two stones in its fruit; in the true Azarole there are five, 
according to Scopoli. i 
The tree of C. Aronia is, next to C. maroccana and hete- 
rophylla, the largest and most like timber of all the thorns. 
It grows very fast, makes a handsome head, and on account 
of the great quantity of apricot-coloured fruit with which it 
is loaded, is a suitable ornament for lawns and grass in 
pleasure grounds. 
This plant furnishes a whimsical illustration of the blun- 
ders sometimes made by careless compilers. It is supposed 
to be the plant described and figured in Dr. Pococke’s Tra- 
vels in the East; these are quoted by Willdenow thus, Pock. 
orient. ; De Candolle copying this author prints Pocock. er., 
the c in cr being substituted for o by a typographical error ; 
a modern writer copying De Candolle, and knowing nothing 
about Dr. Pococke, quotes him thus, Pococke Crategi; thus 
making that learned Orientalist the author of a monograph on 
the genus Crategus ! 
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