200 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY, a 
Rosaceag. The Rose tribe. : 
72 
‘1% 
“ Calyx 4 or 5-lobed, with a disk either linening the tube or surrounding the orifice; the 3 
fifth lobe next the axis. Petals 5, perigynous, equal. Stamens indefinite, arising from the 
calyx, just within the petals, in estivation curved inwards; anthers innate, 2-celled, bursting 
containing several seeds. Seeds suspended, rarely ascending. Embryo Straight, with a taper 
short radicle pointing to the hilum, and flat cotyledons. Albumen usually almost. obliterated a 
when the seeds are ripe; if present fleshy.— Herbaceous plants or shrubs. Leaves simple or — 
compound, alternate, usually with 2 stipules at their base.” | 
on an elevated fleshy receptacle—3c . Spirea, by its definite ovaries (about 5) each with a ter- - 
_— sit : : it, with two rows of suspended seed in each follicle: 
and lastly, Quillaieae like Spiree but trees, having winged seed,with simple, not lobed leaves, 
(all American.) i 
Grocerararcat Distrisution, Principally 
northern hemisphere. The species found within the tropics are natives of high hills, where the 
temperature is reduced by elevation. Such is the case with all those found in the Indian penit- 
sula, figures of several of which will be found in the 12th number of my Icones. 
P ROPERTIES AND Uses. No rosaceous plants are unwholesome and some of them furnish a 
us with most delicate fruit. In the plant the astringent principle generally predominates and ia : 
; in this tohope 
Ss ” Reg ample success in this attempt. The. Sse ashi have strong reason a 
ae A gi is is rabad and Bangalore. and has ®ven succeeded in producing fruit in Madras, 
~ SS yer our attempts at culture have not been crowned with much success, a 
tna . The Apple tribe, : 
Ets yor bY ‘superior. 4. i yer 
. Sac Hs sei oronthed 5 the odd segment posterior, Petais 5, unguiculate, inserted 
. throat of the calyx. - Disk ris odd one anterior, Stamens indefinite, inserted in a ring in the . 
5, adhe: ering. clothing the sides of the tube of the calyx. Ovaries from 1 10 © 
, calyx and each other; ovules usually 2 collateral, 
. 
— Gpading, solitar iP eit ne; embryo erect, with fl 
oS ham mame les » and short cal radicle.— Tpees oy shri 
_ © compound. Flowers in terminal cymes, white or at 
