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I. C. Oxyacantlia (ITawthom, ^\'hitethorn, or May). — A small 

 round-headed, much-branched, spinous tree, whicli, though it 

 varies considerably in its mode of growth, shape of leaf, and 

 colour of flower and fruit, is so well known as hardly to need 

 description. Its leases are deeply pinnatifid and appear before 

 the blossoms ; the //('n''(7-.f are generally white and heavily scented, 

 the anthers pink with brown /ol/cn, and the Jn/Ii: usually sub- 



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globose, scarlet, or crimson, of 1—3 cafpels. The name Haw- 

 thorn is derived from hacg, a hedge ; although, therefore, tlie 

 fruit is generally called a hcnv, that name' is derived from the tree 

 which produces it, and the tree docs n,ot, as is frequently sup- 

 posed, take its name from the fruil which it bears. — bl.'jNIaw 

 Perennial. 



18. (;^OT(->Nli.isTP:R. Slu-ubs or small Irees ; slipiilcs deciduous ; 

 Jloivers solitary, or nearly so, small ; scpah 5 ; J\'lah 5 ; stamens 



