476 ICOSANDRIA. DI-PENTAGYNIA. crat/bgus, 



late, iiicisely serrate. Petals nearly round. Fruit large, yel- 

 low, eatable, containing 5 bony 1 -seeded nuts. 

 Hab. In sandy woods. Common in the pine barrens of Newi 

 Jersey. Also on Long-Islaud. In Pennsylvania. Mu h U «- 

 berg. June. 



7, C. pwictaia J a cq, : thorny or unarmed; leaves obo- 

 vate-cuneate, subplicate, smooth, incisely serrate, decurrent 

 at the base into a petiole ; calyx villous ; segments subulate, 

 very entire : berries subglobose, with the summit depressed. 

 IV i 1 1 d. Spec, 11. p. 1004. J i t. Kcw. 11. p. 169. J ac q. 

 Horf. I. p. 10. t. 28. (fide Willd.) Mich. F/. I. p. 289. 

 P u r s h Fl. I. p. 3.i8. E I Ho 1 1 Sk. I. ip. 548. Mespilus 

 cuneifolia Ehrh Beilr. 111. p. 2i, 



A small tree ; youngest branches villous, Leaves 2 inches or 



more in length, tapering ai the base into a petiole, somewhat 



pk-.iud, hairy en the veins beneath, doubly and incisely serrate; 



the serratuifb very acute. Corz/7?2As many-flowered, pubescent. 



Segments oft t calyx sparingly serrate. Petals nearly round. 



Styles 2 ? Frui'. yelluw, dotted, sometimes red. 

 Hab. In wo.ds and swamps. Deeifieid, Massachusetts. 



Coo I ey and Hit c he o c k. Near Albany, NeM'-York. 



Tracy. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. May. 



8. C. Cms gafli Jii t. : thorny ; leaves obovate-cunei- 

 form, subsessile. shining, coriaceous; corymbs compound^ 

 ee^meqts of the calyx lanceolate, serrate; flowers digynous. 

 Willd. Spec. II p. 1004. ^il. Kew. II. p. 170. Mich, 

 Fl. 1. p. 288. Pursh Fl. I. p. 338. Big, Bast. p. 118. 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 648. C. hcida Wang. Amer. p. 53. 

 t. 17. f. 42. (fide Willd.') MssriLUS lucida Ehrh. Beiir. 

 IV. p. 17, 



A shrub or small tree, much branched, with numerous long 

 spines. Leaves about 3 inches long, almost sempervirent, 

 shining on the upper surface, slightly acuminate, or some- 

 times obtuse, unequally serrate, tapering to a long petiole at 

 the base. Corymbs compound, many-flowered, smooth. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx linear, acute, nearly entire. Petals round- 

 ish. 5itr//e often solitary. 7?r?«r small, red, Aostly 1 -seeded. 



Hab. In thickets and along the borders of woods, .Tune. 



The northern species of Crat^gus appear to be in much 

 confusion; few of them being easily determined by the de- 

 scription in the books. I have -.^.everal in my Herbariuim which 

 do not accord with any enumerated by Pursh; yet, as they 

 are not rai*e, it is probable they are not new, and 1 have there- 

 fore concluded •<, let them remain fur future investigation. Mr, 

 Elliott has thrown much light on the soiuhern species of 

 this genus. 



