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serrate, when young pubescent along the veins ; petioles slen- 

 der, short. Sti/iules subulate, serrate. Corijmbs compouiul. 

 Segments of the calyx short, obtuse. Fruit small, globose, 

 depressed, red. • Ell. 

 Hab. In hedge-rows and on the banks of rivers. Canada to 

 Virginia. Purs h. 



3. C. pyrifolia A i t. : thorny or unarmed ; leaves ovatr- 

 clliptic, inciscly serrate, somewhat plicate and hairy ; calyx 

 villous ; segments linear-lanceolate, serrate ; flowers trigy- 

 nons. Willd. SpecAl.^. 1001. Ait. ATeu). II. p. 16C. 

 Pursh Fl.l. ^.331. Elliott Sk.h p. 550. C. Lcii- 

 cophleos Moench, Weissenst. ^,31. t. '2. (teste Willd.) 



Leaves large, acute, sometimes acuminate at each end, slightly 

 lobed, irregularly serrate. • Corymbs many-flowered. Pe- 

 duncles and calyx tomentose. E U. 



Hab. In rocky and gravelly woods, and on banks of rivers. 

 Pennsylvania to Carolina, Pursh. In Pennsylvania. Muh- 

 lenberg: June. 



4. C. dliplica AH.: thorny ; leaves elliptical, unequally 

 serrate, smooth ; petioles and calyx glandular ; fruit globose, 

 5.seeded. Willd. Spec. II. p. 1002. Jit. Kezv, li. p. 

 168. Pwr^A F/. I. p. 337. E llio 1 1 Sk. 1. p, 5^9, 



Segments of the calyx obtuse. Pruit small, red. P/i. 



Hab. In copses and dry swamps. ^Canada to Carolina. Purs h. 



5. C. glandulosa A i t. : thorny ; leaves obovate-cunci- 

 form, smooth and shining ; petioles, stipules, and calyx glan- 

 dular ; fruit oval, 5-seeded. Willd. Spec. II. p. 1002., 

 Ait. Kew. II. p. 168. P ursh Fl. I. p. 137. 



Fruit middle-sized, scarlet. Ph. 



Hab. In Canada, and on the Alleghany Mountains. Pursh. 

 In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. May. 



6. C. parvifolia -^ i t. : thorny ; leaves obovate, subses- 

 sile, deeply and obtusely serrate, subtomentose ; leaflets of 

 the calyx laciniate; flowers subsoIitary,pentagynous. Willd. 

 Spec. II. p. 1002. Ait, Kew. II. p. 169. P tirsh Fl, I. 

 p. 338. Elliott Sk.\. p. 547. C. tomentosa L. Sp. pi, 

 682. Mich. Fl. I. p. 289. Mespilus Xanthocarpos L. 

 Supp. 25^. M. laciniata Walt. Car. p. 147. M. axillaris 

 P ers. Si/n. II. p. 39. M, inermis, &:c. G ro 7i. Firg. 55. 



A shrub about 4 feet high, with numerous irregular branches ; 

 the younger branches and leaves very tomentose ; spines fevv^ 

 long, and slender. Leaves about an inch and a half long, 

 thick, roundish-obovate, obtusely cuneate at the base, when oid 

 nearly smooth. Flowers mostly solitary, terminating the short 

 lateral branches. Cali/x very woolly ; segments long, lanceo- 



