XXVI. ROSACEE: CRATE GUS, 3885 
675. C. mexicana. 
A remarkable and very handsome species, resembling, in general appearance, 
Méspilus grandiflora. 
§ xv. Pyracdintha, 
Sect. Char, Leaves oval-lanceolate, glabrous, entire, small, evergreen. Fruit 
numerous, of a bright coral colour. 
# 28. C. Pyraca’ntHa Pers. The fiery Thorn, or Pyracantha. 
Identification. Pers. Syn., 2. p. 37.3 Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. p. 29. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 626. ; Don’s Mill., 
2. p. 598. 
Synonymes. Méspilus Pyracféntha L.; evergreen Thorn; Buisson ardent, Fr.; immergrune Mis- 
pel, Ger.; Agazzino, Ital. 
Engravings. Lob. Icon., 2. p. 182. f.1.; Pall. Fl. Ross., t, 13. f. 2.; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 20. No, 2.; 
and our fig. 676. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Evergreen. Leaves glabrous, ovate-lance- 
olate, crenate. Lobes of the calyx obtuse. Styles 5. 
Fruit globose, scarlet, ornamental; continuing a good while 
upon the plant; which, on account of the colour of its 
fruit, and of its beinga shrub, is called in France Buisson 
ardent. (Dec. Prod.) An evergreen shrub. South of 
Europe, in rugged places and hedges. Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. 
Introduced in 1629. Flowers white; May. Fruit red; 
ripe in September. 
Variety. : 
a C.P.2crenuldta. C.crenulata Hort.— A plant bearing ®® & Pye4 
this name in the Hort. Soc. Gard. differs very little from the species. 
The flowers and fruit are produced in large corymbs, which are very orna- 
mental ; and the fruit remains on all the winter, especially when the shrub is 
trained against a wall. The berries are bitter, and are not so greedily eaten 
by birds as those of some other kinds, unless in very severe winters. The 
plant is very hardy, and, in the open garden, forms a handsome evergreen bush ; 
and, if grafted standard high on the common hawthorn, it would form a most 
desirable evergreen low tree. 
intha. 
cc 
