﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
  45 
  

  

  calyx 
  tube 
  glabrous, 
  its 
  lobes 
  glabrous, 
  laciuiate 
  serrate 
  above 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  stamens 
  10, 
  anthers 
  pink 
  or 
  pinkish 
  purple, 
  filaments 
  

   usually 
  white; 
  fruit 
  erect 
  on 
  short 
  slightly 
  villose 
  peduncles, 
  sub- 
  

   globose 
  or 
  short 
  oblong, 
  glabrous, 
  yellowish 
  green 
  when 
  ripe, 
  the 
  

   calyx 
  lobes 
  mostly 
  deciduous, 
  nutlets 
  3-4. 
  

  

  Shaly 
  soil. 
  Lansingburg. 
  Flowers 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  May 
  or 
  the 
  

   first 
  week 
  in 
  June, 
  fruit 
  ripens 
  early 
  in 
  October 
  and 
  soon 
  falls. 
  

   The 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  C. 
  modesta 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  separated 
  by 
  its 
  mostly 
  broader 
  leaves, 
  its 
  less 
  hairy 
  

   inflorescence, 
  pink 
  or 
  pinkish 
  purple 
  anthers 
  and 
  glabrous 
  yellow- 
  

   ish 
  green 
  fruit. 
  In 
  this 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  species 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   is 
  crowned 
  by 
  a 
  prominent 
  rim 
  which 
  surrounds 
  the 
  calyx 
  cup. 
  

   The 
  spines 
  are 
  slender, 
  straight 
  or 
  slightly 
  curved 
  and 
  1.2-2.5 
  

   inches 
  long. 
  

  

  MOLLES 
  

  

  Fruit, 
  large, 
  bright 
  red 
  and 
  shining 
  when 
  ripe, 
  often 
  hairy, 
  

   specially 
  when 
  young; 
  inflorescence 
  villose 
  tomentose; 
  leaves 
  large, 
  

   broad, 
  softly 
  hairy 
  when 
  young. 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  species 
  here 
  recorded 
  are 
  trees 
  or 
  large 
  shrubs 
  with 
  

   edible 
  fruit. 
  

  

  Anthers 
  pale 
  yellow 
  or 
  whitish 
  C. 
  champlainensis 
  

  

  Anthers 
  pink, 
  dark 
  red 
  or 
  purple 
  1 
  

  

  1 
  Leaves 
  often 
  convex, 
  calyx 
  lobes 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  inner 
  surface 
  C. 
  pringlei 
  

  

  1 
  Leaves 
  plane, 
  calyx 
  lobes 
  hairy 
  on 
  both 
  surfaces 
  C. 
  e 
  x 
  c 
  1 
  u 
  s 
  a 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  champlainensis 
  Sarg. 
  

  

  Champlain 
  thorn 
  

  

  Rhodora, 
  3 
  : 
  20. 
  Silva 
  N. 
  A. 
  13 
  : 
  105, 
  t. 
  669. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  Mus. 
  

  

  55th 
  An. 
  Rep't, 
  p.944 
  

  

  Tree 
  or 
  large 
  shrub 
  10-20 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  widely 
  spreading 
  

   branches; 
  leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  broadly 
  ovate, 
  2-2.5 
  inches 
  long, 
  1.5-2 
  

   broad 
  at 
  flowering 
  time, 
  larger 
  when 
  mature 
  and 
  on 
  vigorous 
  

   young 
  shoots, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded, 
  truncate, 
  broadly 
  

   cuneate 
  or 
  slightly 
  cordate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  slightly 
  and 
  sharply 
  lobed, 
  

   coarsely 
  and 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  when 
  young 
  pubescent 
  above 
  with 
  

   whitish 
  appressed 
  hairs, 
  pubescent 
  beneath 
  and 
  villose 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  