598 



POMACE.E. I. Crat^gus. 



petals. Styles 5. Pome globose, 5-celled ; cells covered with Vent. Branches unarmed, obviously so in the specimen ex- 

 amined. Fruit one half the size of a pea, nearly dry. 

 Subspinose Hawthorn. Tree. 



papery membranes, containing 2 bony, 1 -seeded nuts each. 



I. CRATjE^GUS (from icparogy cratos^ strength ; in reference 

 to the hardness and strength of the wood). Lindl. in Lin. trans. 

 13. p. 105. D. C. prod. 2. p. 626. — Crataegus and Mespilus 

 species of other authors. 



Lin. syst. Icosdndriay Di-Pentagynia. Calyx with an ur- 



5 C. PUNCTA^TA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p- 169.) leaves obovate- 

 cuneiform, glabrous, serrated ; calyxes rather villous, with the 

 lobes subulate and entire. 



^ 



Native of North America. 



Jacq.hort. vind. 1. and 28. Wats. dend. brit. t. 57. Mespilus cu- 

 neifolia, Ehrh. beit. 3. t. 21. Flowers white. There are varieties 



ceolate tube and a 5-cleft limb. Petals orbicular, spreading. f ^^'^ «P^;:'^« '^'}^ ^"^er yellow or red fruit, which are usvmlly 



Ovarium 2-5-celled. Styles ^--Sy glabrous. Pome fleshy, ovate, 



dotted. 



closed by the calycine teeth or the thickened disk, containing a ""^ „!, ™^l-?!/?l'"!"Ll^^'" 

 bony putamen. — Thorny shrubs or trees, with angular or toothed 

 leaves and terminal corymbs of usually white flowers. Bracteas 

 subulate, deciduous. 



§ 1. Leaves toothed ornearly entire, never angularly lobed, 



1 C. Pyraca'ntha (Pers. ench. 2. p. 37.) leaves glabrous, 

 evergreen, ovate-lanceolate; lobes of calyx blunt; styles 5. 15 to 20 feet. 



The Indians of the west coast of America make wedges 



Z)o/^ec?"fruited Hawthorn. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1746. Tr. 



15 to 20 feet. 



6 C. elli'ptica (Ait. hort. Icew. 2. p. 168.) leaves elHptic, 

 unequally serrated, glabrous ; petioles and calyxes glandular ; 



5-seeded. h . H. Native of North America. 



pome globose, 



Flowers white. 



Fruit red. 



Elliptic leaved Hawthorn. FL May, June. Clt. 1765, Tn 



^2- H. 



and in hedges. 



Native of the south of Europe, in uncultivated places 



Pall. fl. 



Mespilus pyracantha, Lin. spec. 685. 



Duham. arb. 2. t. 20. no. 2. 



ross. 1. p. 29. t. 13. f. 2. 



icon. 2. p. 182. f. 1. Flowers white. 



a pea, 



Lob. 



disposed in cymes, of a beautiful scarlet colour, remain- 

 ing on the tree nearly all the winter, whence it is called 



7 C. PRUNiFoLiA (Bosc. iucd. D. C. prod. 2. p. 627.) leaves 

 broad-ovate, unequally serrated, glabrous ; petioles rather glan- 

 dular : lobes of calyx glandularly serrated ; peduncles and ca- 



" " of North America. 



Flowers white. Fruft 



Fruit about the size of lyxes rather villous. ^2 • H. Native 



Buisson ardent by the French, as also its Greek name Pyracantha^ 



which signifies j'?re-<Aorw. The shrub being evergreen is well 15 to 20 feet. 



Mespilus prunif olia, Poir. 

 2-seeded. 



Plum-leaved Hawthorn. 



May 



Clt. 1818. Tree 



adapted for planting against walls or houses, where the green 

 leaves and red fruit have a fine appearance all the winter. 

 Pyracantha or Evergreen Thorn. 



10 to 20 feet. 



Fl..May, Clt. 1629. Sh. 



8 C. PRUNELLiFOLiA (Bosc, lucd. cx D. C prod. 2, p. 627.) 

 leaves oval-elliptic, attenuated at both ends, serrated, glabrous ; 

 branches rather villous, h . H. Native country as well as 



flowers unknown. 



o 



n. trans. 13. p. 106.) 

 leaves ovate-oblong, crenulated, glabrous, shining, retuse at the 

 apex and mucronulate ; peduncles lateral, aggregate, elongated, 

 1 or many-flowered; styles 5. Tj . H. Native of Nipaul. 



Prunella-leaved Hawthorn. 

 9 C. 



1? 

 Habit referrible to Prunus sptnbsa 



Tree. 



May 



un- 



Mespilus crenulata, D. Don, prod. p. 238. 

 cdntha. . Stvles elabrous. Fruit 5-celled, 



Styles glabrous. 



probably permanent. 



Crrwu/a^ef/ Evergreen Thorn. 



Allied to C. pyra- 

 5-seeded. Leaves 



LATiFOLiA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 37.) leaves obovate, 

 equally serrated, rather plicate, and rather villous on the nerves 

 beneath : stipulas and lobes of calyx linear and slightly toothed ; 



Native of North America, rruit 



corymbs villous. ^ . H. 

 oval, red. 



May 



Clt. 1822. Tr. 



3 C. cru's-ga'lli (Lin. spec. 632.) leaves obovate-cuneiform, 

 nearly sessile, shining, glabrous, falling off late in the autumn ; 



Broad-leaved Hawthorn. Fl. May, Ju. 



10 C. PARviFOLiA (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 169.) leaves obovate- 

 cuneiform, deeply serrated, pubescent; flowers usually solitary; 

 branches and calyxes villous ; stipulas setaceous ; lobes ot calyx 



^ ^ - ' ' H. Native of 



lobes' of calyx lanceolate, subserrated ; styles 2. Tj . H. Na- serrated; fruit rather turbinate, 5-seeded. 

 tive of North America. Wats. dend. brit. t. 56. 



crus-galli, Poir. diet. 4. p. 441. 

 178. f. 2. C. lucida, Wanirh. an 



Hort. angl. t. 13. 



Mespilus 



Mill. fig. Pers. 1. c. 



65. 



Mespilus 



Mespilus axillaris, 



Mespilus tomentosa, Poir. 1. c. Mespilus xantho- 



Lin. fil. supdI. 254. C. tomentosa, Lm. spec b»^. 



North America. Wat 



cida, Ehrh. Flowers white tinged with red ; anthers red. Fruit 

 scarlet, eatable. Stipulas linear. Spines very long. 



Far. a, splendens (D- C. prod. 2. p. 626.) leaves obovate-cu- 

 neiform. Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 170. — Pluk, aim- t. 46. f. 1. 



Var. jS, pyracanthij blia 

 cuneiform. Ait. 1. c. M ^ 

 ed. 2. vol. 5. p. 448. 



Var. y, salicij blia (D. C. prod. 1. c.) lea 

 rather cuneiform. Ait. 1. c. 







carpos, JLm. hi. suppl. 



Trew. ehrh. 1. 17. Flowers small, white. 



Small-leaved or Gooseberry-leaved Hawthorn. 



June. Clt. 1704. Shrub 6 feet. 



Fruit yellow. 



FL 



May 



> 



ll' C. oValifoua (Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. p. 52.) {eaves 



Stipulas half cordate, deeply serrated, glandular. ^ 



the author. 



OvaUleaved Hawthorn. 

 10 to 20 feet. 



M 



Clt. 1810. Tree 



late; spines few, shortish. I?. H. Mespilus linearis, Desf. 12 C. glau'ca (Wall. cat. 673.) leaves elliptic, y^^"« 



arbr. 2. p. 156. Poir. suppl. 4. p. 70. Styles 1-2. Fruit 



yellow ? 



(D 



paler beneath. >2 • H. Mespilus nana, Dum. Cours. suppl. p. 386. 

 Branches rather tomentose. Perhaps this is a proper species. 



Cockspur Thorn. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1691. Tr. 10 to 30 ft. 



4 C. suBsiuNOsA (D. C. prod- 2. p. 626.) leaves oval, ovate, 

 or obovate, crenate-toothed, glabrous, coriaceous, on short pe- 

 tioles ; racemes ovate, terminal ; calyx glabrous, with the lobes 

 acute. \ . H. Native of Chili. Mespilus subspinosa, herb. 



both ends, acute, serrulated at the apex, ^^^'^^ ^ a^^",.^ 

 beneath, but glabrous above ; corymbs terminal, "^^^y'"^!j^^. ' 

 calyx woolly, h . H. Native of Nipaul and Kamaon. i^iowe . 



calyx woolly, 

 white. 



Glaucous Hawthorn. Tree 20 feet. 



uiaucous tiawtnorn. iree :<iu leet. Uomlv 



13 C. FLExuosA (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 73.) leaves obovate, sbaj^.^ 

 toothed, pubescent on both surfaces ; corymbs small, tome ^^ ' 

 branches flexuous. Tj . H. Native of Carohna. rryiM 



reddish yellow colour. 

 Flexuous Hawthorn. 



Spines very long, blackish. 



Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



t 



oval, serrated, rather pilose on both surfaces, s«'"'"|j ^ jj^^ 

 tive of North America. 'Allied to C. crns-gdUt, according tji 



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Clt. 1820. Tr. 20 ft. i| 



