164 ROSACEA 



i. C. Oxyacdntha (Hawthorn, Whitethorn, or May). — A small 

 round-headed, much-branched, spinous tree, which, though it 

 varies considerably in its mode of growth, shape of leaf, and 

 colour of flower and fruit, is so well known as hardly to need 

 description. Its leaves are deeply pinnatifid and appear before 

 the blossoms ; the floivers are generally white and heavily scented, 

 the anthers pink with brown polle?i, and the fruit usually sub- 



pfat-s mXlus (Crah Aj>J>le\ 



globose, scarlet, or crimson, of 1 — 3 carpels. The name Haw- 

 thorn is derived from haeg, a hedge ; although, therefore, the 

 fruit is generally called a haw, that name is derived from the tree 

 which produces it, and the tree does not, as is frequently sup- 

 posed, take its name from the fruit which it bears. — Fl. May. 

 Perennial. 



18. Cotoneaster. — Shrubs or small trees ; stipules deciduous ; 

 flowers solitary, or nearly so, small ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens 



