﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
  53 
  

  

  slightly 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  surface, 
  becoming 
  bright 
  red 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  stamens 
  usually 
  10, 
  sometimes 
  5-9, 
  anthers 
  red 
  or 
  reddish 
  

   purple; 
  fruit 
  subglobose 
  or 
  oval, 
  about 
  6 
  lines 
  long, 
  5-6 
  broad, 
  

   dark 
  red 
  or 
  crimson, 
  nutlets 
  2-5, 
  flesh 
  yellow, 
  pleasant, 
  edible. 
  

  

  Clayey 
  soil 
  and 
  rocky 
  pastures. 
  Gansevoort, 
  Saratoga 
  co. 
  and 
  

   Lake 
  Pleasant, 
  Hamilton 
  co. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  May, 
  ripens 
  its 
  fruit 
  

   the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  August. 
  

  

  The 
  early 
  ripening 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  distinguishing 
  

   characters 
  of 
  the 
  species. 
  In 
  our 
  specimens 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  scarcely 
  

   oblong 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  form, 
  and 
  the 
  styles 
  are 
  2-3, 
  but 
  in 
  other 
  

   respects 
  the 
  agreement 
  of 
  the 
  characters 
  is 
  good. 
  The 
  bright 
  red 
  

   color 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  calyx 
  lobes 
  in 
  the 
  Gansevoort 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  contrasts 
  beautifully 
  with 
  the 
  pale 
  green 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  imma- 
  

   ture 
  fruit. 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  delucida 
  Sarg. 
  

  

  Delucid 
  thorn 
  

   Rhodora, 
  5 
  : 
  139 
  

  

  Shrub 
  6-10 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  erect 
  or 
  ascending 
  branches; 
  leaves 
  

   thin, 
  ovate, 
  broadly 
  ovate 
  or 
  oval, 
  acute, 
  sharp 
  pointed 
  or 
  acumi- 
  

   nate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  broadly 
  rounded, 
  subtruncate 
  or 
  rarely 
  broadly 
  

   cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  finely 
  serrate, 
  with 
  4-6 
  distinct, 
  sharp 
  pointed 
  

   or 
  acuminate 
  lobes 
  each 
  side, 
  generally 
  tinged 
  with 
  bronze 
  red 
  

   when 
  they 
  unfold 
  and 
  then 
  covered 
  above 
  with 
  short 
  appressed 
  

   whitish 
  hairs, 
  at 
  flowering 
  time 
  yellowish 
  green, 
  1-1.5 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   9-18 
  lines 
  broad, 
  paler 
  and 
  glabrous 
  below, 
  larger, 
  darker 
  green 
  

   and 
  glabrous 
  above 
  when 
  mature, 
  petioles 
  slender, 
  6-12 
  lines 
  long, 
  

   usually 
  shorter 
  on 
  young 
  and 
  vigorous 
  shoots 
  with 
  the 
  blades 
  

   larger 
  and 
  broader, 
  slightly 
  glandular; 
  flowers 
  6-12 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  

   about 
  6 
  lines 
  broad, 
  on 
  slender 
  branched 
  glabrous 
  peduncles, 
  

   calyx 
  lobes 
  narrow, 
  elongated, 
  entire 
  or 
  with 
  few 
  minute 
  glands, 
  

   often 
  red 
  at 
  the 
  tips, 
  stamens 
  usually 
  5-8, 
  sometimes 
  10, 
  anthers 
  

   red 
  or 
  reddish 
  purple; 
  fruit 
  oblong, 
  bright 
  red 
  or 
  scarlet, 
  droop- 
  

   ing, 
  the 
  calyx 
  lobes 
  spreading 
  or 
  reflexed, 
  often 
  deciduous 
  from 
  

   the 
  ripe 
  fruit, 
  nutlets 
  3-4, 
  flesh 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Clayey 
  hillsides 
  and 
  rocky 
  pastures. 
  Albany 
  and 
  Sandlake. 
  

   Flowers 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  May, 
  fruit 
  ripens 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  half 
  

   of 
  September 
  or 
  early 
  in 
  October. 
  

  

  