The leaves and calyxes are covered on both sides with long hairs. The
globular slightly compressed fruit has somewhat the appearance of being
ribbed like a melon ; is larger than that of any other species of the genus, except
C. Arònia and C. mexicàna; greenish yellow when ripe ; and easily distinguishable
by the bracteas generally adhenng to it. The foliage is the latest
in appearing of any o f the species, except C. orientàlis, frequently equally late.
§ xi. Heterophylla.
Scat, Char. Leaves cuneate, and sub-persistent. F ruit long, middle-sized,
and crimson.
15 23. C. h e t e r o p h y ' l l a Flügge. The various-leaved Thorn.
Identification. Flügge Ann. Mus., 12. p. 423. t. . ; Dec. Prod., 2. p . 629.; Don’s M ill, 2. p. 600.;
l i n d i in Bot. Reg., t. 1847.
St/nonymcs. C.'neapolitàna Hori. .....................
Èngravinss. Ann. Mus., 12. t. 38. ; Bot. Reg., t. ! 161. and t. 1847. ;
;g. 713. in p. 399. J the plate
in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and o u rjig . 661.
6G1. C. heterophylla.
Spec. Char.y 4c. Leaves bright, falling off late, lanceolate-cuneate, toothed
at the apex, 3-cleft; segments serrate. Tube of the calyx fusiform. Cymes
many-flowered. Flowers 1-styled. F ruit ovate, including one nut, with a
hartf bony shell, and one seed. Stipules large, pinnatifid. {Lindl.) A low
tree, with ascending branches. Native country uncertain, most probably
the South o f E u ro p e ; possibly a hybrid between the common hawthorn,
and the azarole, or some other species. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Cultivated
in 1816. Flowerswhite, produced in great abundance; May. Fruit rich
crimson, resembling in shape that of the common hawthorn, but narrower;
ripe in September and October.
A very handsome and most desirable species j producing its leaves and
flowweerrss early in the spring, and retaining its leaves and fruit till the first
autumnal frosts.
Sect. Char. Leaves obovate, trifid, or variously cut.
corymbs. Fruit generally red.
Flower.s numerous, in
15 24. C. O x y a c a ' n t i i a L. The sharp-thorned Cratægus, or common
Hawthorn.
Identification. Lin. Sp., 683. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 628. ; Don’s Mill., 2, p. 600.
Synonymes. T h e Pyracantha oj] the Greeks ; Méspilus Oxyacàntlia G/cri«. and N . D u Ham. \
E'pine blanche, noble E'p in e, Bois de Mai, Scuelleir Aubépine, Néflier Aubépine, f'r.\ Hagedorn,
gemeiner Weissdorn, Ger. ; Hagetoan, Dan. ; Hagctorn, Swed. ; Acanta da siepe, Azzarolo salvatico,
and Bianco Spino, Ila t. ; Espino bianco. Span. ; White T h orn, Maybush, Quick, Quickset,
May.
Derivation. Bootli derives tho word Haw from hage, or hceg, a h e d g e ; consequently he makes
hawthorn signify hedgethorn. Quick signifies liv e ; and was, probably, applied, from live hedges
made of hawthorn being used instead of fences of dead branches of trees. Whitethorn, from tho
profusion of its white ..............
with that of th e blackthorn, P rù n u s spinósa. May and
>wcrs and its being thorny, or possibly from its white bark, as compared
" ' ■ ' bush have reference both to th e time of
flowering of the plant, and to its use in the May or floral games. T h e French name Aubépine,
refers t■ o its f^l ower■i ng i■ n spri■ ng, or .in .wh. at i nay poetically be called the morning of th e year ;
auhe si■ gni fying the dawninigg oo f th e day.
Engravings. G s rtn . F ru c t., 2. t. 87. ; Eng. Bot., t. 2054.; fig . 715. in p. 400.; th e plate in Arb.
Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 662.
G62. C. Oxyacàntha.
Spec. Char., Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, almost entire, or trifid or cut,
glabrous, rather glossy. Corymbs of several flowers. Sepals glandless,
acute. Styles I—3. {Dec. Prod.) A shrub or low tree. Europe, common
in liedges, and varying much in different situations. F low e rsw h ite ;
May. Haws red or scarlet; ripe in September.
Varieties. These are very numerous, and some of them very distinct. In the
following enumeration we have confined ourselves to such as we have actually
seen in the Hort. Soc. Garden, or in the arboretum of Messrs.
Loddiges.
A. Varieties differing from the Species in the general Form and Mode of Growth.
'ï C. O. 2 stricta Lodd. Cat., C. O. rigida Roimlds, (th e plate in Arb. B r it.,
H B 4