CHAP. XLII. 



2SOSA CE/E. CRATiE^GUS. 



843 



Spec. Char., $c Leaves obovate, cuneate, glabrous, shining, notched, but 

 not lobed ; small. Fruit round, rather larger than a common haw, green. 

 A shrub, growing to the height of 4 ft. or 5 ft. ; a native of Virginia ; and 

 introduced by Messrs. Loddiges in 1812. The plant bears a general resem- 

 blance to C. spathulata in its foliage and habit of growth ; but the foliage of 



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the latter is lobed, while that of the former is entire. The fruit of C. vir- 

 gfnica is, also, six times larger than that of C. spathulata ; and is of a dark 

 green, while the other is of a bright red. The blossoms and fruit of C. vir- 

 ginica are, also, produced in corymbs of twos and threes ; while those of C. 

 spathulata consist of a considerable number of flowers. The species differ, 

 also, in the foliage ; which in C. spathulata has long winged footstalks, 

 while in C. virgfnicathe footstalks are short and slender. (See the leaves of 

 C. virginica injig. 615. in p. 867., of C. spathulata in Jig. 591. in p. 861.) 



§ xiv. Mexicana. 



Sect. Char. Leaves large, oval-lanceolate, notched and serrated, 

 green or greenish yellow. 



Fruit large, 



t 27. C. mexica^na Moc. et Sesse. The Mexican Thorn. 



Identification. Moc. et Sesse Fl. Mex. icon, inedit. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 629. ; Swt. Brit. Fl.- Card , 



2d ser. t. 300. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 601. 

 St/nonyme. C. stipulacea Lodd. Cat. : see Gard. Mag., ix. p. 630. 

 Engravings. Swt Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2d ser. t. 300. ; omfig. 617. in p. 867. } and the plate of this species 



in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oval-lanceolate, notched, and serrated ; acuminate, 

 somewhat ciliated at the base. Petioles short, channeled, and with a 

 winged margin. Stipules stalked. Corymbs terminal. Petals scarcely 

 longer than the calycine teeth. Stamens varying from 10 to 15. Styles 2, 

 or rarely 4. Fruit large, pale green, or yellowish, when ripe ; and, with the 

 leaves, remaining on the tree all the winter in sheltered situations. Hand- 

 some, and resembling a small apple, but not good to eat. It is a low tree, a 

 native of the table lands of Mexico, whence it was introduced in 1824, or 

 earlier, apparently by Robert Barclay, Esq., of Bury Hill. (See Gard. 

 Mag., vol. ix. p. 630., and vol. xi. p. 473. and p. 583.) It was first de- 

 scribed and figured from the garden of A. B. Lambert, Esq., of Boyton 

 House, Wiltshire. It has fruited abundantly at Terenure, near Dublin, for 

 several years ; and, also, in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, and in 

 the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges. It is a most vigorous-growing species ; 

 and, when budded on the common hawthorn, it produces shoots from 5 ft. 

 to 7 ft. long the first season ; and there can be no doubt that it will form as 

 large a tree as Mespilus grandiflora, which it strongly resembles in general 



