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M E S P I L U S. 



The M E D L A R . T R E E. 



Clafs 12. Order 4. Icofandria Peritagynia. 



'X'HE Empalementh one leaved, concave-fpreading, five tooth- 



ed, and permanent. 

 The Corolla has five petals, roundifli, concave, and inferted in 

 the calyx. 



The Filaments are twenty, awl fh aped and inferted in the calyx. 



The Antherce are fimple. 

 The Germen is beneath. The Stymies are five, (often lefs) fimplo^ 



and erea. The Stigmas are headed. 

 The Seed-veJJel is a berry, globofe, umbilicated, and covered 



with the calyx, but fomewhat perforated at the apex. 

 The Seeds are five, bony and gibbous. 



The Species, with usy are^ 



* Armed with "Thorns 



i. Mespilus coccinea. Cock/pw^' Hawthorn. 



This rifes generally to the height of ten or twelve 

 feet, with a pretty ftrong ftem, dividing into feveral 

 branches, which are armed with ftrong thorns, bent 

 downwards like a cock's fpur. The leaves are fome- 

 what oval, but fpreading into angles, fawed on their 

 edges, and fmooth. The flowers come out at the 

 extremities and fides of the branches in umbels; 

 they are pretty large and are fucceeded by fruit near- 

 ly as large as a fmall cherry and of a fine red colour 

 when ripe. 



There is a variety of this without thorns, with 

 leaves deeper fawed on their edges, and not fo deep- 

 ly veined, otherwife of the fame growth and ap- 

 pearance. 



2. Mespilus 



