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tusu, Woolly-leaved Hawthorn ; 8. C. Azarolus, 

 Parsley-leaved Hawthorn, or Azarole. 



The first rises with an ascending, round trunk, 

 very much branched : the bark is smooth : at the 

 base ofeachpctiolearetwoseniiorhicularstipules, 

 deeply toothed, acuminate at top : thorns sharp 

 (coming out from between the stipules) : the 

 leaves are trifid, petioled, decurreut, sharp at the 

 base, shining, the middle segment trifid, very 

 entire about the edge (commonly in the upper 

 floral leaves, but serrate in the branch leaves) : 

 the peduncles are branched, with two or three 

 flowers on each division, of a white colour, suc- 

 ceeded by bunches of dark red berries. It flowers 

 in May. 



There are varieties, with large, oblong, smooth, 

 bright scarlet fruit, with buds appearing of a 

 fine yellow, and the fruit of a golden colour, being 

 retained all the winter, with white berries, with 

 double blossoms in large bunches. The Maple- 

 leaved, at first of a pure white, then turn- 

 ing to a faint red, and the Glastonbury or Early- 

 flowering Thorn. 



The second species is a tree, which rises to 

 the height of thirty or forty feet, with a large 

 trunk, dividing into many branches; the young 

 shoots have a brown bark, covered with a mealy 

 down : the leaves are between two and three 

 inches long, and one inch and a half broad in 

 the middle" of a light green on their upper side, 

 but very white on their under, with many pro- 

 minent transverse veins running from the midrib 

 to the border, where they are unequally serrate : 

 the flowers are produced at the ends of the 

 branches in large corymbs or bunches, of a while 

 colour, much branched. It is a native of most 

 parts of Europe, flowering in May. 



There are varieties, with deeply sinuated pinna- 

 tifid leaves, as the Swedish, and with leaves not 

 white underneath. 



The third rises to the height of forty or fifty 

 feet, with a large trunk, spreading at the Lop in- 

 to many branches, so as to form a large head. 

 The young branches are covered with a purplish 

 bark^ marked with white spots : the leaves are 

 alternate, on pretty long foot-stalks, cut into 

 many acute angles, like those of the Maple-tree; 

 near four inches long, and three broad in the 

 middle, having several smaller indentures towards 

 the top; of a bright green on their upper side, 

 but a little woolly on the under: the flowers 

 produced in large bunches towards the end of 

 the branches; white, and shaped like those of 

 the Fear-tree, but smaller, and on longer pe- 

 duncles ; appearing in May, being succeeded 

 bv roundish compressed fruit, like common 

 Haws, but larger; ripening in autumn, when 

 they are of a brown colour, and if kept till soft 



have an agreeable acid taste. It is a native of 

 Denmark, &c. 



There is a variety, with oblong, ovate, slightly 

 serrate leaves on short foot-stalks. 



The fourth species rises to the height of near 

 twenty feet, with a large upright trunk, dividing 

 into many strong, irregular, smooth branches, 

 so as to form a large head : the leaves are large, 

 bending backwards ; about four inches long, 

 and three and a half broad, with five or six pairs 

 of strong nerves, becoming of a brownish red 

 in autumn : the flowers come out from the side 

 of the branches in large clusters ; are large, 

 making a noble show in May, and are succeeded 

 by large pear-shaped fruit of a bright scarlet 

 colour, which ripens in the beginning of autumn. 

 It is a native of Virginia, 8cc. 



The fifth has a thomless stem and branches^ 

 with lanceolate, oval, serrated, smooth leaves, 

 green on both sides : it is supposd by Martyn to 

 be probably a variety of the foregoing. 



The sixth species has a strong stem, ten or 

 twelve feet high ; the bark of the stem rough, 

 of the branches smooth and reddish : the leaves 

 are lanceolate, three inches long, and one inch 

 broad in the middle, serrate, of a lucid green, 

 and alternate : at many of the joints are smaller 

 leaves in clusters : thorns axillary, very strong, 

 two inches in length : flowers axillary, in round- 

 ish clusters, generally two together; petals white, 

 with a blush of red ; and the fruit globular, of a 

 fine red colour. It flowers in June, and is a 

 native of North America. 



The seventh species has a slender shrubby 

 stem, about six or seven feet high, sending out 

 many irregular branches, armed with long slender 

 thorns: the flowers are small, proceeding from 

 the side of the branches, sometimes single, and 

 at other times two or three upon the same pe- 

 duncle, having large leafv calvxes, succeeded 

 by small roundish fruit. The flowers appear the 

 beginning of June, and the fruit ripens late in 

 the autumnal season. It is a native of North 

 America. 



There is a variety usually known by the title of 

 Carolina Hawthorn, which has longer and whiter 

 leaves, and larger flowers and fruit, but no thorns. 



The eighth species has a strong stem, twenty 

 feet high, with many strong irregular branches, 

 covered with a light-coloured bark ; the leaves 

 somewhat like those of common Hawthorn, but 

 much larger, with broader lobes, and of a paler 

 colour: the flowers come out in small clusters 

 from the side of the branches, and are in shape 

 like those of the common Hawthorn, but much 

 larger, as well as the fruit, which, when fully 

 ripe, has an agreeable acid taste. It i* a native 

 of the South of Europe, 6cc. 



