-20, 

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

 October, globose, angular, red, sHghtly waxy, 0.8-1.2 cm. (1/3-3/^ 

 inch) thick, flesh hard, calyx tube prominent, the lobes triangular, 

 spreading. 



Distribution. Southern Pennsylvania and southern Indiana to 

 West Virginia and central Tennessee. 



Shrub or small tree sometimes 4.5 m. (15 feet) high, with ascend- 

 ing, irregular branches. 



Specimens seen from: Floyd (Dr. Clapp) (Before 1840); Knox 

 (Schneck). 



14. Crataegus pruinosa (Wendland) K. Koch. Waxy-fruited 

 Thorn. Plate 93. Bark dark brown; spines numerous, slender, 

 3-6 cm. (1M-2H inches) long, leaves elhptical-ovate to broadly ovate, 

 2.5-6 cm. (1-23^2 inches) long and wide, acute or acuminate at the 

 apex, abruptly cuneate, rounded or occasionally cordate at the 

 base, serrate or doubly serrate with 3 or 4 pairs of broad acute 

 lobes towards the apex, blue-green, glabrous, membranaceous; 

 petioles 2 or 3 cm. (%-l3^ inches) long, glabrous; corymbs glab- 

 rous, many-flowered; flowers appear in May, about 2 cm. (5/6 

 inch) broad, stamens 10-20, anthers pink or sometimes yellow or 

 white, styles and nutlets 4 or 5, calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, 

 entire, slightly serrate at the base; fruit ripens in October, depressed- 

 globose to short-ellipsoidal, strongly angled, waxy, apple-green, 

 becoming scarlet or purple, 1.2-1.5 cm. (H-2/3 inch) thick, flesh 

 firm, yellow, sweet, calyx tube prominent, the lobes spreading, 

 persistent. 



Distribution. Rocky, open woods, western New England to 

 Michigan and south to North Carolina and Missouri. Well dis- 

 tributed in Indiana. 



A small shrubby tree, sometimes 6 m. (20 feet) high, with irregu- 

 lar branches and crown. 



Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Decatur, 

 Delaware, Gibson, Hamilton, Madison, Steuben, Warren and Wells 

 (Deam) ; Putnam (Grimes) . 



15. Crataegus coccinoides Ashe. Eggert's Thorn. (C Egger- 

 tii Britton). Plate 94. Bark grayish-brown, scaly; spines curved, 

 2-6 cm. {%-2}/^ inches) long; leaves broadly ovate, 4-9 cm. (13^-33^ 



