﻿REPORT 
  OP 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
  51 
  

  

  Clayey 
  soil. 
  North 
  Greenbush. 
  The 
  plants 
  which 
  are 
  here 
  

   referred 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  diverge 
  so 
  much 
  from 
  a 
  rigid 
  agreement 
  

   with 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  referred 
  them 
  

   that 
  it 
  seems 
  best 
  to 
  consider 
  them 
  a 
  variety 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  

   var. 
  d 
  i 
  v 
  e 
  r 
  g 
  e 
  n 
  s. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  characterized 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Leaves 
  oval, 
  serrate 
  with 
  blunt 
  gland-tipped 
  teeth, 
  divided 
  

   above 
  the 
  middle 
  into 
  4-5 
  short 
  narrow 
  strongly 
  pointed 
  lobes 
  each 
  

   side, 
  petioles 
  villose 
  ; 
  corymbs 
  5-10 
  flowered, 
  stamens 
  10-18, 
  anthers 
  

   whitish 
  ; 
  fruit 
  globose 
  or 
  oval. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  shoots 
  are 
  villose 
  tomentose. 
  The 
  flowers 
  open 
  about 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  the 
  fruit 
  ripens 
  the 
  last 
  week 
  in 
  August 
  

   or 
  early 
  in 
  September, 
  which 
  is 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  weeks 
  earlier 
  than 
  in 
  

   the 
  type. 
  Only 
  a 
  single 
  clump 
  of 
  this 
  shrub 
  was 
  found. 
  It 
  ap- 
  

   proaches 
  0. 
  d 
  e 
  n 
  s 
  i 
  f 
  1 
  o 
  r 
  a 
  in 
  its 
  characters 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  in 
  

   its 
  more 
  numerous 
  stamens 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  lower 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  midrib 
  and 
  principal 
  veins. 
  

  

  TENUIFOLIAE 
  

  

  Fruit 
  medium, 
  oblong, 
  pyriform 
  or 
  subglobose, 
  crimson 
  or 
  scar- 
  

   let, 
  nutlets 
  2-5; 
  inflorescence 
  glabrous 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  stamens 
  5-20, 
  

   anthers 
  pink, 
  rose 
  color 
  or 
  dark 
  red; 
  leaves 
  membranaceous, 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  pubescent 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  when 
  young, 
  glabrous 
  or 
  

   scabrous 
  when 
  mature. 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  species 
  here 
  recorded 
  may 
  be 
  tabulated 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  oblong 
  ovate 
  C. 
  ascendens 
  

  

  Leaves 
  ovate, 
  oval 
  or 
  rhomboidal 
  1 
  

  

  1 
  Calyx 
  lobes 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  surface 
  C. 
  m 
  a 
  t 
  u 
  r 
  a 
  

  

  1 
  Calyx 
  lobes 
  glabrous 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  surface 
  C. 
  delucida 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  ascendens 
  Sarg. 
  

  

  Ascending 
  tlwm 
  

  

  Rhodora, 
  5 
  : 
  141 
  

  

  Shrub 
  6-10 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  slender 
  ascending 
  branches 
  bearing 
  

  

  short, 
  straight 
  or 
  slightly 
  curved 
  spines 
  rarely 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  inch 
  

  

  long; 
  leaves 
  thin, 
  ovate 
  or 
  oblong 
  ovate, 
  at 
  flowering 
  time 
  1.5-2 
  

  

  inches 
  long, 
  8-15 
  lines 
  broad, 
  acuminate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  or 
  

  

  cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  finely 
  and 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  with 
  4-5 
  acuminate 
  

  

  