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* CRAT^GUS flava; var. lobata. 

 Rough-harked Thorn. ; single-fruited variety. 



ICOSANDRIA DI-PEi^TAGySIA. 



Nat. ord. RosacEjE, § Pome/E. 



CRA TjEGUS. Suprd, vol. 13. fol. 1 128. 



C.fiava; foliis rhomboideis subtrilobis incisis serratis stipulis glandulosis, fruc- 

 tibus turbinatis solitariis cymosisve, spinis arcuatis, pomis tetrapyrenis, puta- 

 mine crassissimo. 



C. flava. Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. 169. De Cand. Prodr. 1. 628. Loudon Arb. 

 ^ Frut. Brit. 3. 823. 



Mcspilus Michauxii. Pers. synops. 2. 38. 



/3. lohata ; fructibus subsolitariis, foliis acutioribus minOls cuneatls. 



C. lobata. Bosc. in De Cand. Prodr. 2. 628. 



Mespilus lobata. Pair, snppl. 4.71. 



? Cr. turbinata. Pursh. fl. Am. sept. 2. 735. Elliott. Sketch 1. 549. 



A small tree, with the bark of the stem split into many- 

 deep rugged fissures like that of an elm, and with a com- 

 pact spreading head. It is in some parts spiny, as represented 

 in tlie accompanying drawing ; sometimes it is unarmed. 



That it is a mere variety of C. flava, must be evident to 

 any one who will compare the two plants growing ; in fact, 

 it seems to differ in almost nothing, except its fruit being 

 solitary instead of in clusters, and its more sharply cut leaves. 

 The two supposed species are in fact undistinguishable in 

 general appearance. 



What its synonyms may be among American writers, 

 can only be conjectured. It seems to be the same as 

 C. turbinata of Pursh and Elliott ; but the specific phrase of 



* See fol. 1611. 



