CEAT^&us. — prnTTs. 125 



a short point simply pinnate, fr. subglobose with a convex disk. — 

 E. B. 188. — iit. trailing. Lts. nearly flat. Fl. white, usually 

 4 — 6 ; ped. glandular ; column of styles equalling the stamens, 

 glabrous. — /3. R. bihracteata (Bast.) ; shoots much more erect, 

 fr. obovoid. A much stronger plant often taken for Ji. stylom. 

 —Hedges and thickets. Sh. VI. VII. E.' S. I. 



Suborder III. Pomew. 



15. Ceat^'qus Linn. Hawthorn. 



1. C. Oxyacan'tha (L.) ; spinose, 1. obovate 3 — 4-lobed cut 

 and serrate cuneate at the base, fl. corymbose, cal. not glandular, 

 styles 1 — 3. — a. C. Oxyacantha (L., Jacq.) ; 1. lobed, ped. and 

 cal, usually glabrous, cal. -lobes triangular-acuminate, styles 1 — 

 •'', fruit oval, nuts 1 — 3. Sy. E. B. 479. — /3. C. monogynn 

 (Jacq.) ; 1. deeply lobed usually acute, /lerf. and cal. villose, cal.- 

 lobes lanceolate acuminate, style 1 bent, fruit subglobose. E. 

 B. 2504. — Hedges and thickets ; /3 the more common form and 

 flowering later. T. V. VI. E. S. I. 



16. Cotoiteas'ter Lindl. 



1. C vulgaris (Lindl.) ; 1. roundish-ovate rounded at the 

 base, flowerstalks and margins of the calyx downy. — E. B. S. 

 2718. — Pet. rose-coloured. Fr. small pendiilous, red. — Clifls 

 at the Great Orme's Head, Oaemarvonshire. Sh. V. E. 



17. Mbs'pilus Linn. Medlar. 



1. M. german'ica (L.) ; 1. lanceolate undivided downy be- 

 neath, fl. solitary. — E. B. 152-3. — L. entire simply or doubly ser- 

 rate. In the wild state it is spinous. — Hedges and thickets in 

 Surrey, Sussex, and Cheshire. T. V. VI. E. 



18. Pr'KtJs Linn. 



1. P. communis (L.) ; 1. ovate serrate, fl. corymbose, /roiY tur- 

 binate, styles distinct.— E. B. 1784.— Branches rather spinous. 

 Germen woolly. Leaves sometimes obovate suddenly con- 

 tracted into a long very acute point.— a. P. Pyraster (Bor.) ; 1. 

 downy beneath when young ultimately glabrous, fr. elongate- 

 pyriform obconical at the base.— /3. P. Achras (Bor.) ; mature i. 

 slightly downy beneath, fr. globose-pyriform rounded below. 

 —Pledges and woods. T. IV V. Wild Pear-tree. E. I. 



2. P. Malm (L.) ; 1. ovate acute serrate, fl. in a sessile 



