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  OP 
  THE 
  STATE 
  BOTANIST 
  1903 
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  TOMENTOSAE 
  

  

  Fruit 
  small 
  or 
  medium, 
  subglobose, 
  oval 
  or 
  pyriform, 
  orange 
  

   red 
  or 
  scarlet, 
  nutlets 
  2-5 
  with 
  a 
  cavity 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  

   faces 
  ; 
  flowers 
  usually 
  many 
  in 
  a 
  cluster 
  ; 
  leaves 
  thin 
  or 
  coriaceous, 
  

   usually 
  pubescent 
  beneath. 
  

  

  Crataegus 
  succulenta 
  Link 
  

  

  Succulent 
  thorn 
  

   Silva 
  N. 
  A. 
  13 
  : 
  139, 
  1. 
  181 
  

  

  Shrub 
  or 
  bushy 
  tree 
  8-15 
  feet 
  tall 
  with 
  widely 
  spreading 
  or 
  

   ascending 
  branches; 
  leaves 
  elliptic 
  or 
  subrhomboidal, 
  acute 
  or 
  

   sharp 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  cuneate 
  at 
  the 
  entire 
  base, 
  serrate, 
  with 
  

   4-6 
  short, 
  acute 
  lobes 
  each 
  side 
  above 
  the 
  middle, 
  at 
  flowering 
  

   time 
  thin, 
  slightly 
  hairy 
  above, 
  pubescent 
  beneath, 
  when 
  mature 
  

   coriaceous, 
  dark 
  green 
  and 
  glabrous 
  above, 
  paler 
  below, 
  usually 
  

   2-2.5 
  inches 
  long, 
  1.5-2 
  inches 
  broad, 
  on 
  young 
  and 
  vigorous 
  shoots 
  

   somewhat 
  larger 
  and 
  broadly 
  or 
  concavely 
  cuneate 
  or 
  rounded 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  petioles 
  stout, 
  4-8 
  lines 
  long, 
  margined 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  often 
  

   becoming 
  red 
  or 
  reddish 
  with 
  age; 
  flowers 
  7-8 
  lines 
  broad, 
  many 
  

   in 
  a 
  cluster, 
  supported 
  on 
  long, 
  slender 
  villose 
  branching 
  

   peduncles, 
  calyx 
  tube 
  hairy 
  or 
  glabrous, 
  its 
  lobes 
  laciniately 
  

   glandular 
  serrate, 
  elongated, 
  soon 
  reflexed, 
  hairy, 
  stamens 
  15-20, 
  

   anthers 
  small, 
  pink; 
  fruit 
  globose, 
  scarlet, 
  drooping, 
  4-6 
  lines 
  long, 
  

   flesh 
  yellow, 
  juicy, 
  edible, 
  nutlets 
  2-3, 
  3 
  lines 
  long. 
  

  

  Clayey 
  soil. 
  Albany 
  and 
  Albia, 
  Rensselaer 
  co. 
  Flowers 
  from 
  

   May 
  15-25, 
  fruit 
  ripens 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  usually 
  hangs 
  on 
  the 
  

   branches 
  till 
  late 
  in 
  October. 
  Sometimes 
  a 
  few 
  persist 
  through 
  the 
  

   winter. 
  

  

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  SUPPLEMENTARY 
  LIST 
  OF 
  PLANTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  SUSQUE- 
  

   HANNA 
  VALLEY 
  

  

  BY 
  FRANK 
  E. 
  FENNO 
  

  

  Dryopteris 
  goldieana 
  (Hook.) 
  Gray 
  

  

  Aspidium 
  goldieanum 
  Hook. 
  

  

  Goldie's 
  shield 
  fern 
  

  

  Hillsides 
  near 
  Nichols. 
  Infrequent. 
  August. 
  

  

  