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CRAT/EGUS cordata. 
Fleart-leaved Crategus. 
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ICOSANDRIA DI-PENTAGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacen. § Pomacee. 
CRATAGUS. Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1128. 
C. cordata; foliis cordato-ovatis inciso-angulatis glabris, petiolis calycibus- 
que eglandulosis, floribus pentagynis. Dec. prodr. 2. 628. 
C. cordata. Hort. Kew. ed. 1.2. 168. Willd. arb. 82.; sp. pl. 2. 1000. 
C. populifolia. Walé. fl. Carol. 147, Pursh, fi. Am. sept. 1. 337. 
Mespilus acerifolia. Poiret dict. 4. p. 442. 
Mespilus pheenopyrum. . Linn. suppl. 254. Ehr. beitr. 2. 67. 
Mespilus cordata. Miller dict. ic. 119. tab. 179. Wats. Dendr. Brit. t. 63. 
Arbor mediocris, ramulis subangulatis, verrucosis. Folia cordata, bast 
subtruncata, acuminata, lobata, serrata, utrinque levia, supra lucida, atro- 
viridia, petiolis longis, levibus. Flores albt, corymbost, parvi, calycibus 
glabris, petalis rotundatis, apice denticulatis. Styli 5. Fructus spherici, 
pisiformes, coccinei, carnosi, nuculis quinque ossets. 
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This handsome hardy tree is a native, according to 
Pursh, of hedge-rows and banks of rivers, from Canada 
to Virginia. With us it forms a beautiful bush or small 
tree, flowering rather later than others of the genus, the 
blossoms beginning to open in the end of May, or early 
in June. It is much valued for the fine dark green, 
glossy appearance of its leaves, and the vivid colour of its 
scarlet fruit, which will sometimes hang on the tree during 
the winter. 
The specimen from which our drawing was taken 
was communicated by Mrs. Marryat, from her Garden at 
Wimbledon. 
Young branches rather angular, and warty. Leaves 
cordate, somewhat truncate at the base, acuminate, lobed, 
serrated, smooth on each side, above dark green and 
