figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 299 



green-houses of the Middle and Northern States. It would be 

 a pretty counterpart to the well known and generally admired 

 Jauristinus, and, like the latter, would undoubtedly be an eligible 

 plant for cutting for bouquets during the winter season. Per- 

 haps it may acclimatized to the Middle States, particularly to 

 the city gardens. 



CRAT^'GUS 

 coccinea/j. syn. C. glandnI6sa IfdM. C glandiilosa var. macrncantlia Bot. Reg., 1912. C 



raacracantlia Lodd. -.ind Laud, J3rh. Brit. Sca.]\et-fruitcd Hawthorn. 

 C. glandiilosa of fViUdmoir, DcCundoUc and Loadvn, is the same species ns C. coccinea of 



LinntEus. C. sanguinea of Pallas, referred to C. glandnlosa by IVilldenow, Ve Candalle 



and Loudon, is distinct from C. coccinea, in its want of glands upon tlie calyx and petioles, 



as well as in its country and lialjit. 

 C. glandulosa of ^i'oH, referred bv fVdhlcnmn, DcCandoUc and London to C. coccinea, niia- 



called glandulosa, is a totally different species, and may be the same as C. spathulata. 



This is the same species as that noticed at p. 172 as the C. 

 glandulosa var. macracantha. Dr. Lindley states that when this 

 species was figured under the name of C. glandulosa var. ma- 

 cracantha, it did not occur to him to look very particularly into 

 the synonymes, his object being " chiefly to publish a figure of 

 the species under some recognised name, the critical inquiry in- 

 to the entangled synonymy of the whole genus Cratse^gus being 

 left for a special discussion, by whomsoever might be disposed 

 so to amuse himself." Dr. Asa Gray, however, has addressed 

 Dr. Lindley upon the subject, and informed him that "it is one 

 of the most common species in the Northern States, and is fa- 

 mihar to every one [to botanists only, rarely to an amateur.] 

 It is the C jjyrifolia Torreij., and, as supposed, of preceding 

 authors." But Dr. Lindley thinks that pyrifolia was written for 

 coccinea, for he has dried specimens from Dr. Torrey himself, 

 marked " C. coccinea auct. Amer. C. jjyrifolia .'' Common 

 near New York." 



This confusion of names arose with Willdenow, who " first 

 copied the specific character of C. glandulosa from the Hortus 

 Kewensis., and then added C. sanguinea of Pallas as a synonyme; 

 hence the latter plant and the C. glandulosa became identified 

 in the eyes of systematic writers, and a fresh character was con- 

 trived, to suit the erroneous combination." Professor DeCan- 

 doUe, not having studied the genus, transferred the error to his 

 Prodomus^ " which has given rise to some of the most extraordi- 

 nary confusion in writers who shall be nameless." The above 

 svnonymes help to adjust the matter in a degree. (Bot. Reg.., 

 May.) 



Cratac'gus spathulata. — Dr. Gray has sent Dr. Lindley some 

 criticisms upon this species, also noticed at p. 172. They are 

 as follows: — " lam not convinced of the correctness of the view 

 you take respecting the C. spathulata Michx. and the" C. virgin- 

 ica Loudon. I have before mc specimens of C virginica Lou- 

 don in various states, from North Carolina to Florida; and of 

 the true C. spathulata, as it is considered by American bota- 

 nists, (your C. microcaipa,) from (jleorgia, New Orleans, 



