BOTANY. 



tiful flowers, but from eighteen to twenty or more species from 

 Europe and Asia are commonly to be found in gardens and conser- 

 vatories. (Fig. 476.) 



Tribe Potentillece. Mostly herbs, with usually compound 



FIGS. 473-5. ILLUSTRATIONS OP TRIBE POMB^E. 



FIG. 473. 



PIG. 474. Fie. 476. 



Fig. 473. Flower cluster of ni"u communis. 



Fig. 474. Section of Quince flower (Firm Cydonia). 



Fig. 475.-Section of Quince fruit. 



leaves ; carpels free, one to many, mostly on a convex fleshy receptacle ; 

 fruits dry (achenia). 



Frngnria eltttior, of Europe, F. rewa, of Europe and Eastern United 



