526 ICOSANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 



Cocks-spur Hawthorn. 



A fine large shrub-,' remarkable for its deep-green shining 

 foliage. Flowers white. Berries small, red. Thorns very large 

 and strong. In natural hedges, Jersey, opposite Southwark, 

 and not far from the Delaware. Not common. I2 . April, May. 



oxycautha. o # c # leaves obtuse, subtrifid, serrate, smooth; 

 flowers digynous, peduncles and calices nearly 

 smooth, calicine segments lanceolate, acute. 



—wm. 



Common Quickset. 



Introduced, but frequently found in hedg'es, and on the 

 borders of fields, apparently naturalized. Flowers white. 

 \l May. 



spathuiata? 3. C. leaves subcuneate-oval, serrate, shortly petio- 

 late, pubescent; branchlets conspicuously pubes- 

 cent; flowers nearly solitary, calices villose. 

 Bart. Prod. Fl. Ph. 



A scarce species, found occasionally in thickets in Jesey, 

 and along the banks of the Schuylkill. Flowers white. lj> . 



May. 



coccinea. 4 # spinose ; leaves cordate-ovate, cut-augular- 

 smooth, sharply serrate, petioles and calices pu- 

 bescent, glandular, petals orbicular, flowers 5- 

 gy nous. — Willd. and Pursh. 

 Mespilus aestivalis, Walt. 



Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 46. f. 4. 



A very fine shrub, from four to seven feet high. Flowers 

 white. Berries large, scarlet. In similar places with the pre- 

 ceding, but rare. I2 • April. 



