a 
640. C.macracdntha 
growth. The shoots straight, and tending upwards at an angle of 45°. 
North America, and the most common species in the northern states. 
Height 10 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1819. Flowers white; May and 
June. Fruit scarlet, rather smaller than that of C. coccinea; ripe in Sep- 
tember. 
Variety. 
¥ C. m. 2 minor (fig. 686. in p. 390.) only differs from the species in 
having smaller fruit. There are plants at Somerford Hall, Staf- 
fordshire, 
Raised from American seed, in 1819, in the nursery of Messrs. Falla, at 
Gateshead, near Newcastle ; whence it was sent to the Edinburgh Botanic 
Garden, under the name of the large American azarole. 
§ iv. Cris-galli. 
Sect. Char. Leaves without lobes, obovate-oblong or obovate-lanceolate, 
more or less serrated, and of a dark shining green, with petioles margined 
by the decurrence of the leaf. Fruit small, or middle-sized, round, dark 
green till nearly ripe, and, when ripe, scarlet. Spines very long, and bent 
like the spur of a cock. 
¥ 6. C. Cru’s-ca’Lu1 LZ. The Cock’s-spur Thorn. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 632.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 626.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 338. ; Don’s 
Mill, 2. p. 598. 
Sinonjnes: Crate‘gus lNcida Wang. Am. t. 17. f.42., and Mill. Dict.; C. cuneifdlia Lodd. Cat. ; 
Méspilus lacida Ehrh. Beitr.; M. Cras-galli Potr.; M. hyemalis Walt.; M. cuneifolia Meench ; 
Néflier Pied de Coc, Fr.; glinzende Mispel, Ger. ; Lazzarollo spinoso, Ital. 
Engravings. Wang. Am.,t. 17. f. 42.; Dend. Brit., t. 56.; our fig. 687. in p. 391. ; the plate of the 
species in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 641. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Spines long. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, nearly ses- 
sile, glossy, glabrous, falling off Jate. Stipules linear. Lobes of the calyx 
lanceolate, and somewhat serrated. Styles 2. Fruit scarlet. (Dec. Prod.) 
A low tree. North America ; common in woods and hedges, and on the 
banks of rivers, from Canada to Carolina. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. Intro- 
