﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
  49 
  

  

  glandular, 
  stamens 
  generally 
  5, 
  sometimes 
  5-8, 
  anthers 
  purple; 
  

   fruit 
  subglobose, 
  oblong 
  or 
  obovate, 
  generally 
  narrowed 
  toward 
  

   the 
  base, 
  bright 
  red 
  or 
  crimson, 
  crowned 
  with 
  the 
  persistent, 
  erect 
  

   or 
  incurved 
  calyx 
  lobes, 
  nutlets 
  3-5, 
  flesh 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Clayey 
  soil. 
  Crown 
  Point, 
  Fort 
  Ann, 
  Thompsons 
  Lake 
  and 
  

   Albany. 
  It 
  flowers 
  from 
  May 
  15-25, 
  fruit 
  ripens 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  

   August 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  September. 
  The 
  foliage 
  is 
  commonly 
  

   yellow 
  green, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  dark 
  green. 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  lobulata 
  Sarg. 
  

  

  Lobulate 
  thorn 
  

   Rhodora, 
  3 
  : 
  22. 
  Silva 
  N. 
  A. 
  13 
  : 
  117, 
  t. 
  G75 
  

  

  Tree 
  15-30 
  feet 
  tall 
  and 
  a 
  trunk 
  diameter 
  of 
  6-12 
  inches 
  ; 
  leaves 
  

   oval, 
  ovate 
  or 
  oblong 
  ovate, 
  at 
  flowering 
  time 
  1.5-2.5 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   1-2 
  broad, 
  larger 
  when 
  mature, 
  pubescent 
  with 
  soft 
  appressed 
  

   whitish 
  hairs 
  above, 
  slightly 
  hairy 
  below, 
  specially 
  on 
  the 
  midrib 
  

   and 
  principal 
  veins, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  or 
  broadly 
  cuneate 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  with 
  4-5 
  sharp 
  pointed 
  distinct 
  lobes 
  

   on 
  each 
  side, 
  petioles 
  slender, 
  loosely 
  villose 
  or 
  tomentose, 
  1-1.5 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  becoming 
  reddish 
  or 
  tinged 
  with 
  red 
  in 
  maturity; 
  

   flowers 
  on 
  slender, 
  villose 
  or 
  tomentose 
  peduncles, 
  the 
  calyx 
  often 
  

   hairy 
  below 
  and 
  its 
  lobes 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  surface, 
  stamens 
  

   usually 
  10, 
  sometimes 
  5-10, 
  anthers 
  reddish 
  purple; 
  fruit 
  oblong 
  

   or 
  subglobose, 
  crowned 
  by 
  the 
  persistent 
  erect 
  or 
  incurved 
  calyx 
  

   lobes, 
  when 
  ripe, 
  crimson, 
  6-8 
  lines 
  long 
  and 
  nearly 
  as 
  broad, 
  nut- 
  

   lets 
  3-5, 
  flesh 
  yellow, 
  edible. 
  

  

  Clayey 
  soil. 
  Crown 
  Point. 
  It 
  blossoms 
  from 
  the 
  20th 
  to 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  ripens 
  its 
  fruit 
  late 
  in 
  September. 
  Its 
  foliage 
  is 
  

   yellowish 
  green. 
  It 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  separated 
  by 
  its 
  larger 
  size, 
  the 
  hairiness 
  of 
  

   the 
  lower 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  leaves, 
  the 
  more 
  hairy 
  inflorescence, 
  more 
  

   numerous 
  stamens 
  and 
  its 
  later 
  ripening 
  fruit. 
  

  

  FLABELLATAE 
  

  

  Fruit 
  medium, 
  scarlet 
  or 
  dark 
  red, 
  nutlets 
  3-5, 
  ridged 
  on 
  the 
  

   back 
  ; 
  stamens 
  10-20 
  ; 
  leaves 
  membranaceous 
  but 
  firm 
  when 
  mature. 
  

  

  Anthers 
  pink 
  or 
  purplish 
  C. 
  contigua 
  

  

  Anthers 
  pale 
  yellow 
  or 
  whitish 
  C 
  . 
  irrasa 
  

  

  