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fewer and larger than in the Rowan, more numerous and rather smaller than 

 in the White Beam-tree. Styles usually 2. Berries ovoid or globular, greenish- 

 brown. 



Woods in the hilly districts, uncommon. May. 



S. Aria Crantz. White Beam-tree. Shrub or tree of moderate size. Leaves 

 ovate or obovatc, green and glabrous above, covered with a soft white cotton 

 beneath, sharply toothed or sometimes slightly lobed, the lobes decreasing 

 towards base. Flowers white, less numerous than in the Rowan-tree and rather 

 larger, in corymbs at ends of the short leafy branches. Styles 2. Fruit an 

 orange-red globular berry with mealy pulp. 



Woods and rocks in the mountains. May-June. 



AMELANCHIER Medic. 



A. vulgaris Mcench = Aronia rotundifolia Pers. A shrub of 3-6 ft. 

 Leaves ovate, obtuse, finely serrate, white felted beneath, but finally glabrous 

 and leathery ; blade twice length of petiole. Petals 5, rather long and narrow, 

 flowers white, in small corymbs. Styles 5, united at base. Ovary inferior. 

 Fruit globular, pulpy, sweet, as large as a large pea, bluish-black when ripe. 



Limestone slopes, cliffs and rocks in the lower mountains. April. 



MESPILUS L. 



M. germanica L. Medlar. A much-branched shrub or small tree. Leaves 

 large, oblong, downy beneath, entire or very finely serrate. Flowers i in. 

 diameter, white. Calyx woolly ; lobes with dilated foliaceous tips. Fruit edible 

 an inch in diameter, globose with a large depressed area at top, and persistent 

 calyx -lobes. 



Hedges and thickets, casual or perhaps naturalized. May-June. 



COTONEASTER Medic. 



C. Integerrima Medic. Common Cotoneaster. Shrub, 2-3 ft., tortuous, 

 without spines (as C. Pyracantha), young branches downy at the ends only. 

 Leaves oval, small, entire, briefly acuminate, green and glabrous above, white 

 felted beneath, deciduous. Flowers pinkish, 1-4 in small corymbs ; calyx glab- 

 rous. Styles 2-3. Berries, pendent, purple-red when ripe, glabrous, shining, 

 as large as a big pea. 



Woods and rocks in the mountains. April-June. 



C. tomentosa Lindl. Downy Cotoneaster. Shrub about 3 ft. high, 

 tortuous, without spines ; young shoots downy throughout. Leaves oval, large, 

 entire, white felted beneath, deciduous. Flowers pink, in small erect corymbs. 

 Calyx and peduncles tomentose. Berries erect, bright red when ripe. 



Rocks, especially limestone in the mountains, scarce. April-June. 



C. Pyracantha Spach. Spiny Cotoneaster. Shrub 3-6 ft. high, with spiny 

 branches. Leaves persistent elliptical, glabrous and shining above, pubescent 

 beneath when young. Flowers white, numerous, in branched corymbs. Styles 

 5. Berries erect, glabrous, scarlet when ripe, persistent in winter. 



Woods and hedges near Cimiez, Contes, Berre, etc., rare. May. 



CRAT/EQUS L. HAWTHORN. 



C. monogyna Jacq. A small round-headed tree, 10-20 ft., much branched, 

 spiny. Leaves very variable, deeply pinnatifid, cuneate, shortly petioled, lobes 

 cut or crenate. Stipules leafy, toothed. Flowers white, numerous in corymbose 

 cymes. Anthers pinkish-brown. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, scarlet. 



Woods and hedges, common. April-May. 



C. Oxyacantha L. Common English Hawthorn. A sub-species differing 

 from the former by its larger and less cut leaves, and its glabrous peduncles and 

 calyx-tubes. 



Woods and hedges. April-May. Rare in the south. 



