10 U ROSE FAMILY. 



the coral or scarlet fruit much smaller than in C. tomeutosa next and 

 hardly edible. 



Var. macrac^tha, Dudley. Has very long thorns, thick wedge- 

 shaped leaves deeply incised, and larger flowers and fruit. 



Var. mollis, Toir. 6c (Vray, larger i^lant, with densely pubescent under- 

 surfaces of leaves and shoots, and earlitr, larger flowers. All forms hi N. 

 States. 



C. tomentdsa, Linn. Peak Thorn or Bi.ackthoux. Downy or soft- 

 hairy when yduug ; the leaves thickish, oval, or ovate-oblong, sharply 

 tootiied or eut. below abruptly narrowed into a margined petiole, the upper 

 surface impressed along the main veins or ribs ; flowers late, often 1' broad ; 

 scarlet or orange fruit from two tlnrds to three fourths of an inch long, 

 pleasant-tasted. N. Y., W. and S. 



C. punctata, Jacq. Leaves wedge-obovate, the long lower portion 

 entire, to()thed above and rarely indistinctly lobed, plicate and dull, pubes- 

 cent below when young, but becoming smooth ; fruit large and spherical, 

 red or yellow ; branches horizontal in mature specimens. Common. 



C. Crus-gdlli, Linn. Cockspur 'J'. Smooth ; the wedge-obovate or 

 oblanceolate leaves thick and firm, deep-green and glossy, serrate above 

 the nuddle, tapering into a very short petiole ; thorns very long and 

 sharp ; fruit bright red. Useful for hedges. (Lessons, Fig. 96.) 



§ 4. Fluwers solitary, in pai7'S, or only 3-0 in the corymb; styles and 

 cells, 4-5 ; leai^es mostly pubescent underneath ; fruit often edible. 



C. aestivalis, Torr. & Gray. Summer Haw of S. States. Along pine- 

 barren ponds, from S. Car. S. and W. ; small tree with spatulate or 

 wedge-obovate coriaceous leaves, crenate above the middle ; no glands ; 

 3-5-flowered peduncles, and large red juicy fruit, pleasantly acid, used 

 for tarts, etc. ; ripe in summer. 



C. flava. Ait. Yellow or Summer Haw. Sandy soil, from Va. S. and 

 AV. ; small tree, with wedge-obovate leaves, downy or smnothish, toothed 

 or cut above the middle, the teeth or margins and short petiole glandular ; 

 the pear-shaped or globidar fruit yellowish, greenish, or tingeil with red. 



C. parvif6lia. Ait. Small-leaved or Dwarf Thorn. Mostly in 

 pine barrens from X. J., S. ; shrub 3"-6° high, downy, with thick and 

 firm spatulate-obovate, crenate leaves, these as well as the mostly solitary 

 flowers almost sessile ; calyx-lobes glandular-toothed and as long as the 

 petals ; the large fruit pear-shaped or globular, at first hairy, greenish 

 and yellowish. 



19. COTONEASTER. (Name alludes to the cottony covering of the 

 shoots, lower face of the leaves, etc.) Small-leaved and small-flowered, 

 chiefly 01d-\Vorld shrubs. 



C. vulgaris, Lindl. I'lanted from Eu. ; hardy shrub, 2°-4° high, much 

 branched, with deciduous ovate leaves, hardly 1' long, white-tomentose 

 below, glabrous calyx, flesh-colored or white flowers in spring, and 

 reddish fruit. 



C. nummu/aria, Lindl. From Nepal, is a large shrub or low tree, with 

 )iearly orbicular leaves, which are dull below, and bright red fruits. 



20. PHOTINIA. (Greek : shining, alluding to the glo.ssy leaves of the 

 genuine species.) Choice greenhouse shrubs or small fruit trees, hardy 

 S., with large evergreen leaves. 



P. (or Eriobb'.rya) Jap6nica, Gray. The Lo(jrAT Thee of Japan, with 

 large, oljovate toothed leaves, neai'ly 1° long, the lower surface and 

 corymb clothed with dense rather rusty loose wool; has few and large 

 downy yellowisli-white flowers, appearing in atitumn, and an edible yellow, 

 acid fruit, with 1-5 large seeds. Often called, erroneously, Japan Plum. 



