SEED a Nut, somewhat glob 
ICOSANDRIA. TRIGYNIA, —_—_95 
MONOGYNI4A, | 
PRU’NUS. Tourn. 398, &F 301, Cerasus; 
Cat. Cup 1 leaf, bell-shaped, with 5 clefts, deciduous, 
Segments blunt, concave. 
Buoss. Petals 5, circular, coneave, large, expanding, fixed 
to the cup by claws, 
Stam. Filaments 20 to 30, awl-shaped, nearly as lone as 
_ the blossom, standing on the cup. Antlers double, 
short. 
Pist, Germen superior, roundish. Style thread-shaped, as 
long as the stamens. Summit circular. 
S. Vess. nearly globular, pulpy, including a nut or stone, 
ar; but compressed, seams 
Projecting 32 oe ee a 
Oss. The inside of the cup, in most of the species, is covered 
with a number of small glands, which make an appearance like 
. 
@ hoar frost; St.—In P. insititia there are sometimes 2 pistils. 
DIGYNIA. 
CRATA’GUS. Gertn, 87, Oxyacantha. 
Car. Cup 1 leaf, concave, but expanding, with 5 teeth, 
permanent) ©) ort 54 ite itt 
Bioss. Petals 5, circular, concave, sitting, fixed to the cup. 
Stam. Filaments 20, awl-shaped, fixed to the cup. Anthers 
roundish. ; 
Pisr. Germen beneath. Styles 2, thread-shaped, upright. 
Summits knobbed. 
S. Vess. Berry fleshy, nearly globular, dimpled. 
SEEDs 2, rather oblong, separate, gristly. | 
Ops, In Crategus Aria the pistils vary from 2 to 4. With 
bond in the Crategus monogynia, there is uniformly only 1 pistil 
and 1 seed, 
- TRIGYNIA. 
SOR'BUS. Gaertn. 87, Sorlus 8 Aucuparia. 
Cat. Cup 1 leaf, concave, but expanding, with 5 teeth, 
permanent. . a 
Bross. Petals 5, circular, concave, fixed to the cup. | 
