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cluced in 1691. Flowers white; May and June. Fruit small, green, and 

 at length scarlet; ripe in September and October. Leaves retained 

 longer than in most of the species ; so that in the South of England it ap- 

 pears a sub-evergreen, retaining also its showy fruit through the winter. 



arieties. 



3- C. C. 2 splendem Dec. Prod., Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. 170., Pluk. t. 46. 

 f. 1. C. arbutifolia and C. splendens Lodd. Cat. (fig. 688. in p. 391.) 

 Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, and shining; and, being produced 

 in abundance, the plant has a splendid appearance. 



f C. C. 3 pyracant/iifblia Dec. Prod., Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. 170 C.pyr&~ 

 canthifblia Lodd. Cat. ; .Mespilus lucida Dum. Cours. Hot. Cult. ed. 2. 

 v. p. 448. (fig. 693. in p. 391. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., 

 vol. vi.; and our Jiff. 642.) Leaves oblong, with the upper part lan- 



642. C. C.-g. pyracantiiifoiia. 



ceolate ; the lower part tending to wedge-shaped. This, even when 

 only 3 or 4 years grafted, forms a singular little old-looking tree, 

 spreading like a miniature cedar of Lebanon. 

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