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* CRATiEGUS Crus Galli, var. ovalifolia. 



Oval-leaved Cockspur Thorn. 



TCOSANDRIA DI-PEliTAGYNlA. 



Nat. ord. Rosacea, § Pomaces. 

 CRATjEGUS.-Supnl, vol. 13. fol. 1128. 



C crus-galli; foliis obovato-cuneiformibus nitidis glabris tard^ deciduis, spinis 



longissimis validls, pedicellis glabris, fructibus pyriformibus 3-pyrenis. 

 C. crus-galli. Linn. Sp.pl. 632. DC. prodr. 2. 626. 

 Mespilus Crus Galli. Poir. diet. 4. 441. 

 C. lucida. Wangenh. am. t. 17. y. 42. 



Mespilus lucida. Ehrh. Dum. Cours. Bot. cult. ed. 2. v. 5. p. 448. 

 ? M. nana. Dum. Cours. Suppl. 386. 

 M. linearis. Desf. arb. 2. 156. 



var. ovalifolia, foliis latioribus, minus cuneatis, longiiis petiolatis, minus lucidis. 

 C. crus-galli ovalifolia. Loud. Arbor. Britt. t. xxxi. c. e. 

 C. ovalifolia. Hornem. hart. kafn. suppl. 52. DC. prodr. 2. 627, 



The Cockspur Thorn is a hardy small tree, found wild in 

 North America, in woods and hedges and on the banks of 

 rivers, from Canada to Carolina. Its name is derived from 

 the length of its powerful curved spines. 



Two varieties are common in our gardens, the broad- 

 leaved and the Pyracantha leaved, both which have remark- 

 ably smooth shining leaves, and rather a dense mode of 

 branching. This, which is less known to the Nurserymen, 

 has more oval and less shining leaves, and a more open head. 



It has been described as a distinct species, but I think Mr. 

 Loudon right in looking upon it as a mere variety of C. crus- 



* See folio 1161. 



