(ecies a ie increased by seeds, which, for th e most part, are produced freelv in
h S i f t 'f t “ r fo® vaitoties i r e r f t t o n f t e t e d
| ) r o ? m i f t t f t f t® d f t f t " ‘' ? ‘ft®-ST'®'®™"S.all th e rosaceous trees have three
I f t Z f t .‘’® constantly in vieiv by the improver of
¿ Id s Imm to ® '"® s iz e ; 2d, they attain their natural size
I 0 t o 2 o f t f t s f t n 7 s d o f ” ' ’ '■eqi'iring lo CO zu years and ád, they sooner take th e character o f olmd otrreee sth athna nf rOoimp
all f I ’ r "® "afriral order, in which, like th e Posacem
all.the trees are low o r middle-sized, and all ta k ! th e c h a n c ie r f t f t e S
c om p a iativ ey young. Hence their value in laying o u t small places, where
a npw n 0/1« oinrNoo- ^1,1 ^L. _ n 1 '• ’ .
(P y ru s and P - rù n u s ) fruit .iA.it. Ill in a autumn.
u L u n iH .
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he genera are included by DeCandolle and G. Don in five tribes • and the
following are their names and d is tin c tio n s: - ’ ^
Sect. I. A i y g d a ' l e æ J u s s .
s t e s s i fruit trees.
t e ; t e « = s ' s “ s . ; s r x t e p rotruded before th e leaves.
w m m m r n
s 1 â î s s ; s ~ s
Sect. I I . â p i r ^ e 'æ Dec.
f th e c f t f t ( f t i i f t f i f ’p f t r s t s S S‘’S ; f t 7 : n d f tX T i f í t ‘ ' i r
f ï t e i r r . Â
Ä s s i s r . “ '' ' - f r -“ •
f®®‘- " i - . PoTENTi'LLEA! .luss. (Synon. Drykdem Vent.)
Sect. Char. F rm t an aggregation o f carpel,,; th e ir integuments dry or
succulent ; the carpels distinct from one another, and from th e calyx,
which is persistent, and surrounds them, and, in many, is subtended
by as many bracteas as it has lobes ; the bracteas alternate with the
lobes. Style proceeding from a little below the tip o f the carpel. Leaves,
in most cases, pinnately divided. Stipules attached to th e petiole. Shrubs
bearing fruit, or ornamental.
P u 'b u s L. Integuments o f carpels juicy.
P o t e n t i ' l l a Nestl. Integuments o f carpels dry.
Sect. IV . P o 's E iE Dec.
Sect. Char. F ru it a h ip ; th a t is, with the tube o f th e calyx fleshy, o f a
r ' ) LALAZO AZI Llic GCll_y A lICOllV J t)l tl
r. KN ^ „ a. .1 ______ . I_ 1 • 1 !•
pitcher shape, contracted a t th e mouth ; and including an aggregation of
carpels attached to its inner face. Style proceeding from th e inner side
of the carpel. Shrubs eminently ornamental.
lio'sA Tourn. Le a f impari-pinnate. Stipules attached to the petiole. Prickles
simple.
1-o'wE.i Lindl. Leaf simple. Stipules none. Prickles usually compound.
Sect. V. P o 'm e jE Lindl.
Sect. Char. F ru it a pome ; th a t is, with the tube o f th e calyx become very
fleshy, and including, and connate with, th e carpels. Carpels normally 5
with gfLstly or bony walls, including 1—2 seeds ; in Cydònia, several!
Habit spiny or n o t ; leaves, in most cases, undivided, in some pinnate.
Stipules n o t connate with th e petiole. Ornamental low trees, or lar^e
shrubs, with showy flowers, in some genera spiny, and in others bearin«
some of our best hardy kitchen and dessert fruits.
( HATiE GUS Lindi. Caiqiels 1—5 prismatic nuts with bony shells, each including
I seed. Leaves angled o r toothed ; in most cases deciduous
Flowers m terminal corj mbs. Spiny shrubs or low trees.
1 iioTi MIA Lindi. Carpels 2. Pe ta ls reflexed. Evergreen. Flowers in te rminal
panicles. Leaves simple, leathery, serrated o r entire. In P . integrifòlia
the ovaries are 3, and each includes 2 ovules.
C o t o n e a 's t e r Medile. Carpels 2—3 ; ovules 2 in each cell. Leaves simple,
entire, woolly beneath. Flowers in lateral spreading corymbs.
A m e l a ' n c h i e b Medik. Ovaries 5, each divided by a partition ; ovules 1 in
each cell. Ripe pome including 3—5 carpels. Pe ta ls lanceolate. Small
trees. Leaves .simple, serrate, deciduous. Flowers in racemes.
ÍIí e ' s p i l u s Lindl. Carpels 2—5 compressed n u ts with bony shells, each including
I seed. Leaves lanceolate, serrulate, deciduous. Flowers large,
subsessile, subsolitary.
P y ' r u s Lindl. Caipels 5, or 2—5_. Seeds 2 in each carpel. Leaves simple
^ or pinnate, deciduous. Flowers in spreading terminal cymes or corymbs.
C'vdo'nia Tourn. Carpels 5, each including many seeds.
Sect. I. o /m y g d a 'l b æ Juss.
G e n u s I.
zIMY'GDALUS Tourn. T h e A l m o n d T r e e Lin. Syst. Icosândria
Monogynia.
hlentificatmu. T o u rn . Iiisl., t. 402. ; Dec. P ro d ., 2. p. 330. ; D o n ’s Mill., 2. p. 482.
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