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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  modesta 
  Sarg. 
  

   Modest 
  thorn 
  

   Rhodora, 
  3:28 
  

  

  Small 
  shrub 
  2-5 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  irregular 
  short 
  branches 
  ; 
  leaves^ 
  

   broadly 
  ovate, 
  ovate 
  or 
  oblong 
  ovate, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  

   or 
  cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  on 
  young 
  and 
  vigorous 
  shoots 
  often 
  trun- 
  

   cate 
  or 
  slightly 
  cordate, 
  serrate, 
  with 
  3-4 
  short, 
  broad, 
  acute 
  lobe& 
  

   each 
  side, 
  at 
  flowering 
  time 
  pale 
  green 
  and 
  hairy 
  above, 
  paler 
  and 
  

   villose 
  below, 
  specially 
  on 
  the 
  midrib 
  and 
  principal 
  veins, 
  when 
  

   mature 
  thick 
  and 
  firm, 
  dark 
  green 
  and 
  scabrous 
  above, 
  much 
  paler 
  

   below, 
  1.5-2 
  inches 
  long, 
  1-1.5 
  broad, 
  petioles 
  4-12 
  lines 
  long,, 
  

   glandular, 
  villose, 
  margined 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  sometimes 
  on 
  vigorous 
  

   shoots 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  often 
  becoming 
  red 
  with 
  age; 
  flowers 
  

   large, 
  3-6 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  on 
  short, 
  villose, 
  mostly 
  simple, 
  peduncles, 
  

   calyx 
  tube 
  hairy, 
  its 
  lobes 
  slightly 
  hairy, 
  laciniate 
  serrate, 
  reflexed 
  

   in 
  flower, 
  stamens 
  10, 
  anthers 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  fruit 
  erect, 
  subglobose 
  r 
  

   short 
  oblong 
  or 
  pyriform, 
  greenish 
  yellow, 
  orange 
  red 
  or 
  greenish 
  

   with 
  a 
  red 
  cheek, 
  hairy, 
  nutlets 
  3. 
  

  

  Clayey 
  and 
  shaly 
  soil. 
  Albany, 
  Rensselaer 
  and 
  Lansingburg. 
  

  

  Flowers 
  open 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  May 
  or 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  June, 
  fruit 
  

  

  ripens 
  late 
  in 
  September. 
  The 
  spines 
  are 
  variable, 
  being 
  slender 
  

  

  or 
  stout, 
  straight 
  or 
  curved, 
  and 
  1-1.5 
  inches 
  long. 
  On 
  some- 
  

  

  clumps 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  scarce. 
  The 
  young 
  shoots 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

  

  villose. 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  peckii 
  Sarg. 
  

  

  Peck's 
  thorn 
  

  

  Rhodora, 
  5 
  : 
  63 
  

   Small 
  shrub 
  2-6 
  feet 
  tall, 
  sparingly 
  branched; 
  leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  

   broadly 
  ovate, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  or 
  concavely 
  

   cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  on 
  young 
  and 
  vigorous 
  shoots 
  often 
  truncate, 
  

   serrate, 
  divided 
  into 
  3-4 
  short, 
  broad, 
  acute 
  or 
  blunt 
  lobes 
  each 
  side, 
  

   when 
  young, 
  hairy 
  above 
  with 
  appressed 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  villose 
  below 
  

   on 
  the 
  midrib 
  and 
  principal 
  veins, 
  when 
  mature, 
  firm, 
  dark 
  green 
  

   and 
  scabrous 
  above, 
  much 
  paler 
  below, 
  the 
  basal 
  pair 
  of 
  lobes 
  often 
  

   much 
  enlarged 
  and 
  more 
  distinct, 
  1.2-2 
  inches 
  long, 
  nearly 
  as 
  

   broad 
  or 
  on 
  young 
  vigorous 
  shoots 
  2-2.5 
  inches 
  long; 
  flowers 
  large, 
  

   3-6 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  supported 
  on 
  short, 
  villose, 
  simple 
  peduncles. 
  

  

  