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Crataegus (To the species and varieties)

To the species and varieties described on pp. 393-4, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

C. Bruanti (Bruant's). A synonym of C. Oxyacantha semperflorens. C. Carrierei (Carriere's). fl. at first white, subsequently becoming flesh-coloured. Spring. fr. bright red, resembling cherries, persistent throughout the winter. 1883. A handsome tree, of garden origin. (R. H. 1883, 108.) C. Lavallei is very similar to, if not identical with, C. Carrierei. C. Lavallei (Lavalle's). See C. Carrierei.

C. Oxyacantha foliis-tricoloribus (three-coloured-leaved). l. variegated with different shades of dark red, carmine, and rose. 1886. An ornamental, garden variety.

C. O. semperflorens(ever-flowering).* A useful, garden variety, flowering throughout the summer: towards autumn, plants may be seen with nearly ripe fruit, green fruit, and open flowers at the same time. SYN. C. Bruanti. C. pinnatifida (pinnatifid). fl. white, in erect, somewhat pointed corymbs; peduncles and base of calyx sparingly beset with shaggy hairs. l. broadly oval, divided on each side into from two to four long, pointed, toothed lobes, glabrous above, hairy on the nerves beneath. A tall, thorny bush. The earliest of all the Thorns to come into leaf. (R. G. 366.) C. p. major (greater).* fl. white, large, corymbose. fr. bright red, pear-shaped, 3/4in. in diameter. l. long-stalked, lobed, and pinnatifid. North China, 1886. An ornamental form. (G. C. n. s., xxvi., p. 621.) C. Pyracantha Lelandi (Leland's).* fr. bright orange-scarlet, produced when the plant is but a few inches in height. 1888.