. rns, including the Mexican thorn, (Crataegus mexi-<.ana,) and the fiery-fruited thorn (C. pyracantha.) The former is a small tree,with lance-shaped, bright-green leaves, and large, round, yellow fruit; and thelatter is an inhabitant of rocks and wild places in the south of Europe, and Cau-casus, and has long been cultivated for its flame-coloured berries, which remainupon the plant during most of the winter. CratcBgus jninctata^THE DOTTED-FHUITED THORN. Synonymes. Cratagus punctata, Neflier a fruits pointilles, Geflecte Mispel,
. rns, including the Mexican thorn, (Crataegus mexi-<.ana,) and the fiery-fruited thorn (C. pyracantha.) The former is a small tree,with lance-shaped, bright-green leaves, and large, round, yellow fruit; and thelatter is an inhabitant of rocks and wild places in the south of Europe, and Cau-casus, and has long been cultivated for its flame-coloured berries, which remainupon the plant during most of the winter. CratcBgus jninctata^THE DOTTED-FHUITED THORN. Synonymes. Cratagus punctata, Neflier a fruits pointilles, Geflecte Mispel, Dotted-fruited Thorn, Thorn-bush, De Candolle, Prodrrimus. Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum. TorreY and Gray, Flora of North Amenca. France. Germany. Britain and Anglo-America. Engravings. Loudon, Arboretum Britanaicum, ii., figs. 569 and 50, in p. 854 et vi., pi. 123; and the figures below. Specific Characters. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, glabrous, serrated. Calyx a little villose j its sepalsawl-shaped, entire. Fruit usually dotted.—De Candolle,
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