XXVI. ROSA‘CEE: CRATA'GUS. 359 
641. C. Crés-galli. 
duced in 1691, Flowers white; May and June. Fruit small, green, and 
at length scarlet; ripe in September and October. Leaves retained 
longer than in most of the species; so that in the South of England it ap- 
pears a sub-evergreen, retaining also its showy fruit through the winter. 
arieties. 
£ C. C. 2 splénidens Dec. Prod., Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. 170., Pluk. t. 46. 
f.1. C. arbutifolia and C. spléndens Lodd. Cat. ( fig. 688. in p. 391.) 
— Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, and shining; and, being produced 
in abundance, the plant has a splendid appearance. 
¥ C. C. 3 pyracanthifoha Dec. Prod., Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. 170. C. pyra- 
canthifolia Lodd. Cat.; Méspilus lucida Dum. Cours. Bot. Cult. ed. 2. 
v. p. 448. (fig. 693. in p. 391.; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., 
vol. vi; and our fig. 642.) — Leaves oblong, with the upper part lan- 
642. C. C.-g. pyracant sifolia, 
ceolate ; the lower part tending to wedge-shaped. This, even when 
only 3 or 4 years grafted, forms a singular little old-looking tree, 
epreading like a miniature cedar of Lebanon. 
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