150 ICOSAND. MONOG. 



6. RuBUS. Cal. 5-cleft. Fniit superior, composed of mmiy 

 single-seeded, juicy drupes. 



9. ToRMENTiLLA./ Cq/. 8-cleft ; segments alternately smaller.. 

 Pet. 4. Pericarps roundish, fixed to a small dry receptacle. 



11. Dryas. CaZ. 8— 10- cleft ; segments equal. Pet, 5 — 8. 

 Pericarps with long feathery aivns. 



7. Fragaria. Cal. 10-cleft; segments alternately smaller. 

 Pet. 5. Pericarps inserted upon a large pulpy deciduous re- 

 ceptacle. 



8. PoTENTiLLA. Cal. 10-cleft ; segments alternately smaller. 

 Pet. 5. Pericarps roundish, fixed to a small dry receptacle. 



10. Geum. Ca/. 10-cleft, alternate ; segments minute. Pet. 5. 

 Pericarps with a long geniculated aion. Receptacle oblong. 



12. CoMARUM. Cal. 10-cleft; segments alternately smaller. 

 Pet. 5, less than the cal. Pericarps inserted upon a large 

 spongy villous permanent receptacle. 



{Spiraea Filipendulay and Ulmaria. Ord. Pentag.) 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



1. PRUNUS. 



1. Pr. Padus {Bird Cherry), flowers in pendulous racemes, leaves 

 obovate deciduous glabrous with two glands at the summit of 

 the footstalk. Light/, p.253. E.B.t.\3S3. 



Hab. Woods, not unfrequent. CoUington woods, &c. near Edinb., 

 Muugh. Banks of the Clyde, Kelvin and Cart, Glasg., Hopk. About 

 Inverness, Mr. G.^/K/tTAOH. FL May. T7 . 



Small tree. Leaves acute, doubly serrated. Flowers white. Drupes 

 small, black. Nut rugose. 



2. Pr. Cerasus {wild Cherry), flowers in nearly sessile umbels, 

 leaves ovato-lanccolate subpubescent beneath. Light/, p. 254 

 {Pr. Avium). E. B. t. 706. 



Hab. Woods and hedges, not unfrequent about Glasg., Hopk. Woods 

 opposite Melville castle, Lightf. Perhaps not indig-enous. Ft. 

 May. \i . 



Rather a large tree, with very smooth bark and straight branches. 

 Fruit red or black. — The origin of the garden Cherry. 



3. Pr. domestica {iviid Plum-tree), peduncles solitary or two to- 

 gether, leaves ovato-lanceolate subpubescent beneath, branches 

 without spines. JE. .S. ^. 1783. 



Hab. Woods and hedges about Glasg., Hopk. — Seeds perhaps carried 

 by birds. Fl. Apr. \) . 



Fruit rather large, round, approaching to ovate, black, with a fine 

 bloom. Smith in E. B. seems to consider this a var. of the following. 



4*. Vv.insitilia {wild Bullace-tree) ,\)Qd\x\\c\e?,'\\'\ pairs, leaves ova- 

 to-lanceolate pubescent beneath, branches ending in a spine. 

 Light/. p.2b4. E,B,t.B4U 



