XXVI. iiOSA CE^ : CRATM GUS. 



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Sect. Char. 

 corymbs. 



xii. Oxyacanthce. 



Leaves obovate, triiid, or variously cut. 

 Fruit generally red. 



Flowers numerous, in 



24'. C. Oxyaca'ntha L. 



The sharp-thorned Crataegus, or comn-on 

 Hawthorn. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 683. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 628. ; Don'.i Mill., 2. p. 600. 



Synonymes. The Pyracantha of the Greeks ; iV/espilus Oxyaranthi Gccrtn. and A'. Du Ham. ; 

 E'pine blanche, noble E'pine, Bois de Mai, Scuelleir Aubtpine, N(5flier Aubepine, Fr.; Hagedorn, 

 gemeiner WeisiJorn, Gcr. ; Hagetoan, Dan. ; Hagetorn, Swed. ; Acanta da siepe, Azzarolo sal- 

 vatico, and Bianco Spino, Ital. ; Espino bianco, Span. ; White Thorn, Maybush, Quick, Quickset, 

 May. 



Derivation. Booth derives tho word Haw from hage, or hceg, a hedge ; consequently he makes 

 hawthorn signify hedgethorn. Quick signifies live ; and was, probably, applied, from live hedges 

 made of hawthorn being used instead of fences of dead branches of trees. Whitethorn, from the 

 profusion of its white flowers and its being thorny, or possibly from its white bark, as compared 

 with that of the blackthorn, Pruniis spinbsa. May and Mayhush have reference both to the time of 

 flowering of the plant, and to its use in the May or floral games. The French name Aubepine, 

 refers to its flowering in spring, or in what may poetically be called the morning of the year ; 

 aube signifying the dawning of the day. 



Engravings. GiErtn. Truct., 2. t. 87. ; Eng. Bot., t. 2054. ; fig. 715. in p. 400. ; the plato in Arb. 

 Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and owr fig. 662. 



662. C. Oxyacintha. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, almost entire, or trifid or cut, 

 glabrous, rather glossy. Corymbs of several flowers. Sepals glandless, 

 acute. Styles 13. {Dec. Prod.) A shrub or low tree. Europe, com- 

 mon in hedges, and varying much in different situations. Flowers white ; 

 May. Haws red or scarlet ; ripe in September. 



Varieties. These are very numerous, and some of them very distinct. In the 

 following enumeration we have confined ourselves to such as we have ac- 

 tually seen in the Hort. Soc. Garden, or in the arboretum of Messrs. 

 Loddiges. 



' A. Varieties differing frovi the Species in the general Form and Mode of Growth. 

 * C. O. 2 striata Lodd. Cat., C. O. rigida Ronalds, (the plate in Arb. Brit. , 



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