two stones in its fruit; in the true Azarole there are five, 

 according to Scopoli. 



The tree of C. Aronia is, next to C. maroccana and hete- 

 rophylla, the largest and most like timber of all the thorns. 

 It grows very fast, makes a handsome head, and on account 

 of the great quantity of apricot-coloured fruit with which it 

 is loaded, is a suitable ornament for lawns and grass in 

 pleasure grounds. 



This plant furnishes a whimsical illustration of the blun- 

 ders sometimes made by careless compilers. It is supposed 

 to be the plant described and figured in Dr. Pococke's Tra- 

 vels in the East ; these are quoted by Willdenow thus, Pock, 

 orient. ; De Candolle copying this author prints Pocock. cr., 

 the c in cr being substituted for o by a typographical error ; 

 a modern writer copying De Candolle, and knowing nothing 

 about Dr. Pococke, quotes him thus, Pococke Cratcegi ; thus 

 making that learned Orientalist the author of a monograph on 

 the genus Cratcegus ! 



