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conic, glabrous, the lobes slender, acuminate, entire or sparingly 

 dentate, glabrous on the outer, slightly villose on the inner surface, 

 reflexed after anthesis ; stamens 7-10; anthers purple; styles 3 or 4, 

 surrounded at the base by a narrow ring of pale tomentum. Fruit 

 ripening the middle of October, on stout erect or spreading reddish 

 pedicels, in few-fruited clusters, obovate, full and rounded at the 

 apex, abruptly narrowed at the rounded base, crimson, marked by 

 small pale dots, pruinose, about 1.8 cm long and 1.5 cm wide; 

 calyx little enlarged, with a narrow shallow cavity, and spreading 

 persistent lobes villose above and dark red on the upper side below 

 the middle ; flesh thick, dark yellow, dry and mealy ; nutlets usually 

 3, narrowed and rounded at the ends, prominently ridged on the 

 back, with a broad grooved ridge, 7-8 mm long, and about 5 mm 

 wide. 



A shrub 4-5 m high, with small spreading or ascending branches 

 covered with dark scaly bark and forming an open irregular head, 

 and slender glabrous branchlets dark orange-brown and marked by 

 numerous pale lenticels when they first appear, becoming dull red- 

 brown in their first season and light gray-brown the following year, 

 and armed with slender slightly curved light red-brown spines 

 3.5-4 cm long, long persistent and often becoming branched on old 

 stems. . I 



Rochester, common in moist heavy soil, J. Dunbaf ( ^ 37, type), 

 October 14, 1902, May 20, 1903. 



At the sug'gestion of Mr Dunbar this species is named for William 

 C. Barry of Rochester, whose practical knowledge and business 

 ability have been powerful in advancing horticulture in America. 



Crataegus foliata n. sp. 



Leaves crowded, ovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded or concave- 

 cuneate at the base, coarsely doubly serrate, and slightly divided 

 into 4 or 5 pairs of small acuminate spreading lobes ; more than 

 half grovv^n when the flowers open at the end of May and then mem- 

 branaceous, yellow-green, slightly roughened above by short white 

 hairs and glabrous below, and at maturity thin but firm in texture, 

 glabrous, smooth, yellow-green on the upper surface and paler on the 

 lower suriace, 5-7 cm long and 4-5 cm wide, with stout yellow mid- 

 ribs and slender primary veins ; petioles stout, slightly wing-margined 

 at the apex, glandular while young, often rose color in the autumn, 

 2.5-3 cm in length ; leaves on vigorous shoots rounded or cordate at 

 the broad base, coarsely serrate, more deeply lobed, 6-y cm long 



