. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1468 PYRACANTHA PYROLA ate greenhouse; also by layers and sometimes by graft- ing on Hawthorn or Cotoneaster. Pyraeantha is a genus of 2 species from southeast Europe to the Himalayas; closely allied to Cotoneaster but easily distinguished by the crenulate Ivs. and the thorny branches, also by the more conspicu
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1468 PYRACANTHA PYROLA ate greenhouse; also by layers and sometimes by graft- ing on Hawthorn or Cotoneaster. Pyraeantha is a genus of 2 species from southeast Europe to the Himalayas; closely allied to Cotoneaster but easily distinguished by the crenulate Ivs. and the thorny branches, also by the more conspicuous stipules. From Crattegus it is chiefly distinguished by the structure of the ovary, which con- tains 2 equal ovules in each cell, while in Crataegus each cell contains only one fertile ovule and a second imper- fect and smaller one. Corymbs many-fld.; stamens about 20, with yellow anthers: fr. red or orange, rarely white, with 5 stones. coccinea, Roem. [Cotonedster Pyraeanthaj Spach. Crntaqiis Pyracdntha, Borkh. Mespilus Pyraeantha^ Fig. 2016. Shrub, attaining ti ft., rarely 20 ft., with numerous short spines: young branchlets and peti- oles grayish pubescent: Ivs. oval-oblong to oblanceo- late, acute, crenate, glabrous or slightly pubescent when young, %-l% in. long: corymbs pubescent, many-fid., about 1% in. broad : fls. small, white : fr. numerous, bright red, about one-fifth in. across. Blay, June. Italy to W. Asia. — Var. Lal^ndi, Dipp. {Cotoneaster erenn- Idta, Hort., not Wenzig), is of more vigorous growth, with slender branches: Ivs. less deeply crenate: corymbs larger: fr. bright orange-red. Well suited for covering walls and said to be hardier than the type. Var. pauci- {Idra, Dipp. Of low, dense habit and very thorny: co- rymbs small: fr. yellowish red. Hardy and well suited for hedges. Var. fnictu dlbo is a form with white or yellowish fruits. crenulita, Roem. (Cotonedster , "Wenzig. Crathgns ci'eiiuldta, iioxb.). Closely allied to the p
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