CRAT.EGUS. ROSACEyE. 467 



many-flowered ; ralyx Iiairy, tlie segments subiilulc, entire ; flowers j)cii- 

 tagyiious. Ell. sk. 1. p. 5o0. 



Near Fort Argylc on the Ogeechee River ((Jcorgia), Ellioll. New Or- 

 leans, Drummond ! Rio Brazos, Texas, Berlinirlkr ! Mar( h-April. — Tlicrc 

 seems to be no .speciimn of Elliott's |>lant in Iiis lierbarinin. lie clesfribcs 

 it as a small tree, '20— 30 leet hii:li, wilii leaves resemblini;: those of C. |)yri- 

 folia (('. tomentosa, Linn.) but smaller, less disiiiietly ])laite(l, and glabrous. 

 To this species we refer, with some (•onhdence, the Crataegus marked no. lO.'J 

 in Drummond's New Orleans eoUeetion (named " C. punctata, in fl. l()liis 

 angustioribus," in Hooker and Arnott's account of lliese plants) ; and we 

 have the same species from Texas. The s})eciinen.s are unarmed, and have 

 the same asli-eolored biirk with C. punctata; but the leaves are smaller and 

 narrower, not cunei(i>rm, ghabrous, not at all plaited or furrowed; the flowers 

 also much smaller, in fewer-flowered eorynd)s, on filiforni less hairy pedicels. 

 It appears to be a very distinct species. " No. 103 bis, in fruit," of the 

 same collection, is perhaps the same j)lant : the fruit is quite snudl (about 

 one-fourth of an inch in diameter), globose or a little depressed, and ajj- 

 parently red. 



9. C. apufol'ia (Miclix.) : leaves deltoid, somewhat cordate, pubescent, on 

 long and Hliform ])ctioles, deeply and pinnately 5-7-cleft or parted, the seg- 

 ments incisely lobed and serrate ; spines stout ; cor^■mbs villous-])ubescent, 

 somewhat simple, rather few-flowered; segments of the calyx lanceolate; 



styles 2-3 ; fruit small (scarlet).— M/f/i.r. .' fi. 1. ;?. 287 ; Pursh .' Jl. 



1. p. 336; Nutt. ! gen. 1. ^?. 305 ; Ell. I. c. ; Seringe! in DC. I. c. ; Lou- 

 don, arh. Brit. I. c. C. Oxyacantha, Walt. ! Car. p. 147. 



AVoods and banks of streams, Virginia ! to Florida ! and Louisiana ! 

 March-A])ril. — Shnib 4-12 ft'et high, much branclied, and well adapted for 

 hedges. Leaves fascicled, on very long petioles. Flowers small. Segments 

 of the calj'x usually glandular-serrate. 



10. C. cordata (Ait.) : glabrous, destitute of glands; leaves mostly deltoid- 

 ovate and subcordate, on long and slender j)etioles, acuminate, incised and 

 serrate, mostly 3-lobed near the base ; spines slender; segments of the calyx 

 very short, glandless ; styles 5; fruit very small, depressed-globose (bright 

 reddish-purple).— yli7. .' Kew. (ed. 1.) 2. JJ- 168 ; Willd. ! spec. 2. ;;. 1000 ; 

 Pers. sijn. 2. p. 36 ; Ell. I. c. ; Seringe! in DC. I. c. ; Lindl.! hot. reg. t. 

 1151. "C. poi)ulifolia. Wall. Car. p. 149 ,• Pursh, fi. I. p. 337 ; not of Ell. 

 Mespilus cori\n\n, Mill. ! dict.ic. t. 179; Willd.! enum. 1. p. 523. M. 

 acerifolia, " Burgsdorf' ; Lam. diet. 4. jJ- 442. M. corallina, Poir. (v. s]). 

 horf. Par.) M. Pha-nopyrum, Ehrh. I. c. 2. p. 67. 



Banks of rivers &c. Virginia ! to Georgia ! near the mountains. June. — 

 Stem 15-20 feet high, armefl witli long very slender and sharp s])iues. 

 Leaves 1 to 2 or more inches in length, opaipic, very glabrous excejit th(> 

 veins above, which are minutely pubescent, often deeply and equally 3-lobed 

 like Acer rubrum, somethncs with a sliglitly rhombic outline and a little 

 tapering at the base : a few glands are occasionally observed on the leaves 

 of the vigorous branches. Lobes of the calvx pubescent witliin, very broad, 

 deciduous. Fruits numerous, scarcely larger than the common currant ; the 

 carpels naked at the summit. — According to Dr. Darlington {fi. Ccst. p. 

 293) this species was introduced into Chester Countj'-, Pennsylvania, from 

 the neighliorhood of Washington City, and is much employed for hedges, 

 under the name of Washington Thorn. 



' 11. C. spathulata (Michx.) : glabrous, desthute of glands ; leaves rather 

 coriaceous and shining, cuneiform or oblong-spatulate, crenate ; the low-er 

 ones fascicled, very small, spatulatc, much attenuate at the base, nearly 

 sessile, sometimes 3-lobed at tJhe summit ; those of tlie young sterile branches 



