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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BKITANNICUM. 



653. C. spathulata. 



5-celled ; shell thin. (Lindl.} A low tree ; in England a shrub, unless 

 when grafted standard high. Georgia and Carolina. Height 12 ft. to 15 ft. ; 

 in England 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 130P. Flowers white ; May and 

 Jane. Fruit bright red ; ripe in October. 



Variety. 



t C. s. 2 georgica . C. georgica Lod. Leaves 5-lobed, on longer foot- 

 stalks, and rather smaller than the species. This variety and the 

 species were killed to the ground in the winter of 1837-8. (See Gard. 

 Mag , vol. xvi. p. 3.) 



A slow-growing, very neat, little bush or tree, with slender, smooth, droop- 

 ing branches, and something of the habit of C. Oxyacantha. Its leaves have a 

 very handsome appearance, and are remarkably shining, and deep green : they 

 usually grow in clusters ; have a long stalk, tapering upwards into a blade, 

 which is sometimes nearly entire, with only a tooth or two at the end ; some- 

 times they are 3-lobed, with crenated segments ; and occasionally they are 

 deeply 3-parted ; their form is always more or less spathulate. The stipules 

 of the more vigorous branches are large and leafy. The flowers are white, 

 and appear at the same time as those of C. cordata. The fruit is rather 

 abundant, but small. 



x. Azaroli. 



Sect. Char. Fruit large, round or pear-shaped; good to eat; yellow or 

 red ; the yellow fruit generally produced on fastigiate species or varieties ; 

 and the red on trees with a spreading and rather a drooping head. Leaves 

 wedge-shaped, 3-cleft or more, shining, pubescent or hairy. Spines few or 

 none. 



18. C. AZARO'LUS L. The Azarole Thorn. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., C83. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 629. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 600. 



Synonymes. PJrus Azarblus Scop. Cam. No. 59?., J. Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 6 7 .; M^spilus Axarblus 



All. Fed., N. Du Ham. 4. p. 158. ; Neflier Azarole, Neflier de Naples, E'pine d'Espagne, Poin- 



mettes a deux Closes, Fr. ; Azarol Mispel, Ger. ; Azzeruolo, Ital. 

 Engravings. N. Du Ham., 4. t. 42. ; Bot. Rep., t. 579. ; fig. 705. in p. 397. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 



1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 654. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves pubescent, wedge-shaped at the base, trifid ; lobes 

 blunt, and with a few large teeth. Branchlets,corymbs, and calyxes pubescent. 



