346 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
637. C. punctata. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, glabrous, serrated. Calyx 
alittle villose; its sepals awl-shaped, entire. Fruit usually dotted. (Dec. 
Prod.) Asmalltree. North America, in the woods and swamps of Vir- 
ginia and Carolina; where, according to Pursh, it grows to a handsome 
size, particularly the variety having yellow fruit. Height 15 ft. to 30 ft. 
Introduced in 1746. Flowers white; May and June. Fruit scarlet ; ripe 
in September. Leaves dropping yellow. Naked young wood grey. 
Varieties. There are four forms of this species in British gardens. 
£ C.p. 2 riibra Pursh, C. edulis Ronalds (fig. 682. in p. 389.) is the 
most common, and is a spreading tree, growing to the height of 
from 15 ft. to 30 ft., with red fruit, and, when old, with few thorns. 
¥ C. p. 3 ribra stricta Hort., C. p. stricta 
Ronalds, has the fruit red, like the pre- 
ceding sort; but the general habit of 
the plant is fastigiate, like that of the 
following sort. 
* C. p. 4 airea Pursh, C. p. flava Hort., 
C. dilcis Ronalds, C. edulis Lodd. Cat., 
C. pentagyna flava Godefroy (fig. 682. 
in p. 389.), is a tree like C. p. ribra, 
with yellow fruit, and also, when old, 
with few thorns, 
£ C. p. 5 brevispina Doug., and our jig. 638. 
— A very handsome fastigiate tree, with 
large, very dark purplish red fruit. 
Hort. Soc. Garden. 638. C. p. brevispina. 
The wood is so hard that the Indians of the west coast of America make 
wedges of it for splitting trees. 
¥ 4. C. pyriro‘tia Ait. The Pear-tree-leaved Thorn. 
Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 168.; Pursh Fl. A ft 3 
Dowe Mica oe » 2. p. mer. Sept., 1. p. 337. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627 
Synonymes. C. leucophlce‘os (white-barked) Mench Weiss. p.3l. t.2.; C. radiata Lodd. Cat. 
Geet f domentosa. Du Rot Hae. LP. 183. zh Cc. avalia Pers.; Méspilus latifolia Lam. 
mcyc. 4. p. .; M. Calpodéndron Ehrh. Peitr. ; M. pyrifdlia Link E: 13M, ifdli. Ts 
C. latifdlia Ronalds 3 C. cornifolia Booth ; Lazzarollo neriae, ial. pee il ane 
