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CRAT^GUS crenulata. 

 Indian Pyracantha, 



ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. orcL Rosacea. § PoMEiE. 

 CRATMGUS. Supra, v. 13. fol. 1128. 



C. crenulata ; spinescens, sempervirens, ramulis junioribus tomentosis, foliis 

 aagust^ oblongis nitidis crenato-serratis in petiolum angustatis corymbis 

 sequalibus v. longioribus, calycibus glabris laciniis subrotundis mem- 

 branaceo-marginatis, stylis 5 glabris, pomis depresso-globosis. 



C. crenulata, Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. 509. B.C. prodr. 2. G26. 



Mespilus crenulata, Do7i. prodr. fl. nep. 238. 



This plant is the Pyracantha of the Indian mountains, and 

 rivals that of Caucasus in its rich scarlet haws, which are 

 however of a peculiar vermilion tint, and of a very depressed 

 figure. Their flavour too is by no means ungrateful. In 

 fact, if it would bear our climate with certainty, it would be 

 preferable to' the Pyracantha itself, for its leaves have a 

 remarkable glossy surface, and the plant is in all respects 

 handsomer. 



The shrub is a native of Nepal, whence it was long since 

 received by Dr. Roxburgh, who named it, and says that in 

 the Calcutta garden it had grown to the height of from six to 

 eight feet in eight years ; it would have been better for us if 

 he had found it unkeepable. As it is we do not anticipate 

 its hardiness in severe winters. In the garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, where our drawing was made, it has survived 

 several winters, trained against a south wall. 



Fig. 1. is a section of a flower, without the petals, shewing 

 the calyx, disk, stamens and carpels, which latter adhere to 

 the tube of the calyx, by their back, but are not united to 

 each other. 



A fine hardy evergreen shrub, attaining about the same 

 size as the common Pyracantha, and requiring the same kind 



