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inches) long, 3.5-8 cm. (1^-3 inches) wide, acute at the apex, 

 rounded or truncate at the base, doubly serrate with several pairs 

 of broad, acute lobes, dark green above, paler and slightly tomen- 

 tose along the veins beneath, membranaceous; petioles 2 or 3 cm. 

 (M-lM inches) long, slightly pubescent; corymbs glabrous, 5-12 

 flowered; flowers appear in May, about 2 cm. (5/6 inch) broad, 

 stamens about 20, anthers pink, styles and nutlets usually 4 or 5, 

 calyx lobes ovate, acute, glandular-serrate; fruit ripens in Septem- 

 ber, subglobose, obtusely angled, 1.5-2 cm. (%-l inch) thick; calyx 

 tube prominent, the lobes spreading, flesh reddish, subacid, edible. 



Distribution. Montreal Island to Rhode Island and west to 

 eastern Kansas and Missouri. 



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

 spreading branches and a broad, round-topped crown. 



Specimens have been seen from: Floyd (Dr. Clapp) (before 

 1840); Gibson (Schneck); Marion (Deam); Vigo (Blatchley). 



16. Cratsegus coccinea Linnaeus. Scarlet Thorn. Red Haw. 

 (C pedicillata Sargent). Plate 95. Bark light gray; spines stout, 

 curved, 2-6 cm. (%-2 inches) long; leaves broadly ovate, 3-10 cm. 

 (13^-4 inches) long, 3-9 cm. (13^-33^ inches) wide, acute or acum- 

 inate at the apex, broadly cuneate to truncate at the base, serrate, 

 doubly serrate or lobed, slightly pubescent becoming scabrous above, 

 nearly glabrous beneath, membranaceous; corymbs glabrous or 

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

 1.5-2 cm. (2/3-5/6 inch) broad, stamens 10-20, anthers pink, styles 

 and nutlets 3-5; fruit ripens in September, pyriform to short-ellip- 

 soidal, scarlet or red, glabrous or shghtly pubescent, 1.5-2 cm. (J^- 

 5/6 inch) thick; calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, glandular-serrate, 

 erect or spreading, rather persistent; flesh thick, dry and mealy. 



Distribution. Connecticut to Ontario, Illinois, Delaware and 

 Pennsylvania. 



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

 spreading branches and a broad, round-topped crown. 



Specimens have been seen from the following counties: Floyd 

 (Deam); Noble (Van Gorder); Steuben (Deam). 



Horticultural uses. This fine tree has been in the gardner's 

 hands several centuries, there are specimens in the Kew Gardens, 

 England, more than two hundred years old. 



17. Cratsegus mollis (Torrey and Gray) Scheele. Red-fruited 

 OR Downy Thorn. Red Haw. Plate 96. Bark grayish-brown, 

 fissured and scaly; spines curved, 3-5 cm. (1-2 inches) long; leaves 



