CHAP. XLII. 



7fOSA CFJE. CRATVF/GUS. 



845 



of these plants floweret! for the 

 first time in 1836, and from it 

 our figures were taken. As the 

 foliage and habit of this species 

 seem different from those of the 

 genus rratuj'gus, when it pro- 

 duces fruit a new generic name 

 will, probably, be assigned to 

 it. In the mean time, C. glauca 

 is a most desirable evergreen for 

 training against a wall, in climates 

 colder than that of London ; and 

 for forming dwarfs or standards, 

 in similar, or warmer, climates. It 

 forms a very suitable associate for 

 Photinia serrulata and P. rbuti- 

 folia ; and all of these plants suc- 

 ceed perfectly, when grafted on the common hawthorn. 



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App. i. Synopsis of the Species of CrateP^gta growing, in 1836, 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden. By Mr. Gordon. 



The authorities after the names are, in most cases, those of the nurserymen, or other persons, 

 from whom the plants were received by the Society. 



i. MICROCA'RPJE (or those with small fruit, resembling C. microcarpa). 



See p. 825. 



Leases lobed, or angulated, and shining. Spines middle-sized. Fruit very small, red, and remark- 

 ably late. 



1. C. microcarpa Dr. Lindley (Bot. Reg.} fig. 591. 2. C. cordata Lodd., fig. 590. in p. 861., and the 



in p. 861., and the plate in Vol. II. plate in Vol. II. 



syn. spathulata Loddiges (Hackney Nur- 

 sery). 



florida Godefroy (Ville d'Avry Nur- 

 sery, near Paris). 



Habit of the plant spreading and pendu- 

 lous. One of the latest in coming into leaf, 



flower, and fruit. 



syn. acerif blia Fischer (Bot. Card., Peters- 

 burg). 



populif 61ia Fischer. 

 phaen6pyrum of Linn, in foreign col- 

 lections. 



Habit erect. Leaves angulated, and the 

 latest of all in flowering. 



ii. OXYACA'NTHJE (or those resembling the common Hawthorn). See p. 829. 



DivisroN I. Leaves laciniate. Spines small. Fruit 

 middle-sized, and mostly containing but one 

 seed. 



3. C. Oxyacantha, fie. 602. in p. 865., and the 



plate in Vol. if. 



syn. Oxyacantha vulgaris Smith (Ayr Nur- 

 sery). 

 Habit rather spreading. 



4. C. Oxyacantha flexu&sa Smith. 



Habit spreading, and branches very much 



twisted. Very distinct. 



/>. C. Oxyacantha prae^cox Mr. G. Lindley (Nor- 

 wich), 

 syn. Glastonbury Thorn Ronalds (Brentford 



Nursery). 

 Only differing from the common sort in its 



early habit 

 (i. C. Oxyacantha criocarpa Dr. Lindley t fig. 607. 



in p. 865., and the plate in VoL II. 

 Habit spreading, and very robust Fruit 

 red. One of the latest in leafing. 



7. C. Oxyacantha capitata Smith. 



Habit erect, and only differing from the 

 common in flowering more at the extre- 

 mity of the branches. 



8. C. Oxyacantha monogyna Dr. Lindley. 



syn. eriocarpa monogyna Godefroy. 



Oxyacantha sibt'rica Lee (Hammer- 

 smith Nursery), 

 sibirica Loddiges. 



Habit spreading and dwarf. Fruit red. 

 One of the earliest in leaf. 



9. C. Oxyacantha flava Lindley, fig. 610. in p. 866. 



Habit dwarf and spreading. Fruit yellow, 



remarkably sweet, and containing 3 or 4 



10. C. Oxyacantha flore pldno. 



syn. Oxyacantha fibre pleno rdbro Ronalds. 

 oxyacanthoides fibre plena Sweet Cat., 

 fig. 609. in p. 866. 



Habit more compact than that of the com- 

 mpn Oxyacantha ; and the leaves more 

 shining, and rounder. It is called C. O. 

 fl. pi. rubro by some; because the flowers, 

 more especially on loamy soils, die off of 

 a reddish colour ; but the only kind with 

 a double red flower is noticed under 19. 



11. C. Oxyac&ntha liicida Smith. 



syn. oxyacantholdes lucida Sweet. 

 Habit rather spreading, and, probably, the 

 single var. of the preceding. 



12. C. Oxyacantha variegata 3/oA-terA \Canterbury 



Nursery). 



Only differing from the common in the 

 beautiful variegated leaves. 



13. C. Oxyacantha transylvanica Booth (Ham- 



burg Nursery.) 

 syn. Oxyac&ntha tfuercif&lia Booth. fie. 608. 



in p. 866. 

 Habit rather erect. Fruit red, and rather 



robust. 



14. C. Oxyacantha laciniata Lodd., fig. 608. in 



p. 866., and the plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. laciniata Lee. 



pterifblia Booth, fig 604. in p. 865. 



