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HAWTHORN 



blackish-grey, with fissured-scaly bark, and thorns 10 

 20 mm. long, stout, sharp, and bearing buds, are all note- 

 worthy. The leaves are lobed, the flowers white or pink 

 and characteristically scented ; and the red fruit with 

 remains of calyx above serve to distinguish it. 



Fig. 117. Cratfsgus Oxyacantha, Hawthorn. 1, flowering shoot; 

 2, fruit; 3, section across latter (Wo). 



These typically thorny shrubs, Prunus spinosa,Rhamnus 

 catharticus, and Gratcegus Oxyacantha are apt to be without 

 thorns, in which case they come under another section (see 

 p. 259). 



** The spines are not true thorns i.e. not 

 axillary dwarf -shoots, bearing buds, &c. 



