828 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



Variety. 



^ C. o.2 sangwnea ; C. tanacetifolia 2 taurica Dec. ; C. sanguinea Schroder 

 Index Sem. Hort. Acad. Gott., 1834; C. orientalis Lindl. Sot. -Keg., 

 t. 1852. ; and/g. 596. in p. 863. ; has the fruit of a very dark pur- 

 plish red, or port wine, colour. There are fine specimens of this 

 variety in the Bishop of London's garden, and in the Fulham Nur- 

 sery; and one plant in the Horticultural Society's Garden. Dr. 

 Lindley considers this " the genuine .Mespilus orientalis of Tourne- 

 fort, with villous celery-like leaves, and a large, purple, 5-cornered, 

 smooth fruit." It is a native of the Crimea, and the parts bordering 

 on the Black Sea; and was introduced in 1810. 



2 22. C. TANACETIFO V LIA Pers. The Tansy-leaved Thorn. 



Identification. Pers. Syn., 2. p. 38. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 629. ; Don's Mill., 2, p. 601. 



Synonymes. JWe"spilus tanacetifblia Pair. Diet., 4. p. 440., and N. Du Ham. ; M. pinnata Dum. 



Cours., Sm. Exot., t. 85. De Candolle doubts whether J/espilus Celstd/ta Dum. Cours BuppL 



p. 286. be different from this species. 

 Engravings. Bot Rep., t. 591. ; Sm. Exot. Bot, t. 85. ; fig. 597. in p. 863. ; and the plate in our 



Second volume. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves pinnatifidly cut, hairy ; lobes oblong, acute, having 

 a few teeth. Sepals acutish, reflexed, hairy. Styles 5. Fruit globose, 

 yellowish green. (Dec. Prod. y \\. p. 629.) A native of the East; introduced 

 in 1789, and flowering in May and June. 

 Varieties. 



3E C. t. 2 glabra Lodd. (fig. 598. in p. 863., and the plate in our Second 

 Volume) has shining leaves, and fruit about half the size of that of 

 the species, of a reddish yellow. It is said to be a hybrid between 

 C. tanacetifolia and C. Oxyacantha; which, from the appearance of 

 the plant, is extremely probable. It was introduced, by Messrs. 

 Loddiges, from Germany, about 1810; and the plant in their col- 

 lection was, in 1835, nearly 10ft. high. 



C. t. 3 Leeana. C. incisa Lee ; Lee's Seedling Hort. (Jig. 599. in 

 p. 864-. ; and the plate of this variety in our Second Volume.) The 

 plants of this variety in the Hammersmith Nursery somewhat resemble 

 those of C. orientalis, but the leaves are much larger, and more 

 deeply cut, and the trees are of a more robust, erect, and fastigiate 

 habit. In the Leyton Nursery, there is a plant of the same variety, 

 which, 9 years planted, is 12ft. high: it is of remarkably robust 

 growth, and it flowered in June, 1836, for the first time. We have 

 been informed that the fruit of this variety is yellow ; and this cir- 

 cumstance, taken in connexion wijh its foliage and upright manner 

 of growth, induces us to consider it a hybrid between C. orientalis 

 and C. tanacetifdlia. It is said to have been raised by the late Mr. 

 Lee of the Hammersmith Nursery. It promises to form a splendid 

 tree, most striking in appearance, from its large and deeply cut 

 foliage, and its strong, upright, vigorous shoots; on which account, 

 no collection, where there is room, ought to be without it. 

 Description, fyc. A robust-growing fastigiate tree, with upright rigid 

 branches, commonly terminating in thorny points. The leaves and calyxes 

 are covered on both sides with long hairs. The fruit is globular, slightly 

 compressed, and has somewhat the appearance of being ribbed, like a melon : 

 it is larger than that of any other species of the genus, except C. Aronia and 

 C. mexicana ; is of a greenish yellow when ripe ; and is easily distinguishable 

 by the bracteas generally adhering to it. The foliage is the latest in appearing 

 of any of the species, except C. orientalis, which is frequently equally late. 

 This species was introduced into France, from the Levant, by Tournefort, 

 who says there are trees of it, in its native country, as large as oaks ; that 

 the bark of the trunk is dark grey, and much cracked ; the branches tufted 

 and spreading ; and that the fruit, which is produced in twos and threes, on 

 the points of the young thorny shoots, resembles a small apple, about an inch 



