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CRATAGUS COCCINEA. LARGE-FLOWERED 
AMERICAN WHITETHORN. 
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Class and Order. 
IcosanpriA Di- Pentacynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rosacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. tubus urceolatus, limbus 5-fidus. Pet. patentia ob- 
cordata. Ovarium 2—5 loculare. Styli totidem glabri. Po- 
mum carnosum ovatum dentibus calycinis vel disco incras- 
sato clausum, putamine osseo.—Frutices spinosi. Folia 
angulata vel dentata. Corymbi terminales. Bractee subu- 
late decidue. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Crarzeus* coccinea; spinosa, foliis cordato-ovatis angu- 
lato-lobatis acute serratis glaberrimis sublonge petio- 
latis, petiolis segmentisque calycinis subulatis glandu- 
losis, floribus pentagynis. 
Cratzeus coccinea. Lann. Sp. Pl. p. 682. Mich. Am. v. 
1. p. 288. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 337. Ell. Carol. 
©. 1. p. 508. Torrey; Ft. of Un. St. 'v:.1..p. 475. 
Hook, Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. 
This is an extremely beautiful plant, and assuredly one 
of the greatest ornaments of our shrubberies, loaded as it is 
im the month of May with its large clusters of white, but 
Scarcely fragrant blossoms. ‘The leaves too are copious, 
and of a delicate yellowish-green, much lobed and finely 
Serrated at the margin. It is a native of North America, 
from Canada to the Southern United States. fs 
ESCR. 
sntuned from xparos, strength, in allusion to the extreme hardness of the 
wood, 
