

PLATE DLXX1X. 



CRATiEGUS AZAROLU 







TIte Azarole. 



CLASS II. 



ICOSANDRIA DIGYNIJ, 



ORDER XII. 



Twenty Chives. Two Pointa 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx quinquefidus. Petala quinque. Bacca 



Cup five-cleft. 



infera, 1 — 5-sperma 



Blossom five petals. 



below, with from 1 to 5 seeds. 



Berry 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Crataegus foliis obtusis, subtrifidis, dentatis, 

 pubescentibus. 



Crataegus with blunt, pubescent, toothed 

 leaves generally 3 -cleft. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 



1. A flower spread open. 



2. The same shown from the outer side. 



The Azarole grow, naturally in Italy, in the Sooth of France, in Carniola, and on the banta of Oe 

 lZTlT aa 77' Wh T ' WS f °" nd " y G " bCT fa »*"• » ?™s to be a tree of rather 



Z wh ch , „ ' s , ™ T Z " aly - in ,he Sou,h of France ' -* !n Ski] y- *" ** '*» <*<* 



tot,! g K, aS fl "^ * fi " e red COl ° Ur WHh "»*- " *W °f ye«ow, and i. aaid 



to have a very ag eeable flavour At pre s en, the Azarole i, very scarce in L country, and we have 



„e eraeen, ,„ blossom but at Burcbalfa nursery a, F„,ha„,, in May 1808 , wh e„ our draw, „g wna 



A role ?nd add' ' , " "^^ "° b,KS ° mS - T ° *"* "» are fc iroua of cultivating the 

 *Zl or 1 h g ,arK,> ' t0 " heir *"** ^ W °"' d reC<>n ™" d P'-""S « - "CI she tered 



b s Z ter F C P H a :;" g ^T? W3 "' " Pn,CtiSed fM '' MCh " - «'- «-,e fruits. wou!d 



!Lt^r« ,h n D rr; si^^r* ^ in His Maj ^ s Gard - s *• ■-* 



one in Mr S,,in« • ,? iN ° rth " land at Slon House ; and we have lately seen the remains of 

 one in Mr. bwamson s co lection at Twi^k^harr. k.,# 



Fncrbnd Tfe« r f p, u , w '<*enham J but we are not aware that any ettrt at present in 



Jingland. lhat of Plenck exrepted, in his Medical Plants PI ion u ,• , . a 



figure of it baa before been published. ' 9 ' We bdieVe n ° ° ther C ° l0Ured 



