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Don's Mill. ii. p. 601.; C. Olivers Lodd. Cat. ; C. orientalis Lodd. 

 Cat., Bot. Reg. t. 1953. {Jig. 719. in p. 400. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 

 1st edit., vol.vi. ; and our^^. 667.) ; has the leaves small and hoary, 

 and the fruit also small and black. Avery distinct variety. Hort. Soc. 



t CO. \d aurea Hort., C. flava Hort. (/g. 723. in p.40'l.), has the 

 leaves like C. O. obtusata, and the fruit roundish, and of a golden 

 yellow. This is a very distinct variety, and ought never to be omitted 

 in collections. 



" C. O. 20 aiirantiaca Booth is said to have orange-coloured fruit ; but 

 there are only small plants of it in the London gardens. Mr. Wil- 

 son found, in Ayrshire, a variety vvith greenish orange fruit. (Hook.) 



Y C. O. 21 leiicocdrpa, a variety with white haws, is said to have been 

 discovered in a hedge near Bampton, in Oxfordshire ; but we have 

 never seen it. 



F. Varieties differing in having the Fruit woolly. 



t C. O. 22 eriocdrpa Lindl., C. erioc&rpa Lodd. Cat. (fg. 720. in p. 400. ; 

 the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi.; and on\- Jig. 668.), is a robust 



6Cb. C. O. enocarpa. 



rapidly growing variety, with large leaves, and strong thick shoots ; 

 a clear white bark, and few thorns. It is very prolific in flowers, 

 and the fruit which succeeds them is woolly in its young state, but 

 not large. If ever the hawthorn should be cultivated for its timber, 

 to supply the wood-engravers as a substitute for box, this variety 

 and C. O. melanocarpa will deserve the preference. Hort. Soc. 



G. Varieties differing in the Form of the Leaves. 



C. O. 23 obtusata Dec. Prod.; il/espilus Oxyacdntha integrifolia 

 Wallr. Sailed. 219. ; C. oxyacanthoides Tliuill. Fl. Par. 245., Bof. 

 Reg. t. 1128., Bec.Fl.Fr.vf. p. 433.; C. Oxyacantha Fl. Dan. t. 

 333.; the French hawthorn. {Jig. 714. in p. 399.; the plate in Arb. 

 Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our/g. 669.) Leaves rather rhomb- 

 shaped at the base, obovate, undivided, or with three obtuse lobes, 



