ROSE FAMILY 



l6< 



many ; carpels 2 — 5, adherent at their backs to the calyx-tube, but 

 not coherent ; fruit a 2 — 5-chambered pome with a bony core. 

 (Name Classical.) 



I. C. integerrimus. — A small pubescent shrub, with roundish 

 leaves; minute rose-pink flowers^ few together; and small, 



PYRUS GERMANiCA {Coiiimon Medlar). 



pendulous, globose, shining red fruits, — Occurs on limestone 

 rock at Great Orme's Head, Carnarvonshire. — Fl. ]\Iay, June. 

 Perennial. 



Ord. XXVIL Saxifrages. — The Saxifrage Family 

 Shrubs and herbs abounding in temperate and cold climates, 

 but within the tropics confined to lofty mountains. They have 



