Brown's Thorn 463 



thick, dark green and shining above, paler beneath; leaf-stalks broadly winged 

 above, glandular, hairy, becoming smooth, about i cm. long. The flowers are 

 about 2 cm. broad in few-flowered, long-hairy corymbs; calyx-tube long-hairy; ca- 

 lyx-lobes lanceolate, long-pointed, glandular-toothed, the outside nearly smooth, 

 inner surface hairy; stamens about 20; anthers small, yellow; styles 3 to 5. The 

 fruit, ripening about the first of October, is globose-oblong, about 2 cm. thick, 

 bright red and hairy; calyx- lobes erect or incurved, persistent; flesh thick and 

 yellow, containing 3 to 5 nutlets, 6.5 to 8 mm. long, the nest about 8 mm. thick; 

 nutlets slightly grooved on the back, with a small sinus between them. 



23. BRAZORIAN THORN — Crataegus brazoria Sargent 



This species occurs in low rich woods on the banks of the Brazos river, Texas. 

 It is a tree sometimes 8 meters high, with ascending branches forming a round- 

 topped crown; the young twigs 

 are slightly hairy, becoming 

 smooth, and are \marmed, or 

 occasionally armed with long 

 gray spines. 



The leaves are elliptic to 

 ovate or obovate, 3 to 6 cm. 

 long, 2 to 5 cm. wide, abruptly 

 pointed or blunt at the apex, 

 wedge-shaped at the base, 

 doubly toothed, with three or 

 four pairs of short pointed 

 sometimes irregular lobes, the ^'°- 4i3- - Brazorian Thom. 



young leaves nearly smooth above, woolly-hairy beneath, particularly along the 

 veins, becoming smooth, dark green above, paler beneath, thin but firm; leaf- 

 stalks slightly winged at apex, woolly-hairy, becoming nearly smooth, i to 2 cm. long. 

 The flowers are about 2 cm. broad in many-flowered, woolly-hairy corymbs; calyx 

 hairy, the 'lobes lanceolate, long-pointed, glandular- toothed; stamens about 20; 

 anthers small, dark red; styles 5. The fruit ripens about the first of October; it 

 is subglobose, 8 to 12 mm. long, bright canary-yellow; flesh thin, hght yellow, dry, 

 but sweet; it contains 5 nutlets, which are 6 to 7 mm. long, 7 mm. thick, and 

 grooved on the back. 



24. BROWN'S THORN — Crataegus Margaretta Ashe 



Cratmgus Brownii Britten 



This species occurs from Ontario to Maryland, western Virginia, central Iowa, 

 Missouri, and middle Tennessee. It is a tree sometimes 8 meters high, or a large 

 shrub, with erect branches forming a narrow open crown; the bark is dark gray- 



