Craics'gus.'] xxvii. KOSACEiE : fome^. 



141 



of the ramuli feeble, leaves simply serrate deciduous (glauces-» 

 cent beneath), their disk eglandulose, calyx-segments sparingly 

 pinnate deciduous, styles united hairless, shoots trailing. E. B. 

 t. 188. 



Woods, hedges, thickets, &c. ; common In England, but rare in the 

 mountainous districts. Lowlands of Scotland. . Ntar Bray, Ireland. 

 Tj. 5, 7. — This is distinguished from all the other British species 

 hy Its trailing habit ; and from R, systyla^ so far as we can see, by 

 that character alone. It is frequently cultivated under the name of 

 Ayrshire Rose; but the true one {R. capreolata Neill) has, we believe, 

 the column of styles slightly hairy and shining leaves, and is consi- 

 dered by Sabine a deciduous var, of R, sempervirens, although it is 

 mere probably a hybrid between that species and R, arvensis. 



I 



¥ 



Sub-Ord. III. POMEiE 



forming an inft 



\sisting of several 



? inside of the ca- 



1 — 5'Celled pome^ the cells 



lined with a cartilaginous or hony substance. Seeds I or more^ 

 ascending. Petals several, — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alter- 

 nate, simple or divided^ with free stipides. Flowers in terminal 



cymes^ white or pink. (Gen, 16 



15. Mespilus Li 



) 



Medlar, 



4 



Cat segments large, foliaceous. Pet. large, roundish. Disk 

 large, secreting much honey. Styles 2—5, dabrous. PMat tur- 



binate, with the upper ends of the cells, which are bony, ex- 



posed. 



Medlar. 



1. JVl * Germdnica L. (common M.) ; leaves lanceolate a litth 

 downy, flowers solitary nearly sessile terminal, styles 5. E. B 

 t. 1523. ^ 



Hedges, In Cheshire and Sussex. 

 Surrey ; and, In Its wild thorny state, 

 and Nutfleld. Jersey. T^ • 5, 6. 



BIdborough, Kent, Red-hill, 

 in a hedge, between Reigate 



16. Crat^'gus Linn. Hawthorn. ^ 



Cal segments short, acute. Pet large, roundish. Styles 1—5. 

 i^mifoval or round, concealing the upper end of the cells, which 

 are bony, Lindl — Earned from Kparog, strength, in allusion to 

 the extreme hardness of the wood. 



1. G,0x2jacdnthaL. (Hawthorn, White-thorn, or 3fay);si^my, 

 leaves glabrous cut into 3 or 5 deeply serrate segments cuneate 

 at the base, flowers corymbose, calyx not glandular, styles 1—3. 

 -G. B. t. 2504. C. monogyna Jacq. 



Woods and hedges. T^ . 5,6.~ Variable In the form of Its leatws, 

 in the downmess of the cal, and in the colour of the Jlower and fruit. 



