Barberry-Leaved Haw 



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slightly winged, glandular, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long. The flowers are about 15 mm. 

 wide, in many-flowered, smooth corymbs; the calyx- lobes are long-pointed, re- 

 motely glandular-toothed; stamens about 10; anthers pink; styles 3 to 5. The 

 fruit ripens late; it is short-oblong to globose, 10 to 15 mm. long, dark crimson, 

 calyx- lobes reflexed; flesh thick, bright red, juicy; it contains 3 to 5 nutlets from 

 7 to 8 mm. long, the nest of nutlets from 6 to 7 mm. thick; they are rounded at 

 the ends and strongly ridged on the back, with a sinus between them. 



5. FRUITFUL THORN — Oratsegus fecunda Sargent 



This species occurs in rich woods and bottom lands, from southeastern Missouri 

 to southwestern Indiana. It is a tree from 6 to 8 m. high, with stout, wide-spread- 

 ing branches, forming a broad round-topped crown; the twigs are shghtly hairy, 

 soon becoming smooth, light 

 orange-green turning ashy-gray, 

 and bear many slender nearly 

 straight chestnut-brown shining 

 spines from 5 to 7 cm. long. 



The leaves are oblong-ovate 

 to broadly ovate, from 3 to 9 cm. 

 long and from 2 to 7 cm. wide, 

 dark green and shining above, 

 pale yellow-green beneath, firm 

 in texture, with strongly marked 

 veins, the apex pointed or long- 

 pointed, the base wedge-shaped, 

 sometimes abruptly so, doubly 

 toothed nearly to the base, 

 slightly hairy when young, be- 

 coming glabrous except on the 

 veins beneath; leaf-stalks slightly vringed, i to 2 cm. long, hairy. The flowers are 

 about 2 cm. wide in many-flowered, slightly long-hairy corymbs; calyx-tube long- 

 hairy, its lobes lanceolate, pointed, coarsely toothed, with stalked dark red glands; 

 stamens about 10; anthers small, dark purple; styles 2 to 4. The fruit ripens 

 late; it is short-oblong to subglobose, from 20 to 25 mm. long, orange- red, with a 

 few hairs; calyx-lobes erect; flesh thick and hard, pale green, dry and sweet; it 

 contains 2 to 4 nutlets f^om 8 to 10 mm. long, the nest from 8 to 10 mm. thick; 

 they are rounded at the ends and strongly ridged on the back. 



Fig. 394. — Fruitful Thom. 



6. BARBERRY-LEAVED HAW — Cratsegus berberifolia Torrey and Gray 



This thom occurs from North Carolina to Texas. It is a tree sometimes 

 12 meters high, with stout spreading branches, forming a broad flat-topped crown; 



