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219. CRAT^GUS. 



3. Oxyacantha. L.cuneateat base,moreor 

 lesslobed, serrate. Styles 1-3. Segments of Cal. 

 acute, without glands. Divisions lanceolate. S. 

 5, 6. Thickets. Varies with L. more or less di- 

 vided ; StyJes 1 or more; Cal. smooth or 

 downy ; and these variations combined i7i all 

 possible ways. C. oxyacanttoides q/" i?er^o/o«i; 

 seems to he a variety of tohich the L. are 

 partially serrulate. 



4. Azarolus. L. cuneate at base, trifid. 

 Lobes obtuse, witb two or three large teeth. 

 Fr.-stalks and triangular Teeth of Cal. covered 

 with curled bail's and ■without glands. l.S. 5. 

 Hough thickets, s. Fr. Nice. Cai'niola. s. Tyr. 

 Not wild, according to Bert. 



5. pyracantha. L. undivided, persistent, 

 ovato-lanceolate, crenate, smooth. Segments 

 of Cal. obtuse. Styles 5. A thorny shrub. 



5. 5. Hedges and rough thickets, s. Eur. 



[Of C. polyacantha, Guss., I find no satis- 

 factory description ; it seems a variety of 

 Oxyacantha. C. jjauciflora, said to grow near 

 Lausanne, is not noticed by Gaudin. It is, 

 perhaps, a variety of Mespilus germanica7\ 



220. COTONEASTER. 



1. vulgaris. L. roundish ovate. s.S. 



6, 7. Rocky, s. and m. Europe. 



)3. tomentosa. Cal. and Stalks tomentose. 

 Alps. Sic. 



221. ARONIA. 



1. rotundifolia. L. subrotundo-oval, 

 downy beneath when young. S. 5, 6. Sills. 

 m. and s. Europe. 



222. MESPILUS. 



1. germanica. L. lanceolate, downy be- 

 neath. Fl. soUtaiy. Branches usually spi- 

 nescent. s.T. 5. Thickets, m. and s. Em\ 



223. PYRUS. 



A. Petals flat. Styles ^,free. Fruit not 

 umbilicate at base. 



1. communis. Corymb nearly simple. 

 L. shining, ovato-lanceolate, serrate, hauless, 

 as well as the buds and young branches. Stalks 

 as long as L. T. 5. Woods and thickets. 

 ra. and s. Em'ope. 



2. bollwylleriana. Corymb many-flow- 

 ered. L. ovate, deeply and irregularly serrate, 

 downy beneath, as well as the buds. T. 4, 5. 

 Alsace and near Paris. 



3. salvifolia. L. lanceolate, quite entii-e, 

 downy beneath, as well as the buds ; velvety 

 above when young, afterwai-ds hairless. T. 5. 

 Orleans. Le Mans. Creuse. 



4. amygdaliformis. Spinescent. L. ob- 

 long, acute, somewhat serrate at top, downy 

 beneath, as well as buds ; velvety above when 

 young, afterwards hairless ; fom- times longer 

 than stalks. Corymb simple. s.T. 3, 4. 

 Rough thickets, s. Prance. Istria. 



B. Petals flat. Styles 5, connected at base. 

 Fruit umbilicate at base. 



5. cuneifolia. " L. oblong or lanceolate, 

 crenulate, cuneate at base, fioccoso-pubescent be- 

 neath when young. PI. in a corymb. (Stalks 

 short, thickened and hardened in the fniit. 

 Beet.) Stallis and Cal. woolly w^hen young. Pr. 

 globose. T. 4, 5. Dry hills. Sic." — Guss. Pi-. 

 umbilicate at base, according to Bertoloni, but I 

 know not whether the styles are connected. ■ 



6. Malus. Umbel simple, sessile. L. 

 ovate, acute, crenate. T. 5. Hedges and 

 borders. 



a. Gerraen and underside of L. cottony. 



ft. acerba. Germen and underside of L. 

 not cottony. 



224. CYDONIA. 



1. vulgaris. L. ovate, quite entire. T. 5. 

 Rocky thickets, stony, and hedges. Danube 

 in Austria. Fiume. s. Sw. 



225. SORBUS. 



A. Petals flat, spreading, white. 



1. Aria. L. ovate, cottony beneath. Lobes 

 and Serratures decreasing towards the base. 

 Corymb fastigiate. s.T. Woods, mostly on a 

 calcareous soil. 



2. latifolia. L. broadly ovate, cottony 

 beneath. Lower Lobes the most distinct, 

 spreading. Corymb fastigiate. s.T. 5. Woods. 

 Wiii'temberg. 



3. hybrida. L. pinnate or pinnatifid at 

 base, doubly serrate at the apex. PL corym- 

 bose. s.T. 5. Rocky. Isl. of Arran, Sc. 



4. prsemorsa. " L. pinnate. Lts. ob- 

 longo-elUptic, obtuse : the inner gradually de- 

 creasing; the odd one prtemorse and nearly 

 obovate. PL-stalks downy. Pr. elliptic. s.T. 

 5, 6. Madonie."— Guss. 



5. aucuparia. L. pinnate, downy beneath. 

 Buds downy. Lts. serrate, acute, nearly alike. 



