Berlandieriatidp. N. O. Rosaceae. 



TAB. CCLXXXVIII. 



Amygdalus glandulosa 





Foliis (parvis) elliptico-lanceolatis calycibusque pubescenti- 



tomentosis marginibus glanduloso-dentatis, floribus solitariis 



vel aggregatis brevi-pedynculatis. 



Hab. Between Laredo and Bejar, Texas. Berlandier. 



Rami flexuosi, cortice cinereo obtecti. I^olia poUicaria, alterna, 



solitaria vel fasciculata, stipulis brevissimis stipata, oblongo- 



seu elliptico-lanceolata, obtusa, vix petiolata, supra dense 



pubescentia, subtus subpannosa, pallidiora, marginibus den- 



tato-serratis^ serraturis glandula majuscula terminatis. Pedun^ 



culi axillares, solitarii vel fasciculati, 1-2-lineas longi, pubes- 



centes. Calyx dense pubescens: tubus globoso-heraisphaeri- 



cus; Z«»i6m5 5-fidus ; laciniis ovalibus, patentibus, marginibus 



glanduloso-dentatis. Petala 5, obvato-subrotunda. Stamina 



20-25. Ovarium liberura, ovatum, pubescens, 1-loculare, 



l-ovulatum, ovulo appenso. Stylus longe exsertus, filiformis, 



flexuosus. Stigma parvum, capitatum. 



This interesting little Amygdalus, will undoubtedly rank next 



to the A. microphylla^ Humb. and Kunth, Gen. et Sp. v. 6. /?• 



191. t. 564: — though it differs from it in many particulars: 



especially in the very downy foliage and calyx, in the glands 



which terminate every one of the serratures, in the obtuse apex 



to the leaves, and in the more numerous stamens. 



i 



Fig. 1. Leaf. /. 2. Flower. / 3. Flower from which the 

 petals are removed. /• 4. Pistil, f. 5. Ovary cut open to show 

 the position of the ovule v — magnified. 



