. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 637. C. punctata. Spec. Char., S(c. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, glabrous, serrated. Calyx alittle villosej its sepals awl-shaped, entire. Fruit usually dotted. {Dec. Prod.) A small tree. North America, in the woods and swamps of Vir- ginia and Carolina; where, according to Pursh, it gro
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 637. C. punctata. Spec. Char., S(c. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, glabrous, serrated. Calyx alittle villosej its sepals awl-shaped, entire. Fruit usually dotted. {Dec. Prod.) A small tree. North America, in the woods and swamps of Vir- ginia and Carolina; where, according to Pursh, it grows to a handsome size, particularly the variety having yellow fruit. Height 15 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1746. Flowers white; May and June. Fruit scarlet; ripe in September. Leaves dropping yellow. Naked young wood grey. Varieties. There are four forms of this species in British gardens. t 2 rhbra Pursh, C. ediilis Ronalds {fig. 682. in p. 389.) is the most common, and is a spreading tree, growing to the height of from 15 ft. to 30 ft., with red fruit, and, when old, with few thorns. S' C. ^. 3 rubra stricta Hort., C. p. stricta Ronalds, has the fruit red, like the pre- ceding sort; but the genei-al habit of the plant is fastigiate, like that of the following sort, t C. ^. 4 aurea Pursh, C. p. flava Sort., C. dulcis Ronalds, C. ediilis Lodd. Cat., C. pentagyna flava Godefroy {fig. 682. in p. 389.), is a tree like C. p. ribra, with yellow fruit, and also, when old, with few thorns. S C. ^. 3 brevispma Doug., and our fig. 638. — A very handsome fastigiate tree, with large, very dark purplish red fruit. Hort. Soc. Garden. ess. c. p. brevispina. The wood is so hard that the Indians of the west coast of America make wedges of it for splitting trees. 2 4. C. pyrifo'lia Ait. The Pear-tree4eaved Thorn. Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 168.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 337.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 627 Don's Mill., 2. p. 699. r , r i r Synonymes. C. leucophlce'os (white-barked
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