600 



POMACES. I. Crat.^gus. 



veins beneath ; peduncles and calyxes pubescent ; lobes of calyx 

 rouzided. 



as affording impenetrable, close, durable, and easily raised 



T2 . H. Native of Hungary. Flowers white, pen- fences, called quickset hedges, and it bears clipping to any 



tagynous. Allied to C. oxycdntka. 



Peniagynous Hawthorn. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Tree 

 10 to 20 feet. 



extent. The timber of such plants as grow singly and attain a 

 tolerable size, is valued by the millwright and turner, and the 

 roots by the cabinet maker. It is often spoiled, Sang observes. 



33 C. flaVa (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 169.) leaves obovate- through inattention after cutting ; if it be allowed to lie in entire 



cuneiform, somewhat lobate, crenate-serrated; petioles short; 

 stipulas cordate, and are as well as the calyxes glandular ; 

 flowers usually solitary ; berries turbinate, 4-seeded. T2 • 

 H. Native from Virginia to Carolina and the island of Or- 

 leans, in the St. Lawrence. Wats. dend. brit, t. 59. C. glan- 



logs or trunks, it soon heats and becomes quite brittle and worth- 

 less ; it therefore ought to be cut up instantly into planks and 

 laid to dry. The thorn will not thrive in a wet soil, nor one 

 very hard and poor, much elevated or much shaded ; a free deep 

 loam in an airy situation suits it best. The seeds or haws of the 



dulosa, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 288. C. Caroliniana, Poir. fAorn do not vegetate until the second year after sowing, unless they 



diet. 4. p. 442. Mespilus Michauxii, Pers. ench. 2. p. 38. 

 Petioles winged from the decurrent base of the leaves. Fruit 

 yellow, edible. 



Fc//on'-fruited Hawthorn. Fl. May, June, Clt. 1724. Tr. 

 12 to 20 feet. 



34 C. n'ssA (Bosc. ined. ex D. C, prod. 2. p. 628.) leaves 



have been laid up in a heap mixed with earth immediately after 

 gathering, and turned several times, and sown in a bed the next 

 spring ; under such treatment many of them will vegetate the 

 same year. The plants should remain in the seed-bed for two 

 years, and afterwards planted out in nursery rows, where they 

 may remain for two or three years before they are planted for 



broadly ovate, deeply lobed, serrated, glabrous on both surfaces, hedges. The best quickset hedges are formed by planting them 

 decurrent down the petioles, which are glandless. ^ . H. Na- in two rows, about a foot or a foot and a half apart. The hedges 



tive country unknown. Mespilus f issa, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 72. 



two or three years after planting ought to be clipped once or 



Cleft-leaved Hawthorn. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1810. Tree twice every year, in order to keep them in shape and thicken 



12 to 20 feet. 



35 C. MoRoccA^NA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 37.) leaves cuneated, 3- 

 lobed and pinnatifid, glabrous and glandless ; stipulas subpal- 

 mately cut ; corymbs terminal, glabrous ; pedicels elongated ; 

 lobes of calyx blunt; flowers digynous. ^. H. Native of 

 Mauritania. Perhaps distinct from C Maura. 



Morocco Hawthorn. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1822. Tr. 15 to20ft. 



36 C. oxYCA'NTiiA(Lin. spec. 683.) leaves obovate-cuneiform, 

 tnfid or pinnatifid, glabrous and shining ; flowers corymbose, mo- 

 nogynous, digynous and trigynous ; calyxes glandless, acute. 



^2 • H. Native of Europe, in thickets, hedges, copses, and in 

 high open fields ; plentiful in Britain. FL dan. 634. 

 austr. t. 292. f. 2. Mespilus oxycantha, Gsertn. fruct. 2. p. 24, 

 t. 87. Sorbus acule^ta, Cord. hist. 176. Flowers white, 



them, and they should be kept perfectly clear of weeds, at least 



for the few first years. 



Sharp'spined or Common Hawthorn, White-thorn, or May. 



Fl. May, June. Britain. Shrub 10 to 20 feet. 



t. 



87 C. KYRTOSTYLA (Fing. in Schlecht. Linnaea. 4. p. 379 

 3. f. 1.) thorny; leaves 3-lobed, toothed, glabrous on both sur- 

 faces or ciliated on the nerves beneath ; flowers corymbose, mo- 



nogynous ; style deflexed ; calyx hairy, with the segments ob- 

 long, acuminated, spreading and obtuse at the apex ; fruit ob- 

 long, foveolate at the base, containing a 1 -seeded, ovate-oblong, 

 brownish nut, which is convex on the back, and 3-4-furrowea. 

 Tj . H. Native of Europe. 



Curved-styled Hawthorn. Fl. May. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 

 38 C. MONOGYNA (Fing, in Schlecht. Linnsea. 2. p. 380. t. 3. 

 occasionally pink, sweet-scented. Fruit mealy, insipid, dark f. 2.) thorny; leaves 3-parted, toothed, ciliated at the base on 

 red, occasionally yellow ; its cells as many as the styles. The the petioles and nerves beneath ; flowers corymbose, for the 



Jacq. 



May or Common Hawthorn is a very variable plant. 



Var. a^ ohtusata (D. C. prod. 2. p. 628.) leaves somewhat 

 obovate, 3-lobed, serrated, the same colour on both surfaces ; 

 flowers with 1, 2, or 3 styles. Mespilus oxycantha integrifolia, 

 Wallr. sched. 219. C. oxyacanthoides, Thuill. fl. par. 245. 

 Lindl. bot. reg. 1128. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 433. C. oxyacantha, 

 Oed. fl. dan. 634. 



Jar. /3, vidgarts (D. C. 1. c.) leaves ovate, cuneated at the 

 base, deeply trifid or pinnatifid, the same colour on both sur- 

 faces ; lobes acute, diverging, a little serrated; flowers with I- 

 2-3 styles. Mespilus oxyacantha of most authors. 



Var. y, lacimata (Wallr. sched. 219.). C. oxyacantha, D. C. 

 fl. fr. 4. p. 433. C. monogyna of most authors, Blackw. herb. 

 149. Bull. herb. t. 333. f. B. E. F. C. 61egans, Poir. C. 

 rosea, Hort. Mespilus intermedia, Poir. C. laclni^ta, Besser. 



Tar. ^, 77ton6styla (D. C. prod. g. p. 628.) leaves obovate- 

 cuneiform, trifid or jagged, discoloured beneath, at length coria- 

 ceous ; flowers constantly monogynous ; stigma peltate. Mes- 

 pilus monogyna, Wallr. sched. 221. C. monogyna, Jacq. aust. 

 t. 229. f. 1. Mespilus apiifolia, Med. gesch. 82. C. Mespilus 

 oxycantha, Smith, engl. bot. 2504. — Fl. dan. 11G2. var. a, flore- 



most part monogynous ; style straight ; calyx glabrous, or a 

 little ciliated, with oblong, acuminated, reflexed, obtuse seg- 

 ments ; fruit globose, containing 1 or 2 oblong-ovate brown nuts, 

 with 2 furrows on the back of each. P? .H. Native of Europe. 

 Monogtjnous Hawthorn. FK May. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



39 C. heterophy'lla (Flugg. ann. mus. 12. p. 423. t. 38.; 

 leaves glabrous, falling off^ very late in the season, cuneiform- 

 lanceolate, somewhat 3-lobed or pinnatifid at the apex ; lobes 

 subserrated, acute ; corymbs many-flowered, glabrous ; lobes 0^ 

 calyx acuminated ; flowers monogynous. T? • H. Native p 

 bably of North America. Lindl. bot. reg. 1161- Flowers ^^;h it e. 



Variable^eaved Hav^xhorn. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1816. iree 

 10 to 20 feet. , 



40 C. AzARo^Lis (Lin. spec. 683.) leaves pubescent, cuneated 

 at the base, trifid; lobes obtuse, coarsely few-toothed ; ^"^^^^^^^ 

 corymbs, and calyxes pubescent ; lobes of calyx obtuse; "^^^^ , 



'-' ^ - - - ^ '^ " Native of the south of France and 



579. Pyrus Azoralis, Scop. earn. no. 



with 1-2-3 styles. 



Andr. 



Italy. 



^. H. 



J. Bauh. hist. 1. 

 globose, red, 



pleno. Flowers double white. 



The hawthorn is also called white thorn and 7nay ; in 

 France Auhepine ; in Germany, hagedorn ; in Italy Jyranco 

 spino. It is a native shrub of great importance, and is also 

 introduced into narrow plantations as an undergrowth. It 

 will not grow, however, under the drip of trees, and there- 

 fore, in a profitable point of view, is only to be considered 



bot. rep. 

 597. Mespilus Azarolis, All. pedem. 1809. 

 p. 67. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Frviit ^- 

 usually 2-seeded ; hence the common name of the tree at i> 

 pelier Pommettes de deux closes. The fruit when fully ripe ^^^ 

 an agreeable taste, for which it is esteemed in Italy an 



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Levant, where it is served up in the dessert. ^« f 



Azarole Hawthorn. Fl. May, Ju. CJt. 1640. Tr. 15 to ^u^« • 

 41 C. oRiENTA^Lis (Bosc. incd. ex D- C. prod. 2 



4 



. 6290 



ruu. /*' I'- i 



leaves 3-lobed, pubescent beneath ; lobes ovate, ^^^P^V^^.j^^s 

 at the apex, the middle one trifid ; stipulas broad, cut ; bran 



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