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hosa'ce.'p.. cratai'gus.

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in'diameter, and is roundish, with fine angles, like the ribs of a melon’; beinglightly covered with down, and having a persistent calyx of 5 sepals, toothedlike the leaves of the tree. Tournefort also notices the circumstance of one ortwo of the bracteas sometimes growing out of the flesh of the fruit, or beingproduced from its footstalk. The fruit, though agreeable, he says is not somuch so as that of the azarole; but he thinks it might be improved by cul-tivation. It is much eaten by the Armenians . This species was introducedin 1789; and in 10 years it forms a tree 20 ft. high; readily distinguishable,at some distance, by the rough scaly bark of its trunk, and the stiff uprightbranches which form its head.

Statistics. In the environs of London , at Kenwood, 35 years planted, and 20 ft. high, the dia-meter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 15ft.; at Syon, 14 ft. high; in Dorsetshire , at MelburyPark, 33 years planted, and 17 ft. high ; in Somersetshire , at Hinton House, 19 years planted, and18ft high ; in Surrey , at Farnham Castle, 50 years planted, and 20ft. high; in Wiltshire, atLoogleat, 40 years planted, and 20 ft. high; in Berkshire, at White Knights, 25 years planted,and 14ft high, the diameter of the trunk 9in., and of the head 26ft ; in Nottinghamshire , atClumber Park,;i8 ft. high ; in Oxfordshire , in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 18 ft. high; in Pembroke-shire, at Golden Grove, 20 years planted, and 15 ft. high ; ^Staffordshire , at Trentham, 21 yearsplanted, and 18ft. high; in Suffolk, at Ampton Hall, 16 years planted, and 15 ft. high; in Wor-ceiterehire, at Croome, 20 years planted, and 25 ft. high. In Scotland , in Renfrewshire, in theGLugow Botanic Garden, 12 years planted, and 11 ft. high : at Bothwell Castle, 45 years planted,and 30 ft hjah, the diameter of the trunk 13 in., and of the head 40 ft., in prepared loamy soil, in ashelteredsAtion. In Ireland , in the Cullenswood Nursery, 12years planted, and 21ft. high; atOriel Tem{^ 25 years planted, and 18 ft. high.

§ xi. j Heterophylla.

Sect. Char. Leaves cuneate, and sub-persistent. Fruit long, middle-sized,and crimson.

1 23. C. heterophy'lla Flugge. The various-leaved Thorn.

Identification. Flugge Ann. Mus.,‘12. p. 423. t. 38. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 629.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 600 .;Lindi. in Bot. Reg., 1 1847.

Sgwmymes. C. neapolit&na Hurt .; 3/tfspilus constantinopolitana Godefroy.

Emaaingt. Ann. Mus., 12. t. 38.; Bot. Keg., 1.1847.; Jig. 600. in p.864.; and the plate in our Second\o)ume.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves bright; falling off late, lanceolate-cuneate, toothedat the apex, 3-cleft; segments serrate. Tube of the calyx fusiform. Cymesmany-flowered. Flowers 1-styled. Fruit ovate, including one nut, with ahard bony shell, and one seed. Stipules large, pinnatifid. (Lindi. Bot.

1.1847.) The native country of this species is uncertain; and it is,probably, only a hybrid between the common hawthorn and the azarole,or some other European species. It forms a very handsome, somewhatrastigiate, or pyramidal, dense-headed, low tree; producing its leaves andflowers early in the spring, and retaining its leaves and fruit till the firstautumnal frosts. The fruit resembles the common haw, but is narrowerand longer, and the colour is a rich crimson. The species was intro-uuced in 1816; but it is not common in collections. There are fine trees0 it m the Garden of the London Horticultural Society, where it isextremely ornamental, both when covered with flowers in May, and withn P e * ru it in September and October.

$ xn. Kjxyacanthce.

Sect. Char. Leaves obovate, trifid, or variously cut. Flowers numerous, incorymbs. Fruit generally red.

£ 24. C Oxyaca'ntha L. The sharp-thorned Crataegus , or commonHawthorn .

Lin - S P’> 683.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.,628.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 600. ; Baxt. Brit. FI PI.,

Pyracantha of the Greeks; Mdspilus Oxyac&ntha Garin., and N. Du Ham. ;noble E'ninf* Rr>i« M.i <3/>i toll Air AnhAninA VaASat AnFi^ninA ffV ? T-TaffO.

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kwthorn*i™i*v i. , lve ? the word Haw from hage, or hag, a hedge; consequently he makese ,r j neugethorn. Quick signifies live; and was, probably, applied, from live hedges