* CRATiEGUS orieritali. 



Oriental Hawthorn. 



ISOCANDRIA ni-PENTAGYNlA. 



Nat. ord. Rosacea, § Pomaces. 

 CRAT^G US.— Supra, vol. U. fol. 1 128. 



C. orientalis ; foliis subtrifidis inciso-serratis basi cuneatis tomentosis, fructibus 

 4-5-pyrenis glabris sphaericis nudis, putamine crassissimo, 



Mespilus orientalis apli folio villoso, fructu magno pentagono purpureo crlabro 

 Tour7i. It. vol. 2. p. ]72. " " 



Folia tomentosa demum calva ; stipulis magnis semicordatis serratis. 

 Pedunculi tovieyitosi. Fructus atropurpurei, glahri, subpentagoni, pyrenis 

 4-5 osseis, putamine crassissimo. 



A very handsome tree, with large snow-white fragrant 

 vernal flowers, and rich purple autumnal leaves. When 

 young it has a gray appearance because its leaves are downy ; 

 at a more advanced age it becomes green in consequence of 

 the leaves losing their hairiness. 



This I take it is the genuine Oriental Mespilus of Tour- 

 nefort, with villous celery leaves, and a large purple 5- 

 cornered smooth fruit, and is undoubtedly distinct from C. 

 odoratissima to which some have referred it, as well as from 

 C. tanacetifolia ; each of these last mentioned species will be 

 figured hereafter. 



C. orientalis forms a small close-headed tree, with the 



Sec folio 1161. 



F 2 



