vias sized trees wie altevhase undivided aes, 
Pe astly corymbose and terminal, rarely soli 
and lateral, white or red in the’apples; fruit turbinate, ot 
¥  quesnent in the Pear; fruit in the Apple globose umbili- 
_ ate at each extremity, subacid, and at length more fari-— 
naceous. 
Species 1. P. coronaria. Ripe fruit yellowish and 
- subdiaphanous, always mildly acid. 2. angustifolia. 
A s nearly divided betwixt Siberia and Bu 
: there is also one species in Persia, and 4 very splendid 
~~ =>_ and hardy species ) China with crimson flow ers. 
$42, SPIRABA. ZL. 
Calix spreading 5-cleft, inferior. Petals Sy 
equal, roundish. “Stamina humerous cxserted. 
Capsules 3 to 12, internally. bivalve, each 1 to 
3-seeded. % ~ : 
Shrubby or herbaceous; leaves alternate, FT or pin- 
nately divided, stipules adnate to the petiole, sometimes 
minute or none; flowers mostly corymbose or panjculate. - 
Spectes. 1.8. salicifolia. 2. tomentosa. 3. ricifolia. 
4. chamedrifolia, 5. betulifolia. 6. opulifelia. ": capita- 
ta. Pu. 8. discolor. Pu. 9. sarbifolia. 10. Aryncue. 
a Ti ae. 
a A genus almost equally ¢ “ded Betiiee Siberia and 
North A 
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Physic.) 
Calix subcampanulate, border : 
rolla epee unequal. P ig 
claws. 
‘s re G. trifolia lata. 
nin A confined € 
afi umbilicate at the summit, saccharine and partly deli- 
