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* CRATAEGUS pyrilblia. 

 Pear-leaved Thorn. 



ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Rosace.^, § PoMEiE. 

 CRATMGUS.—Suprd, vol. 13. foL 1128. 



C pyrifolia; foliis ovato-ellipticis inciso-serratis plicatis pedunculis juniorum 

 ramulisque hirsutis, calycibus hlrsutis lacinlis glanduloso-serratis, fructibus 

 glabris pendulis pyriformibus 3-pyreiiis lacinlis calycinis reflexis. 



C. pyrifolia. Hort. Kew. 2. 168. Be Cand. Prodr. 2. 627. Loudons arbor, 

 britann. t. xxxi. B. b. 



One of the largest leaved species of this genus, with a 

 good deal of beauty in the spring, when the leaves are green 

 and the branches loaded with flowers, but less valuable as an 

 ornament of autumn scenery, because although the tints of 

 the orange-coloured fruit and of the foliage are pleasing, yet 

 the tree has an open inelegant head, and the leaves drop off 

 while the fruit remains behind adhering to the branches. 



It is immediately known from all the remainder of the 

 species by the strong plaits, which give the leaves something 

 the appearance of being furrowed from the midrib towards 

 the margin, A native of rocky woods in North America, 

 from Pennsylvania to Carolina, flowering in June. The 

 drawing was made in the garden of the Horticultural 

 Society. 



# See folio 1161. 



