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3. A. pumina. Dwarf double-flowering Almond.—Lws. lanceolate, doubly ser- 
rate; jis. pedicellate-——Native of China. A low shrub, highly ornamental, 
common in cultivation. Stems 2—3fhigh, branching. Leaves 3—5/ by }—I’, 
acute at each end, smooth. Flowers very numerous, clothing the whole shrub. 
in their roseate hue, while the leaves are yet small. May, Jn. ¢ sa 
SvusporpDerR 2.—P OME #. 
Ovaries 2—5 (rarely 1,) cohering with the sides of the persistent 
calyx and with each other. Fruit a pome. 3 hile 
6. CRAT AGUS. 
Gr. xparos, strength; on account of the firmness of the wood. 
Calyx urceolate, limb 5-cleft; petals 5; stamens 00; ovaries 1—5, 
with as many styles ; pome fleshy, containing 1—5 bony, 1-seeded car- 
pels, and crowned at the summit by the persistent calyx and disk. — 
Trees or shrubs, armed with thorns. Lvs. simple, often lobed. Bracts 
subulate, deciduous. Fils. corymbose. | | 
1. C. coccinea. (C. Crus-galli. Bu. C. glandulosa. Willd.) Crimson- 
fruited Thorn. White Thorn.—Lvs. broadly ovate, acutely serrate and 
2. C. Crus-cauut. (Mespilus. Lam. &c.) Cock-spur Thorn. 
Lws. obovate-cuneiform or oblanceolate, subsessile, serrate, coriaceous, 
shining above; spines very long; corymbs glabrous; sep. lanceolate, subserrate ; 
sty. 1 (2 or 3).—Hedges and thickets, Can. and U. S., rare. Shrub 10—20f 
high, much branched. Thorns 2—3/ long, straight, sharp, and rather slender. 
Leaves 1—2}’ long, }—3 as wide, tapering and entire at base, mostly obtuse at 
apex; petioles 1—5” long. Flowers white, fragrant, in corymbs of about 15, 
on very short, lateral branchlets. Fruit pyriform, dull red, 2—3” diam., per- 
sistent during winter, unless eaten by birds. Jn. . ant 
8B. pyracanthifolia. Ait—Lwvs. oblong-lanceolate, petioles }’ long. 
3. C. punctaTa. Jacq. (C. latifolia. DC. Mespilus. Spach.) Thorn. 
Iws. cuneiform-obovate, doubly and often incisely serrate, entire at base 
and narrowed to a petiole, veins straight and prominent, pubescent beneath; 
corymbs and cal. villose-pubescent; sty. 3 (1 or 2); fr. globose, punctate-—Bor- 
ders of woods, U.S. and Can. Tree 12—25f high. Branches wide-spreading, 
crooked, covered with cinerous bark. Thorns stout, sharp, 1—2’ long, some- 
times wanting. Leaves 14—2!/ long, 4 as wide, acute or short acuminate ; 
petioles 4—1' long. Flowers white, in somewhat leafy, compound corymbs.of 
8—15. Fruit 5—8” diam., red or yellowish, eatable in Sept. FV. May, Jn. 
4. C. romentosa. (C. pyrifolia. Azt. C. lobata. Bosc. C. flava. Hook.) 
Black Thorn.—Lws. oval, or elliptic-ovate, narrowed at base into a mar- 
gined petiole, subplicate, incisely and doubly serrate, smoothish above, tomen- 
tose beneath; corymbs large, tomentose when young; sty. 3—5; fr. pyriform.— 
Thickets and hedges, Can. 8. to Ky. and Car—A large shrub, 12—15f high, 
armed with sharp thorns 1—2/ long. Leaves 3—5’ long, 3—3 as wide, acute 
at apex ; margined petiole 41’ long. Fs. large, fragrant,white, in a leafy corymb 
of 8—12. Fruit 4—6” diam., orange-red, eatable but rather insipid. May, Jn. 
B. (Torr. & Gray.) Lvs. strongly plicate, nearly smooth, smaller. 
5. C. Oxycantua. Hawthorne English Thorn. 
Iws. obovate or broad ovate, obtuse, 3—7-lobed, serrate, smoothish, shining 
above; stip. large, incisely dentate; corymbs glabrous; sty. 1—3; fr. ovoid, 
