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ARBORETUM EX FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 





637. C. punctata. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, glabrous, serrated. Calyx 

 a little villose ; its sepals awl-shaped, entire. Fruit usually dotted. {Dec. 

 Prod.) A small tree. North America, in the woods and swamps of Vir- 

 ginia and Carolina; where, according to Pursli, it grows to a handsome 

 size, particularly the variety having yellow fruit. Height 15 ft. to 30 ft. 

 Introduced in 1746. Flowers white ; May dnd June. Fruit scarlet ; ripe 

 in September. Leaves dropping yellow. Naked young wood grey. 



Varieties. There are four forms of this species in British gardens. 



C. jo. 2 rubra Pursli, C. edulis Ronalds {Jig. 682. in p. 389.) is the 



most common, and is a spreading tree, growing to the height of 



from 15 ft. to 30 ft., with red fruit, and, when old, with few thorns, 

 y C. p. 3 riibra stricta Hort., C. p. stricta 



Ronalds, has the fruit red, like the pre- 

 ceding sort ; but the general habit of 



the plant is fastigiate, like that of the 



following sort. 

 t C. J). 4 aurea Pursh, C. p. flava Hort., 



C. dulcis Ronalds, C. edulis Lodd. Cat., 



C. pentagyna flava Godefroy {fig. 682. 



in p, 389.), is a tree like C. p. rubra, 



witli yellow fruit, and also, when old, 



with few thorns. 

 S C. p. 5 brevisphia Doug., and owe fig. 638. 



A very handsome fastigiate tree, with 



large, very dark purplish red fruit. 



Hort. Soc. Garden. 



The wood is so hard that the Indians of the west coast of America make 

 wedges of it for splitting trees. 



i 4. C. pyrifo'lia Ait. The Pear-tree-leaved Thorn. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 168. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 337. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 599. 

 Synonymes. C. leucophlce'os (white-barlced) Mcench Weiss, p. 31. t. 2. ; C. radiata Lodd. Cat. 



edit. 1836 ; C. tomentisa Bu lioi Hurhk. 1. p. 183. ; C. Iatif61ia Pers. ; A/espilus latiffilia Lani. 



Encyc. 4. p. 444. ; M. Calpodendron Ehrh. Eeitr. ; M. pyriftlia Li7ik Enum. ; M- co:nif61ia Poir-; 



C- latifblia Ronalds ; C. cornif6Ua Booth ; Lazzarollo perino, Ital, 



638. C. p. brevisplna. 



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