POMACES. I. CRAT.EOUS. II. RHAPHIOLEPIS. 



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clothed with hoary tomentum. ^ . H. Native of the Levant. 

 Mespilus orientalls, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 72. 



Oriental Azarole. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1810. Tr. 12 to 20 ft. 



42 C. ARONIA (Bosc. ined. ex D. C. 1. c.) leaves pubescent 

 beneath, cuneated at the base, trifid ; lobes obtuse, entire or 3- 

 toothed ; teeth obtuse, mucronate ; branches pubescent. ^ . H. 

 Native of the Levant. Mespilus Aronia, Willd. enum. suppl. 

 C. Azarolus ft, Willd. spec. Pocock. cr. t. 85. The fruit is 

 said to be yellow. 



Aronia Azarole. FI. May, Ju. Clt. 1810. Tr. 12 to 20 ft. 



43 C. TANACETIFOLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 38.) leaves deeply 

 pinnatifid, downy ; lobes oblong, acute, few-toothed ; flowers pen- 

 tagynous ; calycine lobes acutish, reflexed, hairy ; fruit globose, 

 tj . H. Native of the Levant. Andr. bot. rep. t. 591. Mespi- 

 lus tanacetifolia, Poir. diet. 4. p. 440. Smith, exot. bot. 85. 

 Flowers white. Fruit greenish yellow. 



Far. /3, Taurica (D. C. prod. 2. p. 629.) fruit brick-coloured. 

 fy . H. Native of Tauria, on hills. C. orientalis, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. 

 p. 389. Perhaps Mespilus Celsiana, Dum. Cours. suppl. p. 286. 



Tansy-leaved Azarole. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1789. Tree 

 12 to 20 feet. 



44 C. ODORATI'SSIMA ; leaves deeply pinnatifid, pubescent ; 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, serrated; flowers pentagynous, corym- 

 bose ; calycine segments ovate ; fruit globular. V> . H. Native 

 of the Crimea. Mespilus tanacetifolia, Andr. bot. rep. 590. 

 Flowers white, very sweet-scented. Fruit yellow, large. 



Sweet-scented Azarole. Fl. May, June. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



45 C. LACINIA'TA (Ucria ex herb. Moricand, D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 629.) leaves deeply pinnatifid, downy ; lobes oblong, acute, 

 few-toothed at the apex ; calycine lobes acutish, reflexed, hairy ; 

 fruit elliptic. Jj . H. Native of Sicily, on mountains. Flowers 

 white. 



Jagged-leaved Azarole. Fl. May,June. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



46 C. MELANOCA'RPA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 386.) leaves usually 

 trifid, serrated in front, acutish at the base ; flowers usually pen- 

 tagynous ; calycine lobes acute, reflexed, villous. Jj . H. Native 

 of Tauria, in mountain woods. Flowers white. Fruit black. 

 Allied to C. oxyacuntha. 



Black-fruited Hawthorn. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Tree 

 10 to 20 feet. 



j* Species belonging to the last division of the genus, but are 

 not sufficiently known. 



47 C. MEXICA'NA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 629.) leaves oval, acute, serrated or cut at the apex, 

 ciliated at the base ; flowers corymbose ; lobes of calyx acute ; 

 fruit obovate, 5-seeded. Tj . H. Native of Mexico. Fruit 

 yellowish, 12-15 lines long. Branches spiny. 



Mexican Hawthorn. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



48 C. L/EVIGA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) leaves cuneated, 

 toothed, 3-lobed at the apex, quite glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 corymbs subumbellate ; lobes of calyx obtuse, reflexed ; fruit 

 glabrous, 2-seeded. Tj . H. Native of the Vosges. Mespilus 

 laevigata, Poir. 1. c. 



Smooth Hawthorn. Fl. May, June. Tree. 



49 C. VI'KIDIS (Lin. spec. 683.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, some- 

 what 3-lobed, serrated, glabrous ; stipulas semicordate ; stem 

 unarmed. Tj . H. Native of Carolina. Perhaps a variety of 

 C. coccinea. 



Green Hawthorn. Fl. May.Ju. Clt. 1810. Tree 10 to 20 ft. 



50 C. TRI'LOBA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 37.) leaves cuneiform, vil- 

 lous, tridentate at the apex ; calyxes acute, and are, as well as 

 the peduncles, tomentose ; fruit 2-seeded. tj . H. Native of 

 Barbary. 



Three-lobed-le&ved Hawthorn. Tree. 



VOL. II. 



51 OI.IVERIA'NA (Bosc. ined. ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) gla- 

 brous ? leaves cuneiform at the base, and deeply lobed at the 

 apex ; lobes obtuse, almost entire ; spines subulate, straight, 

 tj . H. Native of Asia Minor. Branches dark brown. Flowers 

 white. 



Oliver's Hawthorn. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 to 20 ft. 



52 C. POIRETIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) leaves ovate, 

 rather coriaceous, cut, and somewhat lobed, glabrous ; stipulas 

 linear-subulate ; spines strong, and very long. \^ . H. Native 

 country unknown. Mespilus linearis, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 72. 

 Flowers white. 



Poiret's Hawthorn. Fl. May.Ju. Clt. 1810. Tree 20 ft. 



53 C. DISSE'CTA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) leaves sessile, gla- 

 brous, green, trifid ; lateral lobes deeply toothed, middle one 3- 

 lobed ; lobules toothed ; branches unarmed, rather tomentose. 

 ^ . H. Native of Persia. Mespilus dissecta, Dum. Cours. bot. 

 cult. ed. 2. vol. 5. p. 456. Flowers white. 



Dissected-]eaved. Hawthorn. Fl. May, June. Tree. 



54 C. PECTINA'TA (Bosc. ined. D. C. prod. 2. p. 630.) leaves 

 pinnatifid, running along the petiole, green ; lobes 5, deeply 

 toothed. *2 . H. Native of Persia. Allied to C. tanacetifolia 

 and C. Oliveriana. 



Pectinate-leaved Hawthorn. Fl. May, July. Tree 20 feet. 



N.B There are numerous other garden species, but all 

 remain undescribed. 



1 C. trifoliata, Bosc. 2 C. quinquelobata, Bosc. 3 C, odo- 

 rata, Bosc. 4 C. obovdta, Bosc. 5 C. JJavescens, Bosc. 6 C. 

 flabellata, Bosc. 7 C. Carpdlica, Lodd. cat. 8 C. jlorida, 

 Lodd. cat. 



Cult. The species of hawthorn are well fitted for shrubberies 

 or plantations. They are easily propagated by budding or 

 grafting on the common hawthorn. They are all very orna- 

 mental when in blossom. The seeds do not vegetate till the 

 second spring after sowing. 



II. RHAPHIO'LEPIS (from pa<^c, rhaphis, a needle, and Xt- 

 irtc, lepis, a scale ; in reference to the narrow subulate bracteas). 

 Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 468. and Lin. trans. 13. p. 105. B.C. 

 prod. 2. p. 630. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Digijnia Limb of calyx funnel- 

 shaped, deciduous. Filiments filiform. Ovary 2-celled, 2-styled. 

 Pome closed by a thickened disk, containing a chartaceous 

 putamen. Seeds 2, gibbous ; the testa very thick and coria- 

 ceous. Trees, natives of China, with evergreen, crenulated, 

 coriaceous, reticulated leaves. Racemes terminal, usually beset 

 with permanent scale-like bracteas. Petals white, but with the 

 filaments usually red. 



1 R. I'NDICA (Lindl. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 105.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated at both ends ; petals ovate, acute ; stamens shorter 

 than the calyx. Jj . F. Native of India and China. Grata' - 

 gus I'ndica, Lin. spec. 683. Sims, bot. mag. 1726. Schrank, 

 hort. mon. t. 66. Leaves broad. Bracteas subulate, deciduous. 

 Petals white. Filaments red. 



Indian Hawthorn. Fl. Feb. Aug. Clt. 180C. Tree. 



2 R. LOUREI V RI (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 508.) leaves lanceolate, 

 unequally serrated, glabrous ; flowers corymbose ; petals round- 

 ish. T? . F. Native of Cochin-china. Cratse'gus I'ndica, Lour, 

 coch. p. 319. Fruit eatable. 



Loureiro's Indian Hawthorn. Tree 30 feet. 



3 R. PHEOSTE'MON (Lindl. coll. no. 3. in a note,) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated at both ends ; petals roundish ; stamens 

 spreading, longer than the calyx. Jj . F. Native of China. R. 

 I ndica, Ker. bot. reg. 468. Petals white. Filaments brown. 



Brown-slamened Indian-hawthorn. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 

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