1890 



* CRATAEGUS spathulata. 



Spathula-leaved Thorn. 



ICOSANDRIA MO^O-PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. RosacE/E, § PoMEiE. 

 CRATMGUS.-Supr^, vol. 13. fol. 1128. 



C. spathulata ; ramulis spinescentibus fasciculatim foliosis, foliis obovatis basi 

 angustatis subtrilobis stipulisque semihastatis foliaceis glanduloso-serratis, 

 floribus subsessiiibus, corymbis pauclfloris, sepalis inclsis. 



C. spathulata ; ramulis spinescentibus fasciculatim foliosis, foliis parvis longis- 

 sime deorsum angustatis subspatulatis trifidis, corymbis paucifloris, pedicellis 

 brevibus, calycibus tomentosis. Mich. Fl. Amer. Bor. 1. 288. Pur&h 

 Fl. Am. sept. 1 . 336. Non Elliotti. 



C. virginica. Loddiges. Loudon Arboret. ^ Fruticet. Britann. p. 842. t. 560. 



C. viridis. Hart. 



There can be no doubt that this plant, the Cratcegus 

 virginica of the Nurseries, is the real C. spathulata of 

 Michaux, about which so little is known that it is altogether 

 omitted from the Floras of Torrey, Hooker, and Beck, is 

 introduced by name into Elliott's work on South Carolina 

 without that author's being acquainted with the plant, was 

 missed by Willdenow, and was unknown to De Candolle. 

 Pursh merely repeats Michaux 's character, but he adds that 

 it occurs in dry woods near rivers in Virginia and Carolina, 

 flowering in May and June, and having very large crooked 

 thorns with small leaves. Mr. Loudon in his Arboretum Bri- 

 tannicumf keeps the garden name virginica, considering 



* See folio 1161. 



t I gladly avail myself of the present opportunity of calling attention to this 



useful work, upon the hardy Trees and Shrubs cultivated in Great Britain, in 



which, as is usual in the writings of the indefatigable author, there is a most 



valuable mass of information, partly compiled, but also to a great extent original. 



