. 1874 
* CRATÁGUS platyphylla. 
i Broad-leaved Thorn. 
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ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosace, $ Pour. 
CRATEGUS—-Suprà, vol. 13. fol. 1128. 
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C. platyphylla ; foliis pinnatifidis basi truncatis cuneatisque laciniis apice serratis 
subtus ramulisque pubescentibus, stipulis semicordatis dentatis integrisque, 
cymis villosis, pomis oblongis nigris pubescentibus tripyrenis, laciniis calycis 
erectis integris. T5 23 
€. platyphylla. Supra, fol. 1128. in textu. = 3 
C. fissa, Hort. nec Boscii. i $. A 
=, A 
A Peg 
ld 
Certainly-in-foliage and elegance of general appearance 
this is the handsomest of the European Hawthorns. It grows 
like an exceedingly vigoroús Oxyacantha, spreading its grace- 
fully bending arms-on all sides; its leaves are a deep rich 
green, it is loaded with large masses of snow-white blossoms 
long after the common A Ata pi flowerless, and it retains its 
vigour till late in the autumn, so thât the rich colour of its 
blackish purple fruit is not impaired in effect by the fading 
tints of the foliage. E: 
That this. is. some P or North-Asiatic plant, can- 
not well be doubted, and yet if is not to be traced in books, 
unless it is the Cr. S of Bieberstein; but that 
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* See folio 1161. 
EL. 
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