. Flowers of the field. Botany. i64 I. C. Oxyacantlia (ITawthom, ^\'hitethorn, or May).—A small round-headed, much-branched, spinous tree, whicli, though it varies considerably in its mode of growth, shape of leaf, and colour of flower and fruit, is so well known as hardly to need description. Its leases are deeply pinnatifid and appear before the blossoms ; the //('n''( are generally white and heavily scented, the anthers pink with brown /ol/cn, and the Jn/Ii: usually sub-. rvRr^ iM.^Lu^ (C globose, scarlet, or crimson, of 1—3 cafpels. The name Haw- thorn is derived from hacg, a
. Flowers of the field. Botany. i64 I. C. Oxyacantlia (ITawthom, ^\'hitethorn, or May).—A small round-headed, much-branched, spinous tree, whicli, though it varies considerably in its mode of growth, shape of leaf, and colour of flower and fruit, is so well known as hardly to need description. Its leases are deeply pinnatifid and appear before the blossoms ; the //('n''( are generally white and heavily scented, the anthers pink with brown /ol/cn, and the Jn/Ii: usually sub-. rvRr^ iM.^Lu^ (C globose, scarlet, or crimson, of 1—3 cafpels. The name Haw- thorn is derived from hacg, a hedge; although, therefore, tlie fruit is generally called a hcnv, that name' is derived from the tree which produces it, and the tree docs n,ot, as is frequently sup- posed, take its name from the fruil which it bears. — bl.'jNIaw Perennial. 18. (;^OT(->:R. Slu-ubs or small Irees ; slipiilcs deciduous ; Jloivers solitary, or nearly so, small ; scpah 5 ; J\'lah 5 ; stamens. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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