828 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART Ill. 
Variety. 
¥ CO. 0.2sanguinea; C.tanacetifolia 2 tatrica Dec. ; C. sanguinea Schrader 
Index Sem. Hort. Acad. Gott., 1834; C. orientalis Lindl. Bot, Reg., 
t. 1852.; and fig. 596. in p. 863.; has the fruit of a very dark pur- 
plish red, or port wine, colour. There are fine specimens of this 
variety in the Bishop of London’s garden, and in the Fulham Nur- 
sery; and one plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden. Dr. 
Lindley considers this “ the genuine JZéspilus orientalis of Tourne- 
fort, with villous celery-like leaves, and a large, purple, 5-cornered, 
smooth fruit.” It is a native of the Crimea, and the parts bordering 
on the Black Sea; and was introduced in 1810. 
¥ 22. C. TANACETIFO‘LIA Pers. The Tansy-leaved Thorn. 
Identification. Pers. Syn., 2. p. 38.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 629.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 601. : 
Synonymes. Méspilus tanacetifdlia Poir. Dict., 4. p.440., and N. Du Ham.; M. pinnata Dum. 
Cours., Sm. Exot., t. 85. De Candolle doubts whether Méspilus Celsta@na Dum. Cours Suppl. 
p- 286. be different from this species. : 
Engravings. Bot. Rep., t.591.; Sm. Exot. Bot., t. 85.; fig. 597.in p. 863.; and the plate in our 
Second Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves pinnatifidly cut, hairy ; lobes oblong, acute, having 
a few teeth. Sepals acutish, reflexed, hairy. Styles 5. Fruit globose, 
yellowish green. (Dec, Prod.,ii. p.629.) A native of the East; introduced 
in 1789, and flowering in May and June. 
Varieties. 
¥ C. t. 2 glabra Lodd. (fig. 598, in p. 863., and the plate in our Second 
Volume) has shining leaves, and fruit about half the size of that of 
the species, of a reddish yellow. It is said to be a hybrid between 
C. tanacetifolia and C. Oxyacantha; which, from the appearance of 
the plant, is extremely probable. It was introduced, by Messrs. 
Loddiges, from Germany, about 1810; and the plant in their col- 
lection was, in 1835, nearly 10 ft. high. 
¥ C.¢. 3 Leecana. C.incisa Lee; Lee’s Seedling Hort. (fig. 599. in 
p- 864.; and the plate of this variety in our Second Volume.)—The 
plants of this varietyin the Hammersmith Nursery somewhat resemble 
those of C. orientalis, but the leaves are much larger, and more 
deeply cut, and the trees are of a more robust, erect, and fastigiate 
habit. In the Leyton Nursery, there is a plant of the same variety, 
which, 9 years planted, is 12 ft. high: it is of remarkably robust 
growth, and it flowered in June, 1836, for the first time. We have 
been informed that the fruit of this variety is yellow; and this cir- 
cumstance, taken in connexion with its foliage and upright manner 
of growth, induces us to consider it a hybrid between C. orientalis 
and C. tanacetifolia, It is said to have been raised by the late Mr. 
Lee of the Hammersmith Nursery. It promises to form a splendid 
tree, most striking in appearance, from its large and deeply cut 
foliage, and its strong, upright, vigorous shoots; on which account, 
no collection, where there is room, ought to be without it. 
Description, §c. A robust-growing fastigiate tree, with upright rigid 
branches, commonly terminating in thorny points. The leaves and calyxes 
are covered on both sides with long hairs. The fruit is globular, slightly 
compressed, and has somewhat the appearance of being ribbed, like a melon: 
it is larger than that of any other species of the genus, except C. Aronia and 
C. mexicana ; is of a greenish yellow when ripe; and is easily distinguishable 
by the bracteas generally adhering to it. The foliage is the latest in appearing 
of any of the species, except C. orientalis, which is frequently equally late. 
This species was introduced into France, from the Levant, by Tournefort, 
who says there are trees of it, in its native country, as large as oaks; that 
the bark of the trunk is dark grey, and much cracked; the branches tufted 
and spreading ; and that the fruit, which is produced in twos and threes, on 
the points of the young thorny shoots, resembles a small apple, about an inch 
