Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . ous tree probably 15 to 20 ft. high when fully grown, of penduloushabit; branchlets downy and more or less spiny. Leaves oblong, ovalor ovate, \\ to 4 ins. long, \ to i| ins. wide; quite entire or more or lessver> finely toothed, downy on both sides ; stalk ^ in. long. Flowers white,\\ ins. across, borne in corymbs as many as twelve together, each floweron a downy stalk ^ to I in. long ; calyx with five narrow, pointed lobes\ to \ in. long, very downy. Fruit medlar-like, but smaller and in clusters. A graft hybrid between Crataegus monogyna and
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . ous tree probably 15 to 20 ft. high when fully grown, of penduloushabit; branchlets downy and more or less spiny. Leaves oblong, ovalor ovate, \\ to 4 ins. long, \ to i| ins. wide; quite entire or more or lessver> finely toothed, downy on both sides ; stalk ^ in. long. Flowers white,\\ ins. across, borne in corymbs as many as twelve together, each floweron a downy stalk ^ to I in. long ; calyx with five narrow, pointed lobes\ to \ in. long, very downy. Fruit medlar-like, but smaller and in clusters. A graft hybrid between Crataegus monogyna and Mespilus germanica,but more nearly approaching the medlar (see above). On a tree at Kewwhich has flowered for several years past are three distinct types of bulk of the tree is Dardari, as described above ; but there arebranches also of Asnieresii, as described above also, and some of puremedlar, with its much larger leaves and solitary flowers and fruits. A tree atAldenham has produced a shoot and flowers of Crat^go-mespilus Asnieresii. grandiflora. (Mespilus Smithii, De Candolle ; M. grandiflora, Smith; Pyrus lobata, Nicholson.) A deciduous tree up to 30 ft. high, of rounded habit, the lower branchespendulous ; branchlets downy. Leaves oval or obovate, 2 to 3^ ins. long,half to two-thirds as wide ; often with several angular lobes towards theend, these being most developed on the barren young shoots; marginsfinely toothed ; both surfaces downy ; stalk i to ^ in. long, hairy. Flowersusually in pairs or threes, terminating short, leafy twigs ; each flower i , pure white, produced on a short, woolly stalk. Fruit 4* m. diameter,globular, yellowish brown, flesh mealy, tasting like that of a hawthorn,containing two hard stones. A presumed natural hybrid between Crataegus monogyna and Mespflusgermanica, found wild in France in the departments of Saone-et-Loire andRhone on the east, and of Gironde on the west. It appears to be sterile,
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