XXVI. ROSA CEH: CRATE'GUS. 371 
in 3 obtuse mucronate teeth. Fruit yellow. (Dec. Prod.) An erect-branched 
low tree. Greece and the Levant. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 
1810. Flowers white; May and June. Haws yellow, smooth, large, suc- 
culent, agreeable to eat ; ripe in August and September, and hanging on 
the tree till the leaves drop in November or December. Naked young 
wood dark-coloured. 
Remarkable for the abundance of its large yellow fruit, which are good to 
eat, and have been made into excellent tarts with Siberian crabs. 
¥ 21. C.or1enNTa‘LIs Bosc. The Eastern Thorn. 
Identification. Bosc ined. ; Bot. Rep., t. 590.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 600. 
Synonymes. Méspilus orientalis Tourn. and Poir. Suppl. 4. p.72.; C. odoratissima Bot. Rep. and 
Lod. Cat.; C. tanacetifolia var. 6 taurica Dec. Prod. 2. p. 629. 
sas Meng Bot. Reg., 1885. ; jig. 708. in p. 398. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vi.; and 
our jig. 657. 
657. C. orientalis. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branches whitely tomentose. Leaves 3-lobed, downy be- 
neath ; the two side lobes ovate, and having tooth-like incisions at the tip; 
the middle lobe trifid. Stipules broad and cut. (Dec. Prod.) A low spread- 
ing tree. Levant. Height 15ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 1810. Flowers 
white ; May and June. Haws numerous, large, yellowish red or coral 
colour, very agreeable to the taste; ripe in August and September, and re- 
maining on sometimes after the leaves. 
Variety. 
#. C. 0. 2 sanguinea, C. sanguinea Schrader Index Sem. Hort. Acad. Gott. 
1834, C. orientalis Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1852., and jig. 709. in p. 
398., has the fruit of a very dark purplish red, or port wine, colour. 
Dr. Lindley considers this “the genuine Méspilus orientalis of 
Tournefort, with villous celery-like leaves, and a large, purple, 5- 
cornered, smooth fruit,” which description, we think, indicates rather 
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