CuATJEGUs. ROSACEjE. 4fi9 



ana, Pers. I. c. C. turbinata, Pursh, I. c. 2. j'- 7~5- MespUus flexispina, 

 Ma-nch, hort. Weiss, t. 4, ox Ail. M. Caroliniana, Poir. I. c. 



In sandy shady places, Virginia to Florida ! May. — Tree 15-20 ^{>ot 

 high. Leaves 2-3 inches long; the margins, <is well as of the slij)ules, 

 bracts, calyx-segments, &c. often marked with roimd dark ghmds, ;i.s in 

 numerous other sjiecics. Flowers as large as those of C. coccinea, or even 

 larger. Fruit yellow or greenish-jellow, sr;iiify, not well-flavored. — Well 

 distinguished by the fonn nnd color of the fruit, and the few (large) flowers. 

 The C. flava and C. glandulosa of Alton (fide spec, in herb. Bunks) fliller 

 only in the thorns, which are large and stout in the latter, and slender in the 

 former species. The leaves, petioles, calyx, &c. of this and the following 

 are comnionly more glandular than in the other species. 



14. C. elliptica (Ait.) : leaves oval-obovate or roundish, cuneate at the 

 base, or abruptly narrowed into a margined glandular petiole (coriaceous), 

 shining above, finely serrate, incisely toothed and often slightly lobed towards 

 the apex, pubescent when young ; spines long and slender ; corj-mbs 3-6- 

 flowered, and, with the calj'x and young brjuiches, tomentose-pubescent ; 

 flowers small ; pedicels short ; segments of the calyx incised or serrate ; 

 styles 5; fruit subglobose, rather large (red). — Ait.! Kew. {eJ. 1) 2. p. 

 168 ; Seringc, I. c? not of Ell. C. glandulosa, Michx. ! fl. 1. p. 288, not 

 of Ait. or Willd. C. Michauxii, Pers. si)n. 2. p. 38. C. viridis, Walt, ex 

 Ell.: also " Summer Haw," Ell.! I. c. under C. flava. 



0. minor: leaves (smaller) broadly obovate or roundish; fruit green 

 (always ?). — C. Virginica, Locldiges ; Loudon, arh. Brit. 3. p. 482, t. 560. 

 C. spathulata, Pursh, I. c. ; Scringe, I. c. (ex char.) ; Lindl. hot. reg. t. 

 1890, not of Michx. ! C. parvifolia, Willd. herb. ! fol. 2. 



Virginia and N. Carolina! to Georgia! and Florida ! April. — Resembles 

 C. flava in many respects, but distinguished by the characters given above : 

 the smaller-leaved forms bear more resemblance to C. parvifolia. In the 

 wild state the fruit is said to be red, oval or globular, and well-flavored ; but 

 the C. Virginica bears a green pome in the English gardens, perhaps from 

 the want of sufficient heat and light. The name imposed l)y Alton is re- 

 tained on account of its priority ; but it is not well chosen. 



. / 15 . C. parvifolia (Ait.) : leaves spatulate-obovate or oblong-cuneiform 

 (coriaceous), nearly sessile, crenatcly serrate and rarely somewhat incised 

 towards the apex, pubescent, the upper surface at lengtla shining and nearly 

 glabrous ; spines slender ; flowers mostly solitary' ; the short pedicels, calyx, 

 and branclilets, hirsute-tomentose ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, incised, 

 foliaceous, as long as the petals; styles 5 ; fruit roundish-pyriform (jjale 

 ereenish-yellow) large, somewhat hairy. — Ait.! Keu\ (ed. 1.) 2. p. 169; 

 ^lVilld.!'l. c. ; Pursh! I. c. ; Ell. sk. 1. ^x 547; Seringe! in DC. I. c; 

 Darlingt.fi. Cest. p. 291 ; Loudon, arb. Brit. 3. p. 841. C. uniflora, Duroi, 

 ex Ait. C. torneutosa, Michx.! fl. 1. p. 289, not oi Linn. Mespilus 

 xanthocarpus, Linn.f. suj}pl. M. laciniata, Walt. Car. p. 147. M. axil- 

 laris, Pers. I. c. M. flexuosa, Poir. ! I. c. 



In sandy soil, New Jersey! to Florida! and Louisiana! April-May. — 

 Stem 3-5 or 8 feet high, much branched, with a few long thorns. Leave* 

 1-2 inches in length, mostl}' obtuse and rounded at the summit, rough but 

 shining above. Segments of the calyx about the length of the half-grown 

 fruit ; which when ripe is eatable, but rather drj', one-third to near half an 

 inch in diameter, deeply umbilicate at die apex. — The serratures of the 

 calyx-segments, bracts &cc. are glandular ; but the leaves have no glands. 



16. C. bcrberi folia: leaves spatulate or narrowly oblong-cuneiform (those 

 of the sterile branches often broadly obovate), decurrent by a long tapering 

 base into a short petiole, minutely and evenlj'^ serrate toward the suminitr 



