CHAP. XLII. 



ROSA CE/E. CRATJEXJUS. 



847 



Habit fastigiate. Fruit red. 



43. C. glandulbsa succulenta Fischer. 



syn. succulenta Fischer. 



Mespilus succulenta Booth. 

 Only differing from the preceding in the 



fruit, which is large, and more succulent ; 



whence the name. 



Division II. Leaves like those of the preceding 

 division. Spines remarkably large. Fruit small. 



44. C. macracantha M'Nab, Jig. 572. in p. 855., 



and the plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. spinosissima longissima Lee. 

 Habit very much spreading, and robust. 



Fruit small, shining, and red. 



Division III. Leaves entire, or serrated. Spine- 

 less. Fruit large, and punctated 



45. C. punctata Austin, fig. 569. in p. 854., and the 



plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. punctata rubra Loddiges. 

 edulis Ronalds. 



Habit spreading, horizontal. Fruit large, 

 and red. 



46. C. punctata flava Austin, fig. 570. in p. 854.. 



syn. dulcis Ronalds. 



pentagyna flava Godefroy. 

 Habit spreading, like the preceding one. 

 Fruit yellow, and large. 



47. C. punctata stricta Ronalds. 



syn. punctata rubra stricta Austin. 

 Habit fastigiate. Fruit large, and red. 



Division IV. Only differing from the last divi- 

 sion in the fruit being very small. 



48. C. joyrif blia Lee, Jig. 511. in p. 854., and the 

 plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. latifblia Ronalds. 

 cornif61ia Booth. 

 Calpod^ndron Fischer. 

 Habit spreading. Branches much twisted. 

 Fruit small, red. This is the C. flexubsa 

 of some foreign collections. 



§ v. Cru's-ga'lli (or those resembling the Cock's-spur Thorn). See p. 820. 



Leaves entire, or serrated, and shining. Spines large. Fruit middle-sized. 



49. C. ovalifSlia Lindley, Jig. 579. in p. 856., and 52. C. Crus-galli splendens Lindley, Jig. 575. in 



theplateinVoi.il. p. 856. 



syn. elliptica Loddiges. syn. Crus-galli latif 61ia Booth. 



pennsylvanica Loddiges. wrbutifblia Masters. 



Habit very much spreading. Fruit red. Habit spreading. Fruit red. 



50. C. /jrunifblia Loddiges, fig. 576. in p. 856., and 53. C. Crus-galli Pyracantha Masters, fig. 580. in 



the plate in Vol. II. p. 856., and the plate in Vol. II. 



syn. hybrida Booth. syn. pyracanthifblia Lee. 



caroliniana Lee. Habit spreading and slender. Fruit yel- 



Habit rather erect. Fruit red. lowish green. 



51. C. Crus-galli Lindley, fig. 574. in p. 856., and 54. C. Crus-galli salicifolia Ronalds, fig. 518. in 



theplateinVol.il. p. 856. 



syn. cuneifblia Booth. syn. linearis Loddiges, and Lee, fig. 577., in 



hyemalis Fischer. p. 856. 



lucida Godejroy. Habit of growth horizontal. Fruit yel- 



Habit spreading. Fruit red. lowish green. 



§ vi. "Wrides (or those resembling C. viridis and C. lobata, with hard green 

 fruit). See p. 841 . and p. 823. 



Leaves small, lobed, or finely serrated. Spines small, and not numerous. Fruit small, green, and hard. 



55. C. viridis Loddiges, Jig. 614. in p. 867. 



syn. parvifblia Pursh, and Loddiges, 

 fig. 551. 

 florida Lodd.,fig. 613. in p. 867. 

 axillaris Audibert (Tarascon Nursery, 



South of France). 

 ? ? grossulariagfdlia Lee, fig. 559., and 



fig. 616. in p. 867. 

 tomentosa of Pallas, not of others. 

 Habit very dwarf, and rather rigid. Fruit 

 green. 



56. C. virginiana Loddiges, fig. 615. in p. 857. 



syn. viridis (of some collections). 



The dwarfest of all in the collection. Fruit 

 bright green. 



57. C. lobata, fig. 554. andfig. 586. in p. 859. 



syn. spinosfssima Lee. 



lutea (of some collections). 

 Habit straggling and robust. Fruit green. 

 Bark very rough. 



58. C. flava Loddiges, fig. 585. in p. 859., and the 



plate in Vol. II. 

 syn. flavissima Godefroy. 



Michauxw (of 'some foreign collections). 

 Habit very spreading. Fruit yellowish 



green. Bark rough. 



§ vii. Pyraca'nthte. Leaves entire, evergreen. See p. 844. 



Doubtful. 



59. C. Pyracantha, fig. 561.' 60. C. P. crenulata Wall. 



syn. Mespilus Pyracantha Lindl. Only differs from the preceding in having 



Habit bushy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, crenulate leaves. 



nearly entire. Fruit numerous, flame- 61. C. glauca Park's China, Jigs. 562. 563. 

 coloured red. Probably not a Crataegus, being evergreen. 



Remarks. The preceding table, independently of its botanical merits, we consider of great value 

 in a practical point of view ; because it does not contain a single species or variety that is not, 

 at the present moment (April, 1836), growing in the London Horticultural Society's Garden ; and 

 because it points out the names of the nurseries from which these plants were sent to the Society. 

 Whoever, therefore, wishes to form a collection of Crataegus (and we do not think that there is 

 another genus of hardy ligneous plants at all to be compared with it in point of beauty, variety, and 

 general interest) can find no difficulty in gratifying his wishes. He may procure almost every spe- 

 cies and variety from the principal London nurserymen, at from Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. each ; or, if he 

 does not choose to go to that expense, and is a Fellow of the Horticultural Society, he may obtain 

 scions from the Society, at the grafting or budding season, which may be sent packed in moss, 

 either in winter or summer, to the most distant parts of the island ; and which may be grafted or 

 budded on the common hawthorn. If hawthorn stocks should not be already provided, the buds 

 or grafts may be inserted in the plants of a common hedge, at regular distances, and the shoots 



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