ROSALS. 182 ALMONDWORTS. 
3. C. vulgaris Miller—(Common CHERRY.) ae 
Leaves oblong, serrate, acuminate, deciduous, with long glandular petioles; 
flowers in clusters ; petals white ; fruit succulent, sapid. : 
Habitat. Asia Minor. : re 
Quality. Fruit succulent, sweet, subacid; a favourite article of dessert. Bark yields 
Cherry-tree gum, a substitute for Tragacanth, 
Prunus. Tournefort. 
Drupe smooth, glaucous, succulent, with a smooth putamen. Young leaves 
convolute. 
1. P. spinosa Linneus.—(The Stor.) 
Branches spiny ; leaves obovate-elliptical or ovate, downy beneath, finely 
and doubly toothed ; peduncles solitary ; fruit very austere. 
Habitat. Hedges. Indigenous. 
Quality. Fruit austere, astringent. es : 
Uses. Leaves dried and mixed with tea ; bark in intermittents. 
2. P. Coccomilia Tenore. wales 
Leaves obovate, smooth on each side, with glandular crenatures ; pedu 
short, in pairs ; fruit ovate-oblong, mucronate. 
Habitat. Calabria. 
Quality. Bark febrifugal. ; 
Uses. Largely employed against the intermittents of Calabria. 
3. P. domestica Limneus.—(The Common Pum.) jad 
Possesses qualities like the last, but much weaker. Fruit laxative when stewed, 
exudes a gum analogous to Tragacanth. 
4. P. Armeniaca Linneus.—(The Apricot TREE.) : . -4. with @ 
Leaves cordate, long-stalked, smooth ; flowers sessile ; fruit sapid, 
downy skin, 
Habitat. Rar Levant, and the Himalayahs. 
Quality. Fruit refrigerant, laxative. Fi cess, 
Uses. The fruit, whether fresh or dried, is largely employed, and with great su 
in the East, against the dangerous fevers of the country. 
Natural Order, Applewarts ; Pomacew (V.K., p. 559.) 
Prevailing Quality. Austerity. 
Pyrrus. Linneus. 
Fruit 5-celled, with a cartilaginous endocarp, and 2 seeds in each ole ; 
1. P. Malus Linneus—(The Apres TREE.) sabes 
_ Leaves ovate, acute, crenate, woolly beneath, as are the ealy a ee 
their own under-side ; styles smooth ; fruit narrowest next the 
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wality. Fruit agreeable ; when cooked, nutritious and digestible. 
Uses. “A common article of dessert ; the more austere varieties form cyder. 
2. P. communis Linnzeus.—(The Pear Tree.) Fig. 252. er 
_ Leaves ovate, serrated, smooth on both sides, as well as the wood and bu¢ 
fruit narrowest at the base. 
