XXVI. .ROSA CE.E : CRAT^GUS. 



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in 3 obtuse mucronate teeth. Fruit yellow. (Dec. Prod.) An erect-branched 

 low tree. Greece and the Levant. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 

 1810. Flowers white ; May and June. Haws yellow, smooth, large, suc- 

 culent, agreeable to eat ; ripe in August and September, and hanging on 

 the tree till the leaves drop in November or December. Naked young 

 wood dark-coloured. 



Remarkable for the abundance of its large yellow fruit, which are good to 

 eat, and have been made into excellent tarts with Siberian crabs. 



^ 21. C. ORIENT A' LTS Bnsc. The Eastern Thorn. 



Identification. Bosc ined. ; Bot. Rep., t. 590. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. GOO. 



Synoni/mes. jl/cspilus orientalis Tourn. and Pair. Suppl. 4. p. 72. ; C. odoratissima Bot. Rep. and 



Led. Cat. ; C. tanacetifblia var. /3 taurica Dec. Prod. 2. p. 629. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., 1885. ; fig. 708. in p. 398. ; the plate in Arb. Brit, 1st edit., vol. vi. ; sod 



our fig. 657. 



6.37 C. orientals. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches whitely tomentose. Leaves 3-lobed, downy be- 

 neath ; the two side lobes ovate, and having tooth-like incisions at the tip ; 

 the middle lobe trifid. Stipules broad and cut. (Dec. Prod.) A low spread- 

 ing tree. Levant. Height 15ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1810. Flowers 

 white ; May and June. Haws numerous, large, yellowish red or coral 

 colour, very agreeable to the taste; ripe in August and September, and re- 

 maining on sometimes after the leaves. 



Variety. 



*t C. o. 2 sangninea, C. sanguinea Schroder Index Sem. Hort. Acad. Gott. 

 1834, C. orientalis Lindl. Sot. Reg. t. 1852., and jig. 709. in p. 

 398., has the fruit of a very dark purplish red, or port wine, colour. 

 Dr. Lindley considers this " the genuine Mespilus orientalis of 

 Tournefort, with villous celery-like leaves, and a large, purple, 5- 

 cqrnered, smooth fruit," which description, we think, indicates rather 



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