SANGUISORBEiE. IX. Cliffortia. POMACES. 



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two opposite leaflets without any middle one). D. C. prod. 2. even substituted by wood engravers. The timber of the heayi- 



p. 5%. Stipulas small. Leaves of % opposite leaflets from the tree {Phrus AVia) is invaluable for axle-trees. The bark of 



middle one being abortive y lateral ones lar^e. Petiole wanting* m *- - j^i- - ^^ ^ - i • xt- t hm ^^ 



° ° ° Fnoiima dubia is used tor dyeing scarlet m Nipaiu. Mahc acid 



fl. p ^„^ , /T • fii ^ Acif\\^ a ^ c^ a t,- i '^ contained in considerable quantities in apples; it is also almost 



25 C. crena'ta (Lin. til. suppl. 430.) leaflets 2*S, orbicular, , . ._._ . . - i \» , - n 



------ - - - Q^ Perhaps ^ acidifying principle of the berries of the mountam-ash^ 



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atlpressed, denticulated, 7-nerved, glabrous. 

 belonging to the preceding section. 



Crena^^-leaved Cliffortia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1791. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



26 C. pulche'lla (Lin. fil. suppl. 430.) leaflets 2, orbicular, 

 adpressed, many-nerved, entire, with somewhat erose margins, 

 fj.G. Willd. spec. 4. p. 839. 



Neat Cliffortia. 



the rowan or rhodon-^tree {Pyrus Aucupbria). 



Synopsis of the genera. 

 1 CaATiE'cus, Calyx urceolatc, 5-cleft. Petals orbiculnr. 



Fl. April, May. Clt. 1795. Shrub \\ ft. Ovarium 2-5-celled. Styles 2-5, glabrous. Pome fleshy, ovate, 

 27 C. ciNE^REA (Thunb. prod. p. 93.) leaflets connate, ovate, containing a bonyputamen. 



trignnal, hoary-tomentose. 

 different section. 



f2 . G. Perhaps belonging to a 



2 Rapiiio^lepis. Limb of calyx funnel-shaped, deciduous. 

 Ovary 2-celled, 2-styled. Pome wnth a thickened closed disk 

 and a chartaceous putamen, containing 2 gibbous seeds. 



S ChaM/EME^lis. Calyx truncate, with 5 little teeth. Petals 



Grey Cliffortia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PI. 2 feet. 



Cult. The species of Cliffortia are plants of singular habit, 

 and only deserve to be cultivated on that account. They thrive 



well in an equal mixture of loam and peat. Cuttings of young small, erose. Stamens 10-15. Ovary l-celled. Style 1. Ovula 

 wood root freely in sand, under a bell-glass. 2 erect. 



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4 Photi'nia. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals roflexed. Ovary 

 Order LXXXV. POMA'CE^E (this order contains trees villous, 2-celled. Styles 2, glabrous. Pericarp 2-celled, in- 

 agreeing in important characters with the apple and j^ear). Juss. closed in the fleshy calyx. 



gen. p. 334. Rich. anal. fr. p. 33. Lindl. Lin. trans. 13. p. 93. 



5 Eriobo^trya. Calyx woolly, 5-toothed. Petals bearded. 



mtrod. nat. ord. p. 83.— Rosaceae, Tribe VIII. Pomaceae, D. C. Styles 5, pilose, inclosed. Pome closed, 3-5-celled (f. 81. r/.). 



prod. 2. p. 626. 



6 Cotonea'ster. Flowers polygamous. Calyx turbinate, 



Car- 



Calyx superior, 5-toothed (f. 83. a. f. 84. a.), the odd seg- bluntly 5-toothed. Petals short. Stamens length of the caly- 



ment posterior. Petals 5 (f. 83. 6. f 84./.), unguiculate, in- cine teeth. Styles glabrous, shorter than the stamens, 



serted in the throat of the calyx, the odd one anterior. Stamens pels 2-3, parietal, biovulate, inclosed in the calyx. . 



mdefinite, inserted in a ring in the throat of the calyx (f. 83. e. 7 Amela'nchier. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 82. c). Petals lanceo- 



f' 84. 6.). Ovaries from 1-5 (f. 82. e. f. 83. c), adhering more late (f. 82. a.). Stamens rather shorter than the calyx. Ovary 



or less to the sides of the calyx (f. 83. c.) and to each other, of 10 cells or of 5 bipartite ones (f. 82. e.), with a solitary ovu- 



Ovula usually 2, collateral, ascending, very rarely solitary. lum in each partition. Styles 5 (f. 82. rf.), joined at the base, 



Styles from 1-5 (f. 82. d.\ having simple stigmas. Fruit a pome, Mature pome 3-5-celled (f. 82. d.). Seeds 3-5 ; cndocarp car- 



1-5-celled (f. 81. a. f. 82. d. f. 84. g.), seldom spuriously tilaginous. 



0-celled, with the endocarp either cartilaginous, spongy, 8 Me'spilus. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 83. a.); the segments Iblia- 



^^y- Seeds ascending, solitary. Albumen none. Embryo ceous. Petals nearly orbicular (f. 83. b.). Disk large, filled 



with honey. Styles 2-5, glabrous. Pome turbinate, open at 

 the apex, 5-celled ; endocarp bony. 



or 



^cct, with flat cotyledons or convolute ones as in Chamcemelisy 

 ^^ a short, conical radicle. This order is composed of trees 



**r shrubs, with alternate, stipulate, simple, or compound leaves, 9 Osteome'lis. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals oblong. Styles ex- 



cells 1 -seeded. Pome closed, woolly; endocarp bony. 



10 Py'rus, 



lyx 



^^ terminal cymes of white or pink flowers. Pomacece is serted, length of stamens, bearded below 



closely allied to Rosacece, from which it differs in the adhesion 



the ovarium to the sides of the calyx, and more or less with 



^3<^a other. Their fruit is always a pome, that is, it is made up 



fleshy calyx, adhering to fleshy or bony ovaria, containing 



definite number of seeds, Pomacece is peculiarly distinguished 



Ovary 5-celled ; 



5-lobed. Petals roundish. 



of 



Styles usually 5, rarely 2-3. Pome closed, 5-celled ; cells car- 



tila^nnous. Seeds 2 in each cell. 



11 Cydonia. Calyx 5-cleft (f, 84. a.). Petals orbicular (f. 



^y their ovula being in pairs and side by side, while Rosacece, 84./). Styles 5. Pome closed, 5-celled (f 84. ^.). Cells 



*hen they have 2 or more ascending ovula, always have them 

 placed one above another. Cultivated plants of this order are 



cartilaginous, many-seeded. Seeds covered with pulp. 



*pt to produce monstrous flowers, which sometimes depart in a f Genera doubtful nhether they belong to the present order. 



^^niarkable degree from their normal group. Prusssic acid 

 ^^I'ts in Cotoneaster microphylla, a plant of this order. The 

 ^^ as an article of food, and the flowers for their beauty, are 

 ^^ chief peculiarities of this order. The apple, the pear, the 

 *^^^r, the quince, the service, the rowan-tree, the mountain-ash, 

 *^^ all well known, either for their beauty or their use. The 

 ^ of the jjear-tree is almost as hard as box, for which it is 



12 Dica'lyx. Flowers superior, 2-3-bracteate. Calyx 5- 

 cleft. Corolla 4-parted. Stamens inserted in the base of the 

 corolla. Styles 2. Drupe baccate, containing a 1-:5-celled 



putamen. 



13 Pyrena RiA. Calyx inferior, 5-8epaIled. Stamens nume- 

 rous, free, hypogynous and »omewhat adnate to the base of the 



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