CHAP. XLir. 



iJOSA^CE/E. CRATiE^GUS. 



8-4.7 



Habit tastigiate. Fruit red. 

 +3. C. glandul&sa succuleiita Fischer. 

 syn. succuleiita Fischer. 



if/cspilus succuleiita Booth. 

 Only difiering from the preceding in the 

 friiit, which is large, and more succulent ; 

 whence the name. 



IJivisioN II. Z-fflfM like those of the preceding 

 division. Spines remarkably large. Fruit small. 



44. C. macracantha M'Xab, .fig. 5~2. in p. 8J5., 



and the plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. spinosissima loiigissima Lee. 

 Habit very much spreading, and robust. 



Fruit small, shining, and red. 



Division III. iffjf^i entire, or serrated. Spine, 

 iess. Fruit large, and punctated 



45. C. punctata Austin, fig. 569. in p. 8o4.,and the 



plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. punctiita riibra Loddiges. 

 edulis Ronalds. 



Habit spreading, horizontal. Fruit large, 

 and red. 

 46. C. punctata fliva Austin, Ji^. 570. in p. 851., 

 syn. diilcis Ronalds. 



pentagyna fli'iva Godejroy. 

 Habit spreading, like the preceding one. 

 Fruit yellow, and large. 

 ■I". C. punctata strieta Ronalds. 



syn. punctata rubra strieta Austin. 

 Habit fastigiate. Fruit large, and red. 



Division IV. Only differing from the last divi- 

 sion in the fruit being very small. 



•iS. C. pyrif 61ia Lee, fig. oil. in p. 854., and the 

 plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. latifblia Ronalds. 

 cornif61ia Booth. 

 Calpodcndron Fischer. 

 Habit spreading. Branches much twisted. 

 Fruit small, red. This is the C. flexubsa 

 of some foreign collections. 



§ V. Cru's-g.\'lli (or those resembling the Cock's-spur Thorn). See p. 820. 



Leaves entire, or serrated, and shining. Spines large. Fruit middle-sized. 



49. C. ovalifblia Z./nrf?t'y,^^.579. in p. 856., and 



the plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. elliptica Loddiges. 



pennsylvanica Loddiges. 

 Habit very much spreading. Fruit red. 



50. C. ;jrunif61ia Loddiges, fig. 576. in p. 856., and 



the plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. h) brida Booth. 



caroliniana Lee. 

 Habit rather erect. Fruit red. 



51. C. Crus-galli Lindlcy, fig.oii. in p. 856., and 



the plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. cuneifWia Booth. 



hyemalis Fischer. 



Iticida Godtfroy. 

 Habit spreading. Fruit red. 



52. C. Cr6s-galli spl^ndens Lindley, fig. 575. in 



p. 856. 

 syn. Criis-galli latif filia Booth. 



flrbutifblia Masters. 

 Habit spreading. Fruit red. 



53. C. Crus-galli Pyracantha Masters, fig. 580. in 



p. 856., and the plate in Vol. II. 



syn. pyracanthifblia Lee. 



Habit spreading and slender. Fruit yel- 

 lowish green. 



54. C, Criis-galli ialicifdlia Ronalds, fig. 578. in 



p. 856. 



syn. linearis Loddiges, and Lee, fig. 577., in 

 p. 8,56. 



Habit of growth horizontal. Fruit yel- 

 lowish green. 



§ vi. Vi'rides (or those resembling C. viridis and C. lobata, with hard green 



fruit). See p. 841. and p. 823. 

 Leaves small, lobed, or finely serrated. Spines small, and not numerous. Fruit small, green, and hard. 



55. C. viridis Loddiges, fig. G14. in p. 867. 



syn. parvifblia Pursh, and Loddiges, 



fig. 557. 57. 



florida Lodd.,fig. 613. in p. 8b/. 

 axillaris Audibert (Tarascon Nursery, 



South of France). 

 ? ? grossularia!f(llia Lee, fig. 559., and 



/ig. 616. in p. 8ti7. ."58. 



tomentbsa of Pallas, not of others. 

 Habit very dwarf, and rather rigid. Fruit 

 green. 



56. C. virginikna Loddiges, fig. 615. in p. 857. 



syn. viridis {of smne collections). 



The dwarfest of all in the collection. Fruit 

 bright green. 

 C. lobata, fig. 554. and.^g^. 586. in p. 859. 

 syn. spinosissima Lee. 



idtea (of some collections). 

 Habit straggling and robust. Fruit green. 

 Bark very rough. 

 C. flava Loddiges, fig. 585. in p. 859., and the 

 plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. flavissima Godefroy. 



MicliauXK {of so?ne foreign collections). 

 Habit very spreading. Fruit yellowish 

 green. Bark rough. 



§ \n. Pvuaca'nth/e. Leaves entire, evergreen. Seep. 84-4. 

 Doubtful. 



59. C. Pyracantha, fig. 561.' 60 



syn. J/espilus Pyracantha Lindl. 

 Habit bushy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 



nearly entire. Fruit numerous, flame- 61 



coloure<l red. 



f. P. crenuUta JWall. 

 Only differs from the preceding in having 

 crenulate leaves. 

 C. glauca Park's China, figs. 562. 56>. 

 Probably not a Cratae'gus, being evergreen. 



Remarks. The preceding table, independently of its botanical merits, we consider of great value 

 in a practical point of view ; because it does not contain a single species or variety that is not, 

 at the present moment (April, 1836), growing in the London Horticultural Society's Garden ; and 

 because it points out the names of the nurseries from which these plants were sent to the Society. 

 Whoever, therefore, wishes to form a collection of CratcP'gus (and we do not think that there is 

 another genus of hardy ligneous plants at all to be compared with it in point of beauty, variety, and 

 general interest) can find no difficulty in gratifying his wishes. He may procure almost every spe- 

 cies and variety from the principal London nurserymen, at from Is. 6rf. to "s. 6d. each ; or, if he 

 does not choose to go to that expense, and is a Fellow of the Horticultural Society, he may obtain 

 scions from the Society, at the grafting or budding season, which may be sent packed in moss, 

 either in winter or summer, to the most distant parts of the island ; and which may be grafted or 

 budded on the common hawthorn. If hawthorn stocks should not be already provided, the buds 

 or grafts may be inserted in the plants of a common hedge, at regular distances, and the shoots 



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