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3 CRAT/EGUS Crus Galli, var. ovalifolia. 
Oval-leaved Cockspur Thorn. 
ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RosacE&, $ PomacER. 
CRATZGUS.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1128. 
C. crus-galli; folis obovato-cuneiformibus nitidis glabris tardé deciduis, spinis 
longissimis validis, pedicellis glabris, fructibus pyriformibus 3-pyrenis. 
C. crus-galli. Linn. Sp. pl. 632. DC. prodr. 2. 626. 
Mespilus Crus Galli. Poir. dict. 4. 441. : 
C. lucida. Wangenh. am. t. 17. f. 42. 
Mespilus lucida. Ehrh. Dum. Cours. Bot. cult. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 448. 
? M. nana. Dum. Cours. Suppl. 386. 
M. linearis. Desf. arb. 2. 156. = s 
var. ovalifolia, foliis latioribus, minus cuneatis, longiüs petiolatis, minüs Jucidis. 
C. crus-galli ovalifolia. Loud. Arbor. Britt. t. XXXI. C. €. 
C. ovalifolia. Hornem. hort. hafn. suppl. 52. DC. prodr. 2. 627. 
The Cockspur Thorn is a hardy small tree, found wild in 
North America, in woods and hedges and on the banks of 
rivers, from Canada to Carolina. Its name às derived from 
thé length of its powerful curved spines. 
Two varieties are common in our gardens, the broad- 
leaved and the Pyracantha leaved, both which have remark- 
ably smooth shining leaves, and rather a dense mode of 
branching. This, which is less known to the Nurserymen, 
has more oval and less shining leaves, and a more open head. 
It has been described as a distinct species, but I think Mr. 
Loudon right in looking upon it as a mere variety of C. crus- 
* See folio 1161. 
