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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  minate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  or 
  slightly 
  cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  or 
  

   on 
  vigorous 
  young 
  shoots 
  larger, 
  truncate 
  or 
  slightly 
  concave 
  

   cuneate, 
  sometimes 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  sharply 
  and 
  unequally 
  

   serrate, 
  generally 
  with 
  34 
  short, 
  acute 
  or 
  sharp 
  pointed 
  lobes 
  each 
  

   side, 
  glabrous, 
  yellowish 
  green. 
  1-2 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  nearly 
  as 
  

   broad 
  at 
  flowering 
  time, 
  larger, 
  thicker 
  and 
  bluish 
  green 
  above 
  

   when 
  mature, 
  pale 
  below, 
  petioles 
  slender, 
  6-15 
  lines 
  long, 
  usually 
  

   slightly 
  margined 
  and 
  bearing 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  glands; 
  inflores- 
  

   cence 
  glabrous, 
  flowers 
  5-10 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  peduncles 
  6-10 
  lines 
  

   long, 
  stamens 
  20, 
  anthers 
  pale 
  yellow 
  or 
  whitish; 
  fruit 
  globose 
  

   or 
  depressed 
  globose, 
  somewhat 
  angular, 
  often 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  

   pruinose, 
  erect 
  or 
  drooping, 
  red 
  when 
  ripe, 
  crowned 
  by 
  the 
  in- 
  

   curved, 
  spreading 
  or 
  refiexed. 
  persistent 
  calyx 
  lobes, 
  nutlets 
  4-5. 
  

  

  Clayey 
  hillsides. 
  Albany 
  and 
  Xorth 
  Greenbush. 
  Flowers 
  from 
  

   the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May. 
  fruit 
  ripens 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  October 
  and 
  falls 
  gradually, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  a 
  few 
  fruits 
  

   hang 
  on 
  the 
  branches 
  all 
  winter. 
  The 
  unfolding 
  leaves 
  are 
  some- 
  

   times 
  tinged 
  with 
  brownish 
  red. 
  On 
  young 
  and 
  vigorous 
  shoots 
  

   the 
  basal 
  pair 
  of 
  leaf 
  lobes 
  are 
  sometimes 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  widely 
  

   spreading 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  dissona 
  Sarg. 
  

   Dissonant 
  thorn 
  

   Rhodora, 
  5 
  : 
  60 
  

   Shrub 
  6-10 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  widely 
  spreading 
  or 
  nearly 
  erect 
  

   branches; 
  leaves 
  ovate, 
  broadly 
  ovate 
  or 
  rhomboidal. 
  1-1.5 
  inches 
  

   long 
  and 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  flowering 
  time, 
  thin 
  and 
  yellowish 
  

   green, 
  acute 
  or 
  sharp 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  or 
  broadly 
  

   cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  often 
  tinged 
  with 
  brownish 
  red 
  as 
  they 
  unfold, 
  

   sharply 
  serrate, 
  with 
  3-4 
  slight, 
  acute 
  or 
  sharp 
  pointed 
  lobes 
  each 
  

   side, 
  glabrous, 
  larger, 
  firmer 
  and 
  bluish 
  green 
  above 
  when 
  mature. 
  

   paler 
  below, 
  those 
  on 
  vigorous 
  young 
  shoots 
  larger 
  and 
  often 
  

   truncate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  pair 
  of 
  lobes 
  en- 
  

   larged, 
  petioles 
  slender, 
  6-12 
  lines 
  long, 
  often 
  slightly 
  enlarged 
  

   and 
  glandular 
  at 
  the 
  top; 
  flowers 
  on 
  slender 
  glabrous 
  peduncles. 
  

   5-8 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  stamens 
  generally 
  10. 
  sometimes 
  7-9, 
  anthers 
  pale 
  

   purple 
  or 
  pink; 
  fruit 
  globose 
  or 
  depressed 
  globose, 
  pruinose, 
  dark 
  

  

  