104 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
C. Leaves usually abrupt at base, sometimes cordate. (F.) 
F. Leaves downy when young. (G.) 
G. Leaves usually lobed......... 0.2 .e cece eee e ee eee eee 4. 
G. Leaves rarely lobed; veins very prominent .. .......8. 
F. Leaves quite smooth.......... 0... c eee eee eee eee 6. 
1. Crat@gus coccinea, L. (ScARLET- 
FRUITED THORN.) Leaves bright green, 
smooth, thin, roundish-ovate, sharply cut- 
toothed or lobed, on slender petioles. 
Branches reddish, villous- pubescent ; 
spines stout, chestnut-brown. Flowers 
large, 14 to % in., many in a corymb, on 
glandular peduncles. May to June. Fruit 
scarlet, round or pear-shaped, 14 in.; ripe 
C. coccinea. in September, with from 1 to 5 cells and 
seeds. Tall shrub or low tree, 10 to 25 ft. high, in hedges and woods; 
common from Canada to Florida. 
Var. mollis has the shoots densely pubescent; leaves large, slen- 
der-petioled, cuneate, cordate or truncate at base, usually with acute 
narrow lobes, often rough above, and more or less densely pubescent 
beneath. Flowers large, 1 in.; fruit light scarlet with a light bloom, 
1 in. broad. 
2. Crat@gus Crus-gélli, L. (CocksPpuR 
THORN.) Leaves smooth, thick, shining above, 
wedge-obovate, finely serrate above the mid- 
dle, with a short 
petiole. There are 
broad and narrow- Seis 
leaved varieties. Wy 
Flowers large and 
numerous, inlateral 
corymbs. May to June. Fruit globular, 
¥, in. broad, dull red; ripe in September 
and October. A small tree with-a flat, 
bushy head, horizontal branches, and long, 
sharp thorns. Wild and common through- 
out, and often planted. 
C. Crus-gaélli. 
3. Crat®gus oxyacdntha. (ENGLISH 
HawrnHorn.) Leaves obovate, smooth, 
C. oxyacdntha. wedge-shaped at base, cut-lobed and 
