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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



E. Varieties dijfering in the Colour of the Fruit. 



^ C. O. 17 melanocdrpa,C. flssa Lee, C. Oxyacantha platyphylla Lodd. 

 Cat., C. platyphylla Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1874., (fig. 718. in 

 p. 400. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi., and our fig. 666.) 



C66, C. O. melanoc&rpa. 



also has the fruit black, as the name implies. It differs from the 

 preceding variety chiefly in being of more vigorous growth ; in having 

 its leaves of a deep rich green, and in flowering a week later. A 

 splendid low tree, deserving a placd in every collection. 



CC7. C. O. OUTm"i>nii 



C. O. 18 0/ivmana- C. 0\\y eriana Bosc, Dec. Prod, ii, p. 630., and 



