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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  of 
  lobes 
  enlarged 
  and 
  more 
  distinct, 
  petioles 
  slender, 
  8-18 
  lines 
  

   long, 
  slightly 
  villose 
  in 
  the 
  furrow 
  when 
  young, 
  distantly 
  glandu- 
  

   lar, 
  often 
  reddish 
  toward 
  the 
  base, 
  becoming 
  more 
  red 
  with 
  age, 
  

   this 
  color 
  sometimes 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  midrib 
  and 
  principal 
  veins 
  ; 
  

   corymbs 
  6-10 
  flowered, 
  peduncles 
  slightly 
  hairy 
  or 
  glabrous, 
  rather 
  

   long, 
  stamens 
  20, 
  anthers 
  rose 
  color, 
  calyx 
  tube 
  slightly 
  hairy, 
  its 
  

   lobes 
  glandular 
  serrate, 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  surface 
  ; 
  fruit 
  globose 
  

   or 
  oval, 
  6-8 
  lines 
  long, 
  6-7 
  broad, 
  umbilicate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  drooping, 
  

   bright 
  red, 
  nutlets 
  4-5, 
  flesh 
  yellowish, 
  well 
  flavored, 
  edible. 
  

  

  Clayey 
  soil. 
  Flowers 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  May, 
  fruit 
  ripens 
  in 
  Sep- 
  

   tember. 
  Thompsons 
  Lake, 
  Albany 
  co. 
  and 
  Gansevoort, 
  Saratoga 
  

   co. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  locality 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  tree 
  15-20 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  a 
  

   trunk 
  diameter 
  of 
  4-6 
  inches. 
  On 
  some 
  trees 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  globose, 
  

   on 
  others 
  it 
  is 
  oval. 
  The 
  leaves 
  sometimes 
  become 
  convex 
  as 
  in 
  

   C. 
  pringlei. 
  The 
  fruit 
  stems 
  sometimes 
  become 
  red 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  upper 
  part. 
  

  

  LOBULATAE 
  

  

  Fruit 
  medium 
  or 
  large, 
  subglobose 
  or 
  oblong, 
  bright 
  red 
  or 
  crim- 
  

   son, 
  nutlets 
  3-5, 
  distinctly 
  grooved 
  on 
  the 
  back; 
  inflorescence 
  

   villose 
  or 
  glabrous, 
  stamens 
  5-15, 
  anthers 
  rose 
  color. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  glabrous 
  beneath, 
  stamens 
  5-8 
  C.holmesiana 
  

  

  Leaves 
  somewhat 
  hairy 
  beneath, 
  stamens 
  5-10 
  C 
  . 
  1 
  o 
  b 
  u 
  1 
  a 
  t 
  a 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  holmesiana 
  Ashe 
  

  

  Holmes 
  thorn 
  

  

  Bot. 
  Gaz. 
  31 
  : 
  10. 
  Silva 
  N. 
  A. 
  13 
  : 
  119, 
  t. 
  676 
  

  

  Tree 
  or 
  large 
  shrub 
  12-25 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  widely 
  spreading 
  or 
  

  

  ascending 
  branches; 
  leaves 
  thin, 
  ovate, 
  1-1.5 
  inches 
  long, 
  9-15 
  

  

  lines 
  broad 
  at 
  flowering 
  time, 
  larger 
  and 
  firmer 
  when 
  mature 
  and 
  

  

  on 
  vigorous 
  young 
  shoots 
  sometimes 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  pair 
  of 
  lobes 
  

  

  enlarged 
  and 
  more 
  divergent, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  

  

  or 
  subtruncate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  sharply 
  serrate 
  with 
  slender 
  pointed 
  

  

  teeth, 
  with 
  4-5 
  short 
  acute 
  lobes 
  each 
  side, 
  pubescent 
  above 
  when 
  

  

  young 
  with 
  minute 
  appressed 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  glabrous 
  and 
  slightly 
  

  

  paler 
  below, 
  petiole 
  slender, 
  6-12 
  lines 
  long, 
  glabrous 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  few 
  hairs 
  and 
  reddish 
  glands 
  ; 
  flowers 
  8-12 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  5-8 
  lines 
  

  

  broad, 
  on 
  slender, 
  glabrous 
  or 
  slightly 
  hairy 
  peduncles, 
  calyx 
  

  

  glabrous, 
  often 
  tinged 
  with 
  red, 
  the 
  lobes 
  narrow, 
  linear, 
  slightly 
  

  

  