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edges, like those of the common parsley ; but this fringed appearance 
is by no means constant, either in the variety or in the species. This 
variety forms a most ornamental low bush ; or, when grafted standard 
high, a beautiful pendent tree. 
§ ix. Microcdrpe. 
Sect. Char. Fruit small, round, red. Flowers small, produced in corymbs, 
later in the season than in any of the other species. Spines few, but some- 
times very large. 
¥ 16. C.corpa‘ta Mill. The heart-shaped-leaved Thorn. 
Identification. Mill. Ic.,t. 179.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 628.; Don’s Mill., 2. 2 599. 
Synonymes. M. Phendpyrum Linn.; M. cordata Mill.; C. populifolia Walt. Car. 147., and 
Pursh Sept. 1. 337.; Mespilus acerifdlia Poir. Dict. 4. p. 442. 
Engravings. Mill. Ic., t. 179.; Wats. Dend. Brit. t. 63.; Bot. Reg., t. 1151. ; jig. 703. in p. 396. 
the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., lst edit., vol. vi.; and our jig. 652. 
652 C. cordata. 
Spec. Char., &c. Disks of leaves cordate-ovate, angled by lobes, glabrous. 
Petioles and calyxes without glands. Styles 5 in a flower. (Dec. Prod.) 
A compact, close-headed, small tree, with leaves of a deep shining green. 
Canada to Virginia, in hedges and rocky places. Height 20ft. to 30 ft. 
Introduced in 1738. Flowers white, in numerous terminal corymbs ; May 
and June. Fruit small, scarlet; ripe in October. 
A very distinct and handsome species. 
* 17. C.sparauLa’ra Elliott. The spathula-shaped-leaved Thorn. 
dentification. Elliott Fl. S. Car., 1. p. 552.; Lodd. Bot. Cat., t. 1261. 
ees C. microc4rpa Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1846.; C. fiérida Godefroy. : 
Engravings. Bot. Cab., t. 1261.; Bot. Reg., t. 1846. ; fig. 704. in p. 396. ; the plate of the species 
in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vi.; and our Jig. 653. 
Spec. Char., §c. Subspinose. Leaves in fascicles, oblong-cuneated, 3-cleft, 
lobed and crenated, smooth, shining. Corymbs many-flowered. Calyx 
smooth; segments ovate, quite entire. Fruit ovate, subrotund, smooth 
