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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 





633. C. spathulata. 



5-celled ; shell thin. (Lindl.) A low tree ; in England a shrub, unless 

 when grafted standard high. Georgia and Carolina. Height 12 ft. to 15 ft. ; 

 in England 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in ISOF. Flowers white ; May and 

 Jane. Fruit bright red ; ripe in October. 



Variett/. 



"t C.S.2 gebrgica. C georgica Lod. Leaves 5-lobed, on longer foot- 

 stalks, and rather smaller than the species. This vtmety and the 

 species were killed to the ground in the winter of 1837-8. (See Gard. 

 Mag-, vol. xvi. p. 3.) 



A slow-growing, very neat, little bush or tree, with slender, smooth, droop- 

 ing branches, and something of the habit of C. Oxyacantha. Its leaves have a 

 very handsome appearance, and are remarkably shining, and deep green : they 

 usually grow in clusters ; have a long stalk, tapering upwards into a blade, 

 which is sometimes nearly entire, with only a tooth or two at the end; some- 

 times they are 3-lobed, with crenated segments ; and occasionally they are 

 deej.'ly 3-parted ; their form is always more or less spathulate. The stipules 

 of the more vigorous branches are large and leafy. The flowers are white, 

 and a[)pear at the same time as those of C. cordata. The fruit is rather 

 abundant, but small. 



X. Azaroli. 



Sect. Char. Fruit large, round or pear-shaped ; good to eat ; yellow or 

 red; the yellow fruit generally produced on fastigiate species or varieties ; 

 and the red on trees with a spreading and rather a drooping head. Leaves 

 wedge-shaped, 3-cleft or more, shining, pubescent or hairy. Spines few or 

 none. 



H 18. C. AzARO'LUS L. The Azarole Thorn. 



Jdentification. Lin. Sp., G83. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 629. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 600. 



Synotii/tnes. Pfrus Azaiolus Scop. Cam. No. 597., J- Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 6'.; Mespilus Azarblus 



All. Fed., N. Du Ham. 4. p. 158.; Neflier Azarole, Neflier de Naples, E'pine d'Espagne, Pcm- 



mettes Si deux Closes, Fr. ; Azarol Mispel, Ger. ; Azzoruolo, Hal. 

 Eng-avings. N. Du Ham., 4. t. 42. ; Bot. Rep., t. 579. ; fig. 705. in p. 397. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 



Isl edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. G54. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves pubescent, wedge-shaped at the base, trifid; lobes 

 blunt, and with a few large teeth. Branchlets,coryinbs, and calyxes pubescent. 



