XXVI. ROSA CEJE : CRAT2E GUS. 



885 



675. C. mexicina. 



A remarkable and very handsome species, resembling, in general appearance. 

 Mespilus grandiflora. 



xv. Pyracantha. 



Sect. Char. Leaves oval-lanceolate, glabrous, entire, small, evergreen. Fruit 

 numerous, of a bright coral colour. 



* 28. C. PYRACA'NTHA Pers. The fiery Thorn, or Pyracantha. 



Identification. Pers. Syn., 2. p. 37. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. p. 29. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 626. ; Don's Mill., 



Synonymes. Mespilus Pyracfintha L. ; evergreen Thorn ; Buisson ardent, Fr. ; immergriine Mis- 

 pel, Ger. ; Agazzino, Ital. 



Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 182. f. l.j Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 13. f. 2. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 20. No. 2. ; 

 and our fig. 676. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Evergreen. Leaves glabrous, ovate-lance- 

 olate, crenate. Lobes of the calyx obtuse. Styles 5. 

 Fruit globose, scarlet, ornamental ; continuing a good while 

 upon the plant ; which, on account of the colour of its 

 fruit, and of its being a shrub, is called in France Buisson 

 ardent. (Dec. Prod.) An evergreen shrub. South of 

 Europe, in rugged places and hedges. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. 

 Introduced in 1629. Flowers white; May. Fruit red; 

 ripe in September. 



Variety. 



a C. P. 2 crenulata. C. crenulata Hort. A plant bearing 



this name in the Hort. Soc. Gard. differs very little from the species. 

 The flowers and fruit are produced in large corymbs, which are very orna- 

 mental ; and the fruit remains on all the winter, especially when the shrub is 

 trained against a wall. The berries are bitter, and are not so greedily eaten 

 by birds as those of some other kinds, unless in very severe winters. The 

 plant is very hardy, and, in the open garden, forms a handsome evergreen bush ; 

 and, if grafted standard high on the common hawthorn, it would form a most 

 desirable evergreen low tree. 



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