loo ICOSANDRIA. DI-PENTAGYNIA. rmu^. 



322. PYRUS» L. 



. ^^ '^ '^ , S-cleft. Petals 5, yy///?/!? inferior, large and 

 fleshy, 5-ccIlcd, many -seeded. Seeds cartilaginous^ 

 Gen. pi. 858o Nutt. Gen. I. p. 306. Juss. p. 

 335. La m. IIL t. 435. Nat. Ord. Rosacea Juss, 



Apple and Pear, 



1. P. coronaria L. : leaves broadly-oval, round at the 

 base, somewhat angular, serrate, smooth ; peduncles corym- 

 bose. IV I Ud. Spec. \l. p. IQ19. P ur sji FL \. ^. 340. 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 569. Malus' coronaria Mich. Fl. L 

 p. 292. Mich. f. Arh. III. p. 65. t. 10. G ron. Virg, 

 p. 55. 



A tree from 15 — 18 feet high, sometimes larger, with spreading 

 branches. Leaves about an inch and a half long, slightly ser- 

 rate, acute ; petiole short. Corymbs terminal, few-flowered ; 

 fiedicncles long, smooth, i^foaj^r* large, very fragrant. Calyx: 

 villous within; segments lanceolate, acute. Petals pale-rose- 

 colour, obovate, obtuse. i^ruzY depressed, acid, yellowish and 

 subdiaphanous when ripe. 



Hab. In woods. New-Jersey, fee. Throughout the Middle 

 States, but especially in the back parts of Pennsylvania. It 

 abounds along the Glades, a tract 15 or 18 miles broad on the 

 summit of the AUeghanies, along the road from Philadelphia 

 to Virginia. Michau x, f. May. 



Crab-'apfile or Siveet-scented Crab-tree^. 



2. r. anguslifoUa Ait.: leaves lanceolate-oSlong, acute 

 at the base, slightly crenate-dentate, shining ; peduncles co- 

 rymbose. Willd. Spec. II. p. 1020. Ait. Kew. II. p. 

 176. Pur sh Fl.l. p.34]. E 1 1 i o f t Sk. \. ]). 553. IV 

 coronaria Wang. Amer. 61. t. 21. f. 47. Malus angusti- 



fol'ia Mich. Fl.\. p. 559. 



A tree 1 5 — 20 feet high, resembling the preceding, but the frui': 



and leaves are smaller, Sec. 

 Hab. In Pennsylvania. May. Muhleyib er^. 



323. SFlRiEA. L. 



Calyx inferior, 5-cleft, expanding. Petals 5, equal, 

 roundish. Stamens numerous, exserted. Capsules 

 numerous, (3 — 12,) I-celled, 2-valved, each 1 — 3-seed" 

 cd. Gen. pi. 862. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 307. Juss. 

 p. 339. Lam. III. t. 439. Nat. Ord. Rosacea 

 Ju s s. Meadoxv-sweetr 



