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ARBORETUM ET FKUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



637. C. punctata. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, glabrous, serrated. Calyx 

 a little villose ; its sepals awl-shaped, entire. Fruit usually dotted. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A small tree. North America, in the woods and swamps of Vir- 

 ginia and Carolina ; where, according to Pursh, it grows to a handsome 

 size, particularly the variety having yellow fruit. Height 15ft. to 30 ft. 

 Introduced in 1746. Flowers white j May and June. Fruit scarlet ; ripe 

 in September. Leaves dropping yellow. Naked young wood grey. 



Varieties. There are four forms of this species in British gardens. 



C. p. 2 rubra Pursh, C. edulis Ronalds (Jig. 682. in p. 389.) is the 



most common, and is a spreading tree, growing to the height of 



from 15 ft. to 30 ft., with red fruit, and, when old, with few thorns. 

 C. p. 3 rubra stricta Hort., C. p. stricta 

 . Ronalds, has the fruit red, like the pre- 



ceding sort ; but the general habit of 



the plant is fastigiate, like that of the 



following sort. 

 * C. p. 4 aurea Pursh, C. p. flava Hort., 



C. dulcis Ronalds, C. edulis Lodd. Cat., 



C. pentagyna flava Godefroy (fig. 682. 



in p. 389.), is a tree like C. p. rubra, 



with yellow fruit, and also, when old, 



with few thorns. 

 C. p. 5 brevispma Doug., and our Jig. 638. 



A very handsome fastigiate tree, with 



large, very dark purplish red fruit. 



Hort. Soc. Garden. 



The wood is so hard that the Indians of the west coast of America make 

 wedges of it for splitting trees. 



4. C. PYRIFO V LIA Ait. The Pear-tree-leaved Thorn. 



Synonymes. *C. leucophlce'os (white-barked) Mcench Weiss, p. 31. t. 2. ; C. radiata Lodd. Cat. 

 edit. 1836 ; C. tomentbsa Du Roi Harbk. 1. p. 183. ; C. latiftlia Pers. ; Mespilus latifdlia Lam. 

 T^flSkl: P V, 444 ' ; M - Calpodendron Ehrh. Eeitr. \ M. pyriftlia Link Enum. ; M. cornifblia Pair.-, 

 C. latifbha Ronalds ; C. cornifblia Booth ; Lazzarollo perino, ItaL 



