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Varieties. 
¥ C. g. 2 succulénta Fisch., Méspilus succulénta Booth, has the fruit larger 
than that of the species, and succulent, juicy, and eatable. We have 
seen only one plant of this variety ; but we are assured by our friend 
M. Fischer of Gottingen, that there are Sohth ; 550 
several in the botanic garden under his Xe ‘ ’ 
care, and in various other collections in < 
Germany. The name is in the cata- 
logue of Messrs. Booth of Hamburg. 
¥ C. g. 3 subvillisa, C. subvillosa Fisch., ( fig. 
550., and fig. 568. in p. 853.) is ap- 
parently another variety of the preced- 
ing sort, or, perhaps more properly, of 
C. coccinea. It is very distinct in ap- 
pearance, from its villous twisted leaves, 
and stunted tortuous shoots ; but, from 
its having been only three or four years 
in the country, very little is known of } 
its habit of growth, which seems to be © 
rather more loose than that of C. glan- 
duldsa. There is a plant of this species, 
in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, 
5ft. high, which last year ripened haws ; 
and there is one, also, in Messrs. Lod- 
diges’s arboretum. 
§ ii. Punctate. 
Sect. Char. Leaves not lobed, large, with many nerves. Bark white, or ash- 
coloured. Fruit large, or small. 
* 3. C. puncTA‘TA Ait. The dotted-fruited Thorn. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 169.; Jacq. Hort. Vind., 1. and 28.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 
p. 338. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 598. 
Synonymes. C. Criis-galli Du Rot; Méspilus cuneifdlia Ehrh. Beitr, 3. p.21.; M. punctata Link 
Enum. ; M. cornifdlia Lam. Encyc., 4. p. 444. 
Engravings. Jac, Hort., 1. t.28.; our figs. 569. and 570. in p. 854. ; and the plate in Vol. II. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, glabrous, serrated. Calyx a 
little villose; its sepals awl-shaped, entire. Fruit usually dotted. (Dec. 
Prod., ii. p. 627.) A tree, a native of North America, in the woods and 
swamps of Virginia and Carolina; where, according to Pursh, it grows to 
a handsome size, particularly the variety having yellow fruit. It was intro- 
duced into England in 1746; and, having been very generally planted, is 
now frequent in collections. The wood is so hard that the Indians of 
the west coast of America make wedges of it for splitting trees. The 
flowers are white, and appear in May and June; and the fruit, which, in 
general, is larger than that of C. coccinea, ripens in September, and drops, 
with the leaves, in November or December. 
Varieties. There are three forms of this species in British gardens. 
+ C. p. 1 ribra Pursh, C. edtlis Ronalds, ( fig. 569. in p. 854.) is the most 
common, and is a spreading tree, growing to the height of from 15 ft. 
to 30 ft., with red fruit, and, when old, with few thorns. 
+ C. p. 2 rabra stricta Hort., C. p. stricta Ronalds, has the fruit red, like 
the preceding sort; but the general habit of the plant is fastigiate, 
like that of the following sort. 
* C. p. 3 atrea Pursh; C. p. flava Hort., C. dalcis Ronalds, C. edulis, 
Lodd. Cat., C. pentagyna flava Godefroy, ( fig. 570. in p. 854.) is a 
fastigiate-growing tree, with yellow fruit, and also, when old, with 
few thorns. 
Statistics, In the environs of London, at Syon, this tree is 31 ft. high; and at Ham House it is 
34 ft. high. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 28 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Worcestershire, 

