JCOSANORIA DI — PENTAGYNIA. 



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SORBUS, Gen. pl. 85.7. 



Calyx sii penis. 5 fid us. 



Petala 5. Styli 3, Bacca 



3-spernia. 



tilaginca. 



Semina car 



Caliix superior, 5 cleft 



Petal 



N O. 



Styles 3. Bar- 



ry 3 seeded Seeds car* 

 tilaginous. 



]. 



Micro cAUPA. 



S. foliis ])innatis ; folio- 

 lis acumin,;tis, insequali- 

 ter iiiciso-serratis, petlo- 

 loque communi glab»'is ; 

 serraturis setaceo-ihucro- 



natis. Pursh, i p. 34 1. 



~ S. aucuparia, var. a. Mich. 1. p. 290. 

 A large shrub ; the young branches dark and glossy. Berries small, 



scariot Pursh. 

 Grows on tiie highest mountains. 

 Flowers June. 



Leaves pinnate ; leaf- 

 lets acuminate, unequally 

 and deeply serrate, and 

 with the common petiole 

 glabrous ; serratures mu- 

 cronate with bristles. 



SESUVIUM. Gen. pl. S5G. 



Calyx 5-partitus, colo- 



ratus. Petala o. 



suia 



Cup^ 



ovata, S-locuIaris, 



ed. 



Calyx 5 parted, colour- 



Pctals 0. Capsule 



ovate, 3 celled, circum- 



circumscissa, pol^sper- | scissed, many seeded. 



ma. 



1. 



PtjuuNCULATUM ? DeCandollc. 



S. foliis lineari-Ianceola- 

 tis, obtusis, carnosis ; flo- 

 ribus solitariis,axillaribus, 



Leaves linear lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, succulent ; 

 flowers solitary, axillary, 



pedunculatis, polyandns. 1 on short peduncles, poly- 



E. 



androus. 



Pers. syn. £. p. S9. 



l>urtulacastrum, Sp. pl. 2. p 1009. 



Le 



Stem prostrate, terete, jointeil, succulent, Tcrj glabrous, branching, 



; ■ ^ ^ '^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ very 



short petiole. Pedmcles about half an inch lungl' Calyx pciMstent ; 

 segments acute, the i>iterior with tlit^ margins menibranacetMis, v. bite 



5(J), inserted 



inner 



Filaments very numerous (50 



