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lobes persistent. Styles 2-5, base woolly. Fruit red or nearly 
white, globose, J-J in. diam. 
Huttoo ; June, July. — Temperate Himalaya, 9000-13,000 ft. — Europe to 
China and Japan (Britain, Rowan tree or Mountain Ash). 
5. Pyrus foliolosa, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 376. A shrub or 
small tree ; leaves and inflorescence more or less covered with 
red-brown tomentum. Leaves pinnate, 4-6 in. ; rachis tomen- 
tose ; leaflets 11—31, opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 1-1 1 in., sharply 
toothed, acute ; upper surface green, hairy, lower paler, hairy, 
midrib and nerves tomentose. Flowers numerous, white or tinged 
with green, | in. diam., crowded in tomentose, compound corymbs. 
Calyx pubescent ; lobes persistent. Styles 2-5, free, base pubes- 
cent. Fruit red or covered with blue bloom. 
Huttoo : May, June. — Temperate Himalaya from Kumaon to Sikkim, 9000- 
12,000 ft. ' 
11. CRAT.ZEGUS. From the Greek Jcratos, strength, refer- 
ring to the wood. — N. temperate regions, most numerous in 
N. America. 
*Crat3egus crenulata, Roxb. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 384. A large, 
glabrous, spiny shrub. Leaves usually crowded on short, lateral 
branchlets, narrowly oblong, 1-2 in., shortly stalked, crenate, 
obtuse. Flowers white, J in. diam., in numerous, terminal, com- 
pound corymbs. Calyx-tube bell-shaped, adnate to the ovary ; 
lobes 5, obtuse, persistent. Petals 5, orbicular. Stamens numer- 
ous. Carpels 5, distinct, 1 -celled, enclosed within and adnate to 
the calyx-tube, only the tips free ; styles 5 ; stigma capitate ; 
ovules 2 in each ovary. Fruit drupe-like, globose, J in. diam., 
orange-red, containing 5 bony, free, triangular, 1 -seeded nutlets, 
the tips protruding between the calyx-lobes. 
The Sutlej to Bhootan, 2500-8000 ft. ; April, May. 
Closely allied to C. Pyracantha which is often trained against walls in Britain. 
The bright red fruit remains on the tree nearly all the winter. 
The British Hawthorn, C. Oxyacantha, occurs in Kashmir and at Murree, 
but does not extend east of Kishtwar. The leaves are deeply lobed, and the 
fruit contains a single, 1- or 2-celled stone. 
12. COTONE ASTER. From the Latin Gotonia ( Gydonia ), the 
Quince, and aster (ad instar), similar. — Temperate Asia, Europe, 
N. Africa, Mexico. 
Shrubs, sometimes procumbent. Leaves shortly stalked, 
simple, entire ; stipules soon falling off. Flowers small, in 
terminal and axillary cymes, sometimes solitary. Calyx -tube 
bell-shaped, adnate to the ovary ; lobes 5, short, persistent. 
Petals 5, orbicular. Stamens numerous. Carpels 2-5, 1-celled, 
enclosed within and adnate to the calyx-tube, only the tips free ; 
