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There is but one species of true Mespilus, although some authors (e.g., Focke, in Engler & Prantl's "Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien") include some of the Crataegus species in the genus. From Crataegus it differs in its fr. (as from Pyrus), in the large fls. borne singly, and the more leaf-like calyx divisions.
There is but one species of true Mespilus, although some authors (e.g., Focke, in Engler & Prantl's "Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien") include some of the Crataegus species in the genus. From Crataegus it differs in its fr. (as from Pyrus), in the large fls. borne singly, and the more leaf-like calyx divisions.
M. arbutifolia, Linn.-Aronia arbutifolia.—M. grandiflora, Smith-Crataegus grandiflora (see Vol. II, p. 888).—M. japonica, Thunb.-Eriobotrya japonica.—M. Pyracantha, Linn.-Pyracantha coccinea.—M. Smithii, DC.-Crataegus grandiflora.
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