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edges, like those of the common parsley ; but this fringed appearance 

 is by no means constant, either in the variety or in the species. This 

 variety forms a most ornamental low bush ; or, when grafted standard 

 high, a beautiful pendent tree, 



ix. Microcarpce. 



Sect. Char. Fruit small, round, red. Flowers small, produced in corymbs, 

 later in the season than in any of the other species. Spines few, but some- 

 times very large. 



t 16. C. cordaVa Mill. The heart-shaped-fcawrf Thorn. 



Identification. Mill. Ic.,t. 179. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 628. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. .599. 



Synonymei. M. Phienopvrum Linn.; M. cordata Mill.; C. populifolia Walt. Car. 147., and 



Pursh Sept. 1. 337. ; iVespilus aceriftlia Poir. Diet. 4. p. 442. 

 Engravings. Mill. Ic, t. 179. ; Wats. Dend. Brit- 1. 63. ; Bot. Reg., t. 1151. ; fig. 703. in p. 396. 



the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 652. 



; Spec. Char., Sjc. Disks of leaves cordate- ovate, angled by lobes, glabrous, 

 I Petioles and calyxes without glands. Styles 3 in a flower. {Dec. Prod.) 

 A compact, close-headed, small tree, with leaves of a deep shining green, 

 i Canada to Virginia, in hedges and rocky places. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. 

 I Introduced in 1738. Flowers white, in numerous terminal corymbs ; May 

 I and June. Fruit small, scarlet ; ripe in October. 



A very distinct and handsome species. 



'^ 17. C. SPATHULA^TA ElUolt. The s^a.th\i\a.-shaped-leaved Thorn. 



Identification. Elliott Fl. S. Car., 1. p. 5.52.; Lodd. Bot. Cat., t. 12G1. 

 i Synonymes. C. microrarpa Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1846. ; C. fl6rida Godefroy. 



> Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1261.; Bot. Reg., t. 1846. ,fig. 704. in p. 396. ; the plate of the species 

 I in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and om fi^. 653. 



'Spec. Char., S^c. Subspinose. Leaves in fascicles, oblong cuneated, 3-cleft, 

 lobed and crenated, smooth, shining. Corymbs many-flowered. Calyx 

 smooth; segments ovate, quite entire. Fruit ovate, subrotund, smooth 



