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VOMACEM. I. Crat^gus, IL Rhaphiolepis, 



601 



clothed with l^oary tomentum. fj. H. Native of the Levant. 

 Mespilus orientahs, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 72. 



Oriental Azarole. FI. May, Ju. Clt. 1810. Tr. 12 to 20 ft. 



42 C. Aronia (Bosc. ined. ex D. C. 1. c.) leaves pubescent 

 beneath, cuneated at the base, trifid ; lobes obtuse, entire or 3- white. 



51 Ouveria'na (Bosc. ined. ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) gla- 

 brous? leaves cuneiform at the base, and deeply lobed at the 

 apex ; lobes obtuse, almost entire ; spines subulate, straight. 

 ^2 . H. Native of Asia Minor. Branches dark brown. Flowers 



toothed; teeth obtuse, mucronate ; branches pubescent. Pj . H. 

 Native of the Levant. Mespilus Aronia, Willd. enum. suppl, 

 C. Azarolus /3, Willd. spec. — Pocock. cr. t. 85. The fruit is 

 said to be yellow. 



Aronia Azarole. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1810, Tr. 12 to 20 ft. 

 43 C. tanacetifolia (Pers. ench, 2. p. 38.) leaves deeply 



Oliver's Hawthorn. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 to 

 52 C. P ~ - - 



20 ft. 



'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) leaves ovate, 

 rather coriaceous, cut, and somewhat lobed, glabrous ; stipulas 

 linear-subulate ; spines strong, and very long. ^2 . H. Native 

 country unknown. M6spilus linearis, Poir, suppl. 4. p. 72. 

 Flowers white. 



pinnatifid, downy ; lobes oblong, acute, few-toothed ; flowers pen- PoireVs Hawthorn. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1810. Tree 20 ft. 



tagynous; calycine lobes acutish, reflexed, hairy; fruit globose. 

 ^.H. Native of the Levant. Andr. bot. rep. t. 591. Mespi- 

 lus tanacetifolia, Poir. diet. 4. p. 440. Smith, exot. bot. 85. 

 Flowers white. Fruit greenish yellow. 



Var. /3, Taurica (D. C. prod. 2. p. 629.) fruit brick-coloured. 

 Ij. H. Native of Tauria, on hills. C. orientalis, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. 

 p. 389. Perhaps Mespilus Celsiana, Dum. Cours. suppl. p. 286. 



Tanzy^eaved Azarole, Fl. May, June. Clt. 1789. Tree 

 12 to 20 feet. 



53 C. disse'cta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) leaves sessile, gla- 

 brous, green, trifid ; lateral lobes dee2)ly toothed, middle one 3- 



lobed ; lobules toothed ; branches u 



d, rather tomentose. 



T2 . H. Native of Persia. Mespilus diss6cta, Dum. Cours. bot, 

 cult. ed. 2. vol. 5. p. 456. Flowers white. 



DissectedAeaved Hawthorn. Fl. May, June. Tree. 

 54 C. PECTiNA TA (Bosc. incd. D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) leaves 

 pinnatifid, running along the petiole, green ; lobes 5, deeply 

 toothed. P) . H. Native of Persia. Allied to C tanacetifolia 

 44 C. ODORATi'ssiMA ; leaves deeply pinnatifid, pubescent ; and C. Olivcriana, 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, serrated; flowers pentagynous, corym- Pec^ma^e-leaved Hawthorn. Fl. May, July. Tree 20 feet. 



N.B. — There are numerous 

 remain undescribed. 



other garden species, but all 



bose ; calycine segments ovate ; fruit globular. Pj . H. Native 

 of the Crimea. Mespilus tanacetifolia, Andr. bot. rep. 590. 

 Flowers white, very sweet-scented. Fruit yellow, large. 



Sweet-scented Azarole. Fl. May, June. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



45 C. lacinia'ta (Ucria ex herb. Moricand, D. C. prod. 2. rata^ Bosc. 4 C ohovata, Bosc. 5 C. JlavescenSy Bosc. 



'"'"'" 7 C. Carpdtica, Lodd. cat. 8 C. Jlorida^ 



1 C trijoliata, Bosc. 2 C quinquclohata, Bosc. 3 C odo* 



6 C. 



P* 629.) leaves deeply pinnatifid, downy ; lobes oblong, acute, 

 lew-toothed at the apex ; calycine lobes acutish, reflexed, hairy ; 



fruit elliptic, ^2 . H. Native of Sicily, on mountains. Flowers 

 white. 



JaggedAesLved Azarole. Fl, May, June. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 etolOfeet. 



46 C.MELANOCA'RPA(Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 386.) leaves usually 

 ^rind, serrated in front, acutish at the base ; flowers usually pen- 

 ^/?|!?^"^.' calycine lobes acute, reflexed, villous. T2 • H. Native 

 ..,. ^"^'^> in mountain woods. Flowers white. Fruit black. 



Allied to C. oxyacdntha. 



Black-fruited 

 ^0 to 20 feet. 



May 



Clt. 1820. Tree 



T Species belonging to the last division of the genus^ hut are 

 «o^ sufficiently known. 



V C. Mexica'na (Moc et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 ^1?^' 2* P- 629.) leaves oval, acute, serrated or cut at the apex, 



»atea at the base ; flowers corymbose ; lobes of calyx acute ; 



,f obovate, 5-seeded. T2 • H. Native of Mexico. Fruit 

 yellowish, 12-15 lines long. Branches spiny. 



^extcan Hawthorn. FL May," June. Clt, 1823. Tree. 



^8 C. l^viga'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) leaves cuneated, 



*^thed, 3-lobed at the apex, quite glabrous on both surfaces ; 



^^Ombs subumbellate ; lobes of calyx obtuse, reflexed ; fruit 



pbrous, S.seeded. h . H. Native of the Vosges. Mespilus 



•^^'gata, Poir. L c 



4? n'^ Hawtliorn. Fl. May, June. Tree. 

 ^^^ C. vi'ridis (Lin. spec. 683.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, some- 



^t 3-lobed, serrated, glabrous; stipulas semicordate; stem 

 •^nanned. h . H "NTof^.^ ^^r ro-^l.'no Pprhnns a variety of 



flabellala, Bosc. 

 Lodd. cat. 



Cult. The species of hawthorn are well fitted for shrubberies 

 or plantations. They are easily propagated by budding or 

 grafting on the common hawthorn. They are all very orna- 

 mental when in blossom. The seeds do not vegetate till the 

 second spring after sowing. 



II. RH APHIO'LEPIS (from pa^ic, rhajMs, a needle, and \£- 

 Tree, lepisy a scale ; in reference to the narrow subulate bracteas). 

 Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 468. and Lin. trans, 13, p. 105. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 030. 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria^ Digynia Limb of calyx funnel- 

 shaped, deciduous. Filiments filiform. Ovary 2-celled, 2-stylec]. 

 Pome closed by a thickened disk, containing a chartaceous 

 putamen. Seeds 2, gibbous ; the testa very thick and coria- 

 ceous. — Trees, natives of China, with evergreen, crenulated, 

 coriaceous, reticulated leaves. Racemes terminal, usually beset 

 with permanent scale-like bracteas. Petals white, but with the 



filaments usually red. 



1 R. I'ndica (Lindl. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 105.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated at both ends ; petals ovate, acute ; stamens shorter 

 than the calyx. Tj . F. Native of India and China. Cratae'- 

 gus I'ndica, Lin. spec. 683. Sims, bot. mag. 1726. Schrank, 

 hort. mon. t. GG. Leaves broad. Bracteas subulate, deciduous. 

 Petals white. Filaments red. 



Indian Hawthorn. Fl. Feb. Aug. Clt. 1800. Tree. 



2 R. LouREi Ri (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 508.) leaves lanceolate, 



.^' <^occinea. 



^ . H. Native of Carolina. Perhaps a variety of 



?n^P Hawthorn. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1810. Tree 10 to 20 ft. 

 W .' ^^^'^OBA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 37.) leaves cuneiform, vil- 

 tbe ^^J^^'*^^^ at the apex ; calyxes acute, and are, as well as 



Barb ' tomentose ; fruit 2-seeded. 



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Native of 



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'•<?e-?o6erf.leaved Hawthorn. 

 VOL, n. 



Tree. 



unequally serrated, glabrous ; flowers corymbose ; petals round- 

 ish. ^ . F. Native of Cochin-china. Cratai'gus Fndica, Lour. 

 coch. p. 319. Fruit eatable. 



Lourciro's Indian Hawthorn. Tree 30 ket* 



3 R. PHEOSTE MON (Lindl. coll. no. 3. in a note,) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated at both ends; petals roundish; stamens 

 spreading, longer than the calyx. ^? - F. Native of China. R. 

 I ndica, Ker. bot. reg. 468. Petals white. Filaments browni. 



Brown'StamenedludxanAid^yfihorn. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 3 to feet. 

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