﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
  55 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  praecoqua 
  Sarg. 
  

  

  Early 
  thorn 
  

  

  Rhodora, 
  3:27, 
  5:167 
  

  

  Shrub 
  8-10 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  spreading 
  branches 
  ; 
  leaves 
  ovate, 
  oval 
  

   or 
  rhomboidal, 
  acute 
  or 
  blunt 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  broadly 
  cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  or 
  on 
  young 
  vigorous 
  shoots 
  sometimes 
  rounded, 
  serrate, 
  

   slightly 
  divided 
  into 
  numerous 
  short, 
  narrow, 
  sharp 
  pointed 
  lobes 
  

   on 
  each 
  side, 
  at 
  flowering 
  time 
  thin, 
  pale 
  green 
  and 
  clothed 
  above 
  

   with 
  short 
  appressed 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  paler 
  below 
  and 
  villose 
  along 
  

   the 
  midrib 
  and 
  principal 
  veins, 
  when 
  mature 
  thick, 
  dark 
  green, 
  

   shining, 
  glabrous 
  or 
  scabrous 
  above, 
  paler 
  below, 
  1.5-2 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  as 
  broad, 
  petioles 
  stout, 
  4-6 
  lines 
  long, 
  margined 
  

   on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  ; 
  flowers 
  on 
  villose, 
  often 
  branching 
  peduncles, 
  

   calyx 
  tube 
  hairy, 
  its 
  lobes 
  narrow,, 
  elongated, 
  glandular 
  serrate, 
  

   stamens 
  10, 
  anthers 
  pink; 
  fruit 
  subglobose, 
  erect 
  or 
  drooping, 
  

   slightly 
  hairy, 
  dark 
  red. 
  

  

  Clayey 
  soil. 
  Crown 
  Point. 
  Flowers 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  May, 
  

   fruit 
  ripens 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  August 
  or 
  early 
  in 
  September. 
  The 
  species 
  

   was 
  first 
  published 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Crataegus 
  praecox, 
  

   but 
  this 
  was 
  afterward 
  changed 
  to 
  C. 
  p 
  r 
  a 
  e 
  c 
  o 
  q 
  u 
  a 
  . 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  egglestoni 
  Sarg. 
  

   Eggleston's 
  thorn 
  

   Rhodora, 
  3 
  : 
  30 
  

   Shrub 
  5-10 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  slender 
  spreading 
  or 
  ascending 
  

   branches; 
  leaves 
  oval, 
  elliptic 
  or 
  suborbicular, 
  acute 
  or 
  sharp 
  

   pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  or 
  cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  ser- 
  

   rate, 
  divided 
  into 
  4-5 
  short 
  inconspicuous 
  acute 
  lobes 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  

   at 
  flowering 
  time 
  thin, 
  yellow 
  green 
  and 
  hairy 
  above 
  with 
  short 
  

   whitish 
  appressed 
  hairs, 
  paler 
  and 
  glabrous 
  below, 
  when 
  mature 
  

   thick 
  or 
  subcoriaceous, 
  dark 
  green 
  and 
  scabrous 
  above, 
  1.5-2 
  

   inches 
  long 
  and 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  as 
  broad, 
  petioles 
  slender, 
  6-12 
  

   lines 
  long, 
  slightly 
  margined 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  sparingly 
  glandular; 
  

   flowers 
  6-8 
  lines 
  broad, 
  5-10 
  in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  on 
  rather 
  long, 
  loosely 
  

   villose 
  often 
  branched 
  peduncles, 
  calyx 
  tube 
  glabrous 
  or 
  slightly 
  

   hairy, 
  its 
  lobes 
  entire 
  or 
  minutely 
  glandular 
  serrate, 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  surface, 
  stamens 
  5-8, 
  usually 
  5, 
  anthers 
  red 
  or 
  rose 
  color; 
  

   fruit 
  subglobose 
  or 
  oval, 
  crimson 
  when 
  ripe, 
  the 
  mostly 
  persistent 
  

   calyx 
  lobes 
  reflexed, 
  appressed, 
  nutlets 
  2-3, 
  3 
  lines 
  long. 
  

  

  