Chapter C: PYRACANTHA, Pers. (EVERGREEN THORN.) Leaves evergreen, shining (1'

long), _oblong_ or spatulate-lanceolate, crenulate; the short petioles and young branchlets pubescent; corymbs small.--Shrub, spontaneous near Washington and Philadelphia. (Adv. from Eu.)

1. C. spathulata, Michx. Shrub or tree, 10--25 deg. high; _leaves thickish, shining_, deciduous, _spatulate_ or oblanceolate, with a _long tapering base, crenate_ above, rarely cut-lobed, _nearly sessile_.--Va. to Fla., west to Mo. and Tex.

2. C. cordata, Ait. (WASHINGTON THORN.) Trunk 15--25 deg. high; _leaves broadly ovate or triangular_, mostly truncate or a little heart-shaped at the base, on a _slender petiole, variously 3--5-cleft or cut, serrate_.--Va. to Ga. in the mountains, west to Mo.

3. C. viridis, L. A small tree, often unarmed; leaves ovate to ovate-oblong or lanceolate, or oblong-obovate, mostly acute at both ends, on slender petioles, acutely serrate, often somewhat lobed, and often downy in the axils; flowers larger, numerous; fruit bright red or rarely orange. (C. arborescens, _Ell._)--Mississippi bottoms from St. Louis to the Gulf, and from S. Car. to Tex.

[+][+] _Fruit small (1/4--{1/3}' long), ovoid, deep red; flowers rather large; styles 1--3._