368 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
ow = SY oo) 
aay JY poe 
IN abst 
YY 
653. C. spathulata. 
5-celled; shell thin. (Lind/.) A low tree; in England a shrub, unless 
when grafted standard high. Georgia and Carolina. Height 12 ft. to 15 ft. ; 
in England 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers white ; May and 
June. Fruit bright red; ripe in October. 
Variety. 
¥ C.s. 2 geérgica. C. gedrgica Lod.— Leaves 5-lobed, on longer foot- 
stalks, and rather smaller than the species. This variety and the 
species were killed to the ground in the winter of 1837-8. (See Gard. 
Mag., vol. xvi. p. 3.) 
A slow-growing, very neat, little bush or tree, with slender, smooth, droop- 
ing branches, and something of the habit of C. Oxyacantha. Its leaves have a 
very handsome appearance, and are remarkably shining, and deep green: they 
usually grow in clusters; have a long stalk, tapering upwards into a blade, 
which is sometimes nearly entire, with only a tooth or two at the end; some- 
times they are 3-lobed, with crenated segments; and occasionally they are 
deeply 3-parted ; their form is always more or less spathulate. The stipules 
of the more vigorous branches are large and leafy. The flowers are white, 
and appear at the same time as those of C. cordata. The fruit is rather 
abundant, but small. 
§ x. Azaroh. 
Sect. Char, Fruit large, round or pear-shaped; good to eat; yellow or 
red; the yellow fruit generally produced on fastigiate species or varieties ; 
and the red on trees with a spreading and rather a drooping head. Leaves 
wedge-shaped, 3-cleft or more, shining, pubescent or hairy. Spines few or 
none. 
¥ 18. C. AzARO'LUS L. The Azarole Thorn. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 683. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 629.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 600. 
Synonymes. P¥rus Azarédlus Scop. Carn. No. 597., J. Bauh. Hist. 1. p.67.; Méspilus Azardlus 
All. Ped., N. Du Ham. 4. p. 158.; Néflier Azarole, Neflier de Naples, E’pine d’Espagne, Pom- 
mettes & deux Closes, F’.; Azarol Mispel, Ger.; Azzeruolo, Ital. 
Engravings. N. Du Ham., 4, t. 42.5 Bot. Rep., t. 579. ; fig. 705. in p. 397. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 
Ist edit., vol. vi.; and our fig. 654. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves pubescent, wedge-shaped at the base, trifid; lobes 
blunt, and with a few large teeth. Branchlets,corymbs, and calyxes pubescent. 
