306 ORDER XLIV. — ROSACEA. 



sprinkled with a few hairs, slightly lohed, cordate at the base. Flowers 

 in small corymbs. Fruit globose, 5-seeded. — White. ^ . April. Mid- 

 dle and Southern Carolina and Georgia. 



5. C. puncta'ta, (JMq.) A small tree, spiny or unarmed, with numerous 

 rugged braiiclu'S. Leaves obovate, cuiieate. glalirous, serrate, decunent 

 into a slender petio'e. sometimes inci?e.l towar.l the apex Sphies 

 stout when present. Flowers in tomenlose corymbs. Cdiijz vidous. 

 Fruit globose, large, tough, and pleasant to cat; dotted. — White. ^. 

 May. Upper dist. Car. and Geo. 12—25 ft. Thorn. 



6. C. ARBORKs'cEXs, (Ell.) A tree, imarmed. Leaves on short petioles, 

 lanceolate, acute at each end, serrate, glabrous on the upper surface, 

 hairy on the under at the division of the veins. Flowers numerous, in 

 corymbs. Cab/x hairy. Segments obtuse, reflexed. St>/les 5 Fruit 

 globose, small, red. — White. ^. March — April. Southern Geo. 20 

 —30 feet. 



I. C. apiifo'lia, (Mich.) A spiny shrub, much branched. Leaves 

 deltoid on long petioles, in fascicles, pubescent, 5 — 7-o]eft, segments 

 incisely lobed, serrate ; spines stout. Flowers in simple corymbs ; ca- 

 lyx villous ; segments lanceolate, reflt-xed ; styles 2 — 3. — White. ^. 

 March — April. Common. 4 — 12 feet. 



8. C. corda'ta, (Ait.) A large shrub, glabrous and spiny. Leaves 

 cordate-ovate, on long slender petioles, 3 — 5 — 7 lobed; lobes acumi- 

 nate, acutely serrate. Floioers in compoui:d corjmibs; segments of the 

 calyx short, obtuse. Styles 5. Fruit globose, small, dej-ressed, red. — 

 White. ^. June. Mountains. 15 — 20 feet. Washington Thorn. 



9. C. spathula'ta, (Mich.) A small tree, somewhat spiny, glabrous. 

 Leaves clustered in fnscicles, with a longcuneate ba;^e. gener dly 3-lobt'd, 

 crenate, glabrous. Fiowers numeious, in lateral corymbs. Calyx small, 

 glabrous, se^cments ovate, obtuse. Styles 5. Fr^iit small, globose, rod, 

 eatable. — White. ^. April. Common. 12 — 15 feet. 



10. C. ^stiva'lis, (T. & G.) Stem spiny, branching from tlie base. 

 Leaves elliptical or obovate, cuneate, on short petioles, sinuate toothed, 

 or angled toward the summit, tomentose when young, glabrous above 

 when old ; veins beneath covered with a rusty pubescence. Flowers 

 in small corynibs, glabrous. Styles 4 — 6. Fruit gktbose, large, acid, 

 red, used for tarts or preserves. — White. 5 • Feb. — March. In wet 

 places. 20 — 30 feet. May Haw. Apple Haw. 



II. C. fla'va, (Ait.) A shrub, spiny, with coarse bark. Leaves obo- 

 vate, cuneate, acute at the base, running into a glandular petiule, gla- 

 brous, shining, incised or lobed toward the apex. Flowers in small 

 corymbs ; segments of the calyx serrated with globular glands. Styles 

 4 — 5. i^r?f«7 globular, yellow. — White. If. May. Sandy soils. 15 

 —20 feet. 



12. C. Lu'ciDA, (Ell.) A shrr.b with short spines, very strong. Leaves 

 cuneate, obovate. crenate, coriaceous, lucid, on short branches. Floioers 

 few hi simple corymbs, on small lateral branches. Styles 5. Fruit 

 large, globose, red, 5-seeded. — White. "^ . April. Southeastern Geo. 

 10—12 feet. 



13. C. ellip'tic.a, (Ait.) A spiny shrub, with coarse rough b.ark. 

 Leaves obcivate or nearly rouuij, cuneate at the base, coriaceous, mar- 

 gined, with glandular dots, pubescent in the axils of the veins, and on 

 the petioles, slightly lobed toward the apex. Flowers solitary, or in 



