AMYGDALEffi. 



more delicate perfume of green tea. A water distilled from the blos- 

 soms of the sloe is said to be used as a medicinal vehicle in Switzerland 

 and Germany. Smith. 



POMEM. 



Nat.syst. ed.2. p. 145. 



PYRUS. 



Calyx superior concave, in 5 deep, spreading, permanent 

 segments. Petals 5, roundish, concave, much larger than the 

 calyx, and proceeding from its rim, with short claws. Filaments 

 20, from the rim of the calyx within the petals, awl-shaped, 

 shorter than the corolla. Anthers oblong, of 2 lobes. Ovary 

 inferior ; styles 2-3 to 5, filiform, about the length of the sta- 

 mens. Stigmas simple, bluntish. Apple roundish or somewhat 

 oblong, umbilicated, fleshy, of as many cartilaginous or mem- 

 branous cells as there are styles. Seeds 2 in each cell, ascending, 

 obovate, flattened at one side. 



479. P. Aucuparia Goertn. ii. t. 87. Smith Eng. Fl. ii. 364. 

 DC. prodr. ii. 637. Subus Aucuparia Linn, sp.pl. 683. Eng. 



Bot. t. 337. Fl. Dan. t. 1034 Mountainous woods and 



hedges. (Mountain Ash.) 



A handsome tree, of slow growth, with a tough, close-grained, not 

 very hard wood ; the branches smooth, round, grayish. Leaves scarcely 

 a span long ; leaflets narrow, firm, downy beneath, not cottony when 

 young ; afterwards smooth on both sides. Panicles corymbose, broad 

 and flattish, with downy stalks. Flowers white, numerous, with a slight 

 almond-like scent. Petals very concave. Styles 3, or 4, with small 

 obtuse stigmas. Apples like berries, scarlet, globose, very juicy, sour 

 and bitter, of as many cells as there are styles ; the sides of the cells 

 pliant and leathery, not cartilaginous or rigid. Seeds 2 in each 

 cell, though only 1 in general becomes perfect. Flowers bark and 

 root contain so much of the peculiar essential of almonds as to yield 

 fully as much hydrocyanic acid as that procurable from an equal weight 

 of cherry-laurel leaves. Buchn. rep. 27. 238. 



CYDONIA. 



All the characters of Pyrus ; except that the cells of the fruit 

 are many-seeded, and the seeds enveloped in a thick soluble 

 mucus. 



480. C. vulgaris Pers. synops. ii. 40. Lindl. in Linn, trans. 

 xiii. 97. DC. prodr. ii. 638. Pyrus Cydonia Linn, sp.pl. 687. 

 Woodv. t. 19.Jacq.JL austr. t. 342. S. and C. ii. 1. 1 15. South 

 of Europe, introduced originally from Candia. (Quince.) 



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