1855 
* CRATZEGUS maroccána. 
Morocco Hawthorn. 
ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacea, $ PoMACE A. 
CRATZGUS.—Supra, vol. 13, fol. 1128. 
C. maroccana ; foliis cuneatis glabris 3-5-fidis 3-lobisque lobis integris sub- 
faleatis, calycibus glabris, fructibus subrotundis glabris dipyrenis, putamine 
crassissimo. i ` 
C. maroccana. DC. prodr. 2. 628. ì . 
C. aronia. Decaisne in Ann. Sc. n. ser. 3. 264 ; not of others. 
Folia glabra, longipetiolata, integra, triloba, 3-fida, 5-fida, imo 3-5- 
partita, lobis sepius integerrimis acutis nunc subfalcatis. Poma pallide 
lateritia, subrotunda, dipyrena, putamine-crassissimo. 
Said, 1 know not on what authority, to be a native of 
Barbary; but it is not mentioned by Desfontaines, nor have 
I seen any Certain specimen from that country. 
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It however undoubtedly occurs in Palestine, having been 
collected on Mounts Sinai and St. Catharine by M. Bové, in 
June 1832; its Arabian name is Sarrour. C. Aronia, to which 
M. Decaisne referred M. Bové's specimens, is essentially dif- 
ferent, as I shall hereafter shew. 
It is not improbable that C. maroccana is a mere variety 
of C. heterophylla, t. 1847; to which it approaches very 
nearly in some respects. Independently however of the form 
and colour of the fruit, and of the shape of the leaves, by 
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