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ONAGRACE.E. 



CRAT^EGUS OXYACANTHA (Hawthorn). 



does not, as is frequently supposed, take its name from 

 the fruit which it bears. Fl. May, and, in the moun- 

 tains, till late in June. Tree. 



ORD. XXVIL ONAGBACILE. THE WILLOW-HERB 

 TRIBE. 



Calyx of 4, sometimes 2 lobes, which in the bud 

 are attached to each other by their edges ; calyx-tube 

 more or less united to the ovary ; petals as many as the 

 lobes of the calyx, twisted while in bud ; stamens 4 or 

 8, rarely 2, springing from the mouth of the calyx ; 

 ovary of 2 or 4 cells, often crowned by a disk ; stigma 

 knobbed, or 4-lobed ; fruit a berry, or 4-celled capsule. 

 Herbaceous plants or shrubs, principally inhabiting 

 the temperate parts of the globe, especially America and 

 Europe. In this Order we find the elegant American 

 genus Fuchsia, with its coloured 4-cleft calyx, and often 



