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* CRAT/ÉGUS spathulata. 
Spathula-leaved Thorn. 
ICOSANDRIA MONO-PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RosacEz, $ PoMEz. 
CRATEGUS.—Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1128. 
C. spathulata ; ramulis spinescentibus fasciculatim foliosis, foliis obovatis basi 
~ angustatis subtrilobis stipulisque semihastatis foliaceis glanduloso-serratis, 
floribus subsessilibus, corymbis paucifloris, sepalis incisis. 
C. spathulata ; ramulis spinescentibus fasciculatim foliosis, foliis parvis longis- 
simè deorsum angustatis subspatulatis trifidis, corymbis paucifloris, pedicellis 
brevibus, calycibus tomentosis. Mich. Fl. Amer. Bor. 1. 288. Pursh 
Fl. Am. sept. 1. 336. Non Elliotti. 
C. virginica. Loddiges. Loudom Arboret. & Fruticet. Britann. p. 842. t. 560. 
C. vindis. Hort. 
There can be no doubt that this plant, the Crategus 
virginica of the Nurseries, is the real C. spathulata of 
Michaux, about which so little is known that it is altogether 
omitted from the Floras of Torrey, Hooker, and Beck, is 
introduced by name into Elliott's work on South Carolina 
without that author's being acquainted with the plant, was 
missed by Willdenow, and was unknown to De Candolle. 
Pursh merely repeats Michaux's character, but he adds that 
it occurs in dry woods near rivers in Virginia and Carolina, 
flowering in May and June, and having very large crooked 
thorns with small leaves. Mr. Loudon in his Arboretum Bri- 
tannicumf keeps the garden name virginica, considering 
* See folio 1161. | Tu di 
I gl i f the present opportunity of calling attention is 
+ I gladly avail myself of the p anm Las et Dess, în 
which, as is usual in the writings of the indefatigable author, there is a most 
valuable mass of information, partly compiled, but also to a great extent original. 
