. 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. XXVI. liosx cejE : crat^ gus. 375 § xii. OxyacanthcB. Sect. Char. Leaves obovate, trifid, or variously cut. corymbs. Fruit generally red. Flowers numerousj in 1; 2i. C. Oxyaca'ntha L. The sharp-thorned Crataegus, or comrrnn Hawthorn. Identification. Lin. Sp., 683.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 628.
. 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. XXVI. liosx cejE : crat^ gus. 375 § xii. OxyacanthcB. Sect. Char. Leaves obovate, trifid, or variously cut. corymbs. Fruit generally red. Flowers numerousj in 1; 2i. C. Oxyaca'ntha L. The sharp-thorned Crataegus, or comrrnn Hawthorn. Identification. Lin. Sp., 683.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 628.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 600. Synonymes. The Pyracantha of the Greeks ; A/espilus Oxyacintha GiErtn. and N. Du Ham.; E'plne blanche, noble E'pine, Bois de Mai, Scuelleir Aub^pine, N^flier Aubepine, P'r.; Hagedorn, gemeiner \Veisidom, Ger.; Hagetoan, Dan. \ Hagctorn, Swed^ Acanta da siepe, Azzarolo sal- Tattco, and Bianco Spino, Itat.; Espino bianco, Span.; White Thorn, Mnybush, Quick, Quickset, May. Derivation. Booth derives the word Haw from Aflge, or heeg, a hedge; consequently he makes hawthorn signify hedgethom. Quick signifies live; and was, probably, applied, from live hedges made of hawthorn being used instead of fences of dead branches of trees. Whitethorn, from the profusion of its white flowers and its being thorny, or possibly from its white bark, as compared with that of the blackthorn, Prilnus spinbsa. May and Mayhush have reference both to the time of flowering of the plant, and to its use in the May or floral games. The French name Aubepine, refers to its llowering in spring, or in what may poetically be called the morning of the year; aube signifying the dawning of the day. Engravings. Gaertn. Fruct., 2. t. 87. ; Eng. Bot., t. 2054.; fig. 715. in p. 400.; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi.; and our7^. 662. C. OxyacSntha. Spec. Char., S(c. Leaves obovate-wedge-shaped, almost entire, or trifid or cut, glabrous, rather glossy. Corymbs of several flower
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