130 26. EOSACE^. 



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 Suborder III. Pomea. 



15. Ceatjb'gtjs Linn. Ha'wthorn. 



1. C. Oxyacan'tha (L.) ; spinose, 1. obovate 3 — 4-lobed cut 

 and serrate ouneate at the base, fl. corymbose, cal. not glandular, 

 styles 1—3.— a. C. Oxyacant.ka (L., Jaoq.) ; 1. lobed, ped. and 

 cal. usually glabrous, cal. -lobes triangular-acuminate, styles 1 — 

 3, fruit oval, nuts 1—3. Sy. E. B. 479.-/3. C. monogyna 

 (.lacq.) ; 1. deeply lobed usually acute, ped. and cal. villose, cal.- 

 lobes lanceolate acuminate, style 1 bent, fruit subglobose. 

 B. B. 2504. — ^Hedges and thickets ; /3 the more common form 

 and flowering later. T. V, VI. E. S. I. 



16. Cotoneas'tbk Lindl. 



1. C. vulgdris (Lindl.) ; 1. roundish-ovate rounded at the 

 base, flowerstalks and margins of the calyx downy. — E. B. S. 

 2713. — Pet. rose-coloured. Fr. small pendulous, red. — Clifis 

 at the Great Orme's Head, Caernarvonshire. Sh. V. E. 



17. Mbs'piltis Linn. Medlar. 



1. M. german'ica (L.) ; 1. lanceolate undivided downy be- 

 neath, fl. solitary. — E. B. 1523. — L. entire simply or doubly ser- 

 rate. In the wild state it is spinous. — Hedges and thickets in 

 Surrey, Sussex, [and Cheshire ?]. T. V. VI. E. 



18. Py'ktts Linn. 



1. P. commiinis (L.) ; 1. ovate serrate, fl. corymbose, fruit tur- 

 binate, styles distinct. — E. B. 1784. — Branches rather spinous. 

 Germen woolly. Leaves sometimes obovate suddenly con- 

 tracted into a long very acute point. — a. P. Pyraster (Bor.) ; 1. 

 acuminate downy beneath when young ultimately glabrous, fr» 

 elongate-pyriform obconical at the base.^ — /3. P. Achras (Bor.) ; 

 mature 1. acute or cuspidate slightly downy beneath, fr. globose- 

 pyriform rounded below. — y. P. Briggsii (Syme) ; 1. cordate- 

 ovate nearly glabrous, fr. small globose or pyriform. — Hedges 

 and woods. T. IV. V. Wild Pear-tree. E. I. 



2. P. Mdlus (L.) ; 1. ovate acute serrate, fl. in a sessile 

 umbel, Jr. globose, styles combined below. — «. P. acerba (DC.) ; 

 young branches calyx-tube and underside of the 1. glabrous. 

 E.B. 179. — B.mitii; the same parts pubescent or woolly. 8y. 

 jB. J?. 490.— Woods and hedges. T. V. Crab-tree. E.g.! 



[P., domes'tica (Sm.) ; I. pinnate downy beneath serrate, fl. 

 panicled, fr. obovate. — Fr. resembling a smaU pear. — One tree 

 ia Wyre Forest ; now lost. — T. V. Service-tree.'] E. 



