466 ROSACEiE. Crat.egus. 



segments of the calyx linear-lanceolate *, styles mostly 3 ; fruit (orange-red) 

 pyriform. — Linn. ! sjjec. 1. p. 476 (excl. syn. Gronov.) ; Ihiroi, harbk. 1. 

 p. 183. C. pyrifolia, Ait.! Kew. {ed. 1.) 2. p. 168; Willd. I. c. ; Pursh, 

 fl. 1. p. 337 ; Seriv,i(c, in DC. I. c. ; Loudon, nrh. Brit. t. 31 (/?.) ; Lindl.! 

 hot. reg. t. 1877. C. leucophajos, Mcsnch, hart. Weiss, t. 2, ex Ait. C. 

 latifolia, Pers. syn. 1. p. 36. C. lobata, Bvsc! in DC. I. c. C. flava, 

 Hook. fl. Bar.- Am. 1. p. 202? (excl. syn.); Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 292. 

 Mespilus Cal])odendron, Ehrli. heitr. 2. j'- G7. M. latifolia, Poir. diet, (ex 

 spec. hart. Par.) ; Spacli ! I. c. M. cornifolia, Poir. I. c. ? Mespilus pyri- 

 folia, Willd.! enum. l.p. 523. 



P. leaves strongly furrowed, nearly glabrous, smaller. 



Swampy thickets &c. Canada ! and New England States ! to Indiana ! 

 Kentucky ! and S. Carolina towards the mountains. 0. Bellows Falls, 

 Vermont, and near Auburn, New York, Mr. .John Carey ! Maj—June. — 

 Shrub 10-20 feet high, with large fragrant (lowers. Leaves mostly' large, 

 3-5 inches in length and 1-3 in breadth, (the petiole margined rpiite to the 

 base), seldom fascicled, falling early in autumn, the upper surface pubescent 

 with very short appressed hairs, glabrous when old ; clothed beneath with a 

 short velvety tomentum, which is mostly persistent and often somewhat 

 rusty on the veins. Corymb large, leafy. Segments of the calyx as long 

 as the ovary, pectinately serrate and glandular. Fniit obovoid or globose- 

 pyriform, rather large, eatable but rather insipid. — We have restored the 

 Linnfean name to this species, which- is by no means inapplicable to the 

 more common forms. It was wrongly referred (o C. parvifolia by Willdenow, 

 and appears to have been overlooked by succeeding authors. It was des- 

 cribed from the specimen in his own herbarium ; but the synonym of Gro- 

 novius belongs to Amelanchier Canadensis. Our more glabrous and smaller- 

 leaved forms approach C. punctata, but certainly belong to the present 

 species. The figure in the Botanical Register well represents the ordinary 

 form. 



7. C. punctata (Jacq.) : leaA'es obovate-cuneiform, decurrent into a slender 

 petiole, entire near the base, doubly serrate and often somewhat incised 

 towards the apex, somewhat plicate from the strongly marked straight veins, 

 pubescent with appressed hairs when young, especially on the veins beneath ; 

 spines stout, often wanting; corymbs and calyx villous-pubescent when 

 young ; styles 3 (often 1-2) ; fruit (dull red or j^ellowish) dotted, globose. — 

 Jacq. ! hort. Vindoh. l.p.lQ.t. 28 ; Ait. ! Keu: (cd. 1.) 2. p. 169 ; IVilld. (?) 

 I. c. ; Michx. ! fl.l. p. 289 ; Torr. ! fl.l. p. 476 ; Seringe, I. c? C. Crus- 

 galli, Wang. Amer. ex Willd. C. latifolia, Seringe! in DC. I.e., not of 

 Poir. Mespilus punctata, Spach ! I. c. M. cuneifolia, Ehrh. heitr. 3. p. 

 21. (ex descr.) 



Borders of woods, Canada ! and throughout the United States! ver^'^ com- 

 mon in the northern portions. May. — Tree 12-25 feet high (the trunk some- 

 times 6-8 inches in diameter near the base), with numerous rugged spread- 

 ing ash-colored branches. Leaves light green, membranaceous, but rather 

 thick and firm, 2-3 inches in length, but often much smaller and fascicled ; 

 the veins passing straight from the midrib to the margin, imjjressed above, 

 prominent beneath and usually hairy even when old. Fruit large (half an 

 inch or more in diameter) umbilicate, eatable and rather pleasant, but tough. 

 — Not easily confounded with any other species, except, perhaps, with some 

 small-leaved states of C. tomentosa. — Thorn. 



8. C. arhoresccns (Ell.) : unarmed ; leaves lanceolate, acute at each end, 

 deeply serrate, glabrous on the upper surface, hairy underneath at the divi- 

 sion of the veins, sometimes slightly lobed towards the summit ; corymbs 



