196 ICOSANDRIA — PENTAGYNIA. [Pyrus. 



ICOSANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. 



2. Mespilus. Linn. Medlar. 



1. M.*Germdnica, h. ' (commo7i 3Iedlar) ; leaves lanceolate 

 a little downy, flowers solitary nearly sessile terminal, styles 5. 

 E. Bot. t. 1523. 



Hedges, in Cheshire and Sussex. Red-hill, Surrey; and in its wild, 

 thorny state, in a hedge, between Reigate and Nuttield, J. S.jMill,Es(/. 

 Jersey, Mr. Trevelyun. Fl. May. T? . 



3. CRAT.i':GUs. Linn. Hawthorn, 

 \. COxijacdntha, 1j. (^Hawthorn, White-thorn ov Maij) ; spiny, 

 leaves glabrous cut into 3 or 5 deeply serrated segments cnneate 

 at the base, flowers corymbose, style 1 or 2. Hook. Scot. i. p. 

 151. — Mespilus, Gcert. — E: Bot. t. 2504. — C monogyna, Jacq. 

 Woods and hedges. Fl. May, June. T2 . — Variable in the form of its 

 leaves, in the downiness of the cat, and in the colour of the Jioiver and 

 fruit. The latter, usually red. Air J. Wilson finds of a greenish-orange 

 on some bushes in Ayrshire. ']^\\q fruit or haws afford abundant food 

 for small birds during hard winters. Few of our native plants present a 

 more beautiful appearance than a well-grown tree of "Hawthorn hoar 

 with its massy foliage and innumerable white and fragrant blossoms. 



*' From the White-thorn the May-flower shed 

 Its dewy fragrance round our head." 



4. Cotoneaster. Lindl. Cotoneaster. 



1. C. vulgaris, Lindl. {common Cotoneaster); leaves oval, 

 calyx glabrous, peduncles slightly downy. Hook, in Fl. Land. 

 N.S. t.'2i\. E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2713. — Mespilus Cotoneaster, Linn. 



Limestone Cliffs at Ormcshead, Caernarvonshire ; Mr Griffith {\lS"i) 

 and Mr W. Wilson. Fl. July. T? . 



5. PyRUS. Li?in. Pear, Apple, and Service. 



1. P. commimis, L. (^ivild Pear-tree); leaves simple ovate 

 serrated, peduncles corymbose, fruit turbinate. E.Bot.t. 1784. 



Woods and hedges, Fl. April, May. Tj . — Origin of our Pear. 



2. P. Mdlus, L. (^Crab-apple); leaves ovate acute serrated, 

 flowers in a sessile umbel, styles combined below, frxiit globose. 

 E. Bot. ^ 179. 



Woods and hedges. Fl. May. Tj . — Origin of our Apple. Fruit 

 austere, of which verjuice is made. 



3. P. tormindlis, Sm. (roild Service-tree) ; leaves ovate or 

 cordate lobed and serrated, lower lobes spreading, peduncles 

 corymbose. Crafceyus, L. — E. Bot. t. 298. 



Woods and hedges, chiefly in the middle and south of England. Fl. 

 April, May. Tj . — Flowers rather large, white. Fruit small, greenish- 

 brown, spotted. 



4. P. doniestica, Sm. (true Service-tree); leaves pinnated 

 downy beneath, leaflets serrated upwards, flowers panicled, 

 fruit obovate. E. Bot. t. 350. — Sorhus doniestica, Z. 



