rhonibif-ovate, 4-11 cm. (112-1^2 iiifhe;^) long-, 3-8 cm. (li4-3 inches 

 wide, acute or acuminate at tlie apex, finely anfl_doul)ly serrate, those on 

 the vegetative shoots obtuse and more entire than the others, pube- 

 scent on both sides, becoming scabrate above, subcoriaceous, dull green 

 above; petioles aliout 2 cm. (3^ inch) long, wing mai-gined, glandular 

 haii'v; corymbs white-tomentose, many flowered; flowers appear in 

 June, about 1.5 cm. (Sg inch) broad; stamens about 20; anthers 

 small, pink; styles and nutlets usually 2 or 3; calyx lobes lanceolate- 

 acuminate, glandular laciniate; fruit ripens in September, pyriform 

 to eflipsoidal, orange-red or red, 8-10 mm. (I3 inch) thick, flesh glu- 

 tinous; nutlets with deep pits in their inner faces; calyx lobes reflexed. 



Distribution. — Central New York, northeastern New Jersey to 

 Minnesota and IN'Iissouri and south in the mountains to northern 

 Georgia. 



A lai-ge shrub or occasionally a tree 6 m. (20 feet) high, with ascend- 

 ing branches forming a Ijroad crown. 



Specimens have been examined from the following counties; Boone 

 (Deam); Floyd (Deam); Hancock (Mrs. Chas. C. Deam) ; Harrison 

 (Deam) ; Marion (Mrs. Chas. C. Deam); Posey (Deam); Putnam 

 (Climes) ; Tippecanoe (Stanley Coulter) ; Wells (Deam) ; White (Deam) ; 

 Whitley (Deam). 



9. Crataegus chr_>socarpa Ashe. (Crataegus Dodgei Sargent. 

 Crataegus rotundi folia, Borckhausen.) Round-leaved Thorn. Plate 

 85. Bark dark red-brown, scaly; spines nuinerous, chestnut-brown, 

 curved, 2-5 cm. (1-2 inches) long; leaves ovate-orbicular or obovate, 

 3-6 cm. (II4-2I4 inches) long, 2-6 cm. {^^^-2 I4 inches) wide, acute 

 at the apex, Ijroadly cuneate at the base, doubly serrate with i-ather 

 coarse teeth and with 3 or 4 pairs of acute lobes, sul.)coriaceous, dark 

 yellow-green and shining above, slightly pubescent or glabrous; corymbs 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent; flowers 10-15 mm. (14-^-4 inch) 

 wide; stamens 5-10; anthers light yellow; styles and nutlets usually 

 3-4; calyx lobes lanceolate, acuminate, usually entire, but glandular 

 margined; fruit depressed glolxtse to short ovoid, about 10 mm. (3^2 

 inch) thick, flesh soft; calyx lobes reflexed. 



Distribution. — Nova Scotn^ and New Brunswick to Saskatchewan, 

 south to Nebraska and Pennyslvania and in the mountains to North 

 Carolina and New Mexico. 



Pound topped shrub or tree sometimes 8 meters (25 feet) high. 



Specimens have been seen from the following counties; Delaware and 

 Lagi'ange (Dcjam). 



