1855 



* CRATAEGUS maroccana. 



Morocco Hawthojii. 



ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Rosacea, § Pomace^e. 

 CRATMGUS. -Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1128. 



C. viaroccana ; foliis cuneatls glabris 3-5-fidis 3-lobisque lobis integrls sub- 

 falcatis, calycibus glabris, fructibus subrotundis glabris dipyrenis, putamine 

 crassissimo. 



C. maroccana. DC. prodr. 2. 628. 



C. aronia. Decaisne in Ann. Sc. n. ser. 3. 264 ; not of others. 



Folia glabra, longipetiolata, integra, triloba, Z-fida, 5-Jida, into 3-5- 



partita, lobis scepius integerrimis acutis nunc subfalcatis. Poma pallide 



lateritia, subrotunda, dipyrena, putamine crassissimo. 



Said, I know not on what authority, to be a native of 

 Barbary ; but it is not mentioned by Desfontaines, nor have 

 1 seen any certain specimen from that country. 



It however undoubtedly occurs in Palestine, having been 

 collected on Mounts Sinai and St. Catharine by M. Bove, in 

 June 1832; its Arabian name is Sarrour. C. Aronia, to which 

 M. Decaisne referred M. Bove's specimens, is essentially dif- 

 ferent, as I shall hereafter shew. 



It is not improbable that C. maroccana is a mere variety 

 of C. heterophylla, t. 1847 ; to which it approaches very 

 nearly in some respects. Independently however of the form 

 and colour of the fruit, and of the shape of tlie leaves, by 



* See folio 1161. 



