226 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. 
©xycantha. 2, C. leavcs obtusc, subtrifid, serrate, smooth; 
flowers digyiious, peduncles and calices nearly 
smooth, calicine segments lanceolate, acute. 
Common Quickset. 
Introduced, but frequently found in hedges, and on the 
borders of fields, apparently naturalized. Flowers white. 
May. 
spathuiata? 3 . C. leaves subcuneate-oval, serrate, shortly petio- 
late, pubescent ; branchlets conspicuously pubes- 
cent; flowers nearly solitary, calices villose. 
Bart. Prod. FI. Ph. 
A scarce species, found occasionally in thickets in Jesey, 
and along the banks of the Schuylkill. Flowers white. Ij . 
May. 
coccinea. 4 ^ spinose ; leaves cordate-ovate, cut-augular- 
smooth, sharply serrate, petioles and calices pu- 
bescent, glandular, petals orbicular, flowers 5- 
gynous.—JVilld. and Pursh. 
Mespilus sestivalis, 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. Ij . April. 
