Pod ot A. tortils. 



ROSACEA. (ROSE FAMILY.) 299 



oblong, 5-12 pairs ; petiole Fig. 153. 



with a glandule under each 'pair. 

 Peduncles bracted at middle ; 

 pod .1 long, .008 to .01 broad, 

 torulose-monilifoi'm, more or less 

 spirally ' curved, longitudinally 

 nerved — Winter — Valleys 

 about Dead Sea, and south- 

 ward. 



4. A. Seyal, Del. Sey- 

 ydl. 5 4 to 5. Spines .03 long, 

 straight, horizontal, rarely 

 abortive. Pinnae 3-5 pairs; 

 leaflets 8-12 pairs ; petiole 1- 

 d-glandular. Peduncles bract- 

 ed below middle ; pods . 1 or 

 more long, .008 broad, toru- 

 lose, tapering at each end— Valleys about Dead Sea, and southward- 

 Too near the last. 



* * Flowers spiked. Leaflets obliquely ollong, .008 long, .002 Iroad. 



5. A, albida, Del. 5 2 to 5. Branches w/wie, glabrous; spines 

 straight, stout, .01 long, sometimes abortive. Pinnge 4 to 5 pairs ; 

 leaflets 7-12 pairs. Spikes twice as long as leaves; pod thicJc, coriaceous, 

 pulpy, more or less spirally twisted — September to February — Gorge 

 south of Jubail ; near Sidon and Gaza, and southward to Egypt. 



6. A. Iseta, R. Br. 5 3 to 5. Glabrous, glaucescent; prickles 

 twin, short, somewhat recurved or 0. Pinnae 2-3 pairs ; leaflets 3-5 pairs. 

 Spikes generally twin, axillary, as long as leaves; pod oblong, .06 to .08 

 long, .025 broad, often sinuate, tapering at base, acute or obtuse at 

 apex, membranous — Winter — Sparingly in the Ghor-es-Safieh. 



Order XXXVI. ROSACEiE. (Rose Family.) 



Jlerhs, shrubs, or trees with refgular, generally herma- 

 jphrodite flower s, the mimeroiis (or few) free stamens inserted 

 with the petals on the calyx, and the l-oo , 1-celled carpels, dis- 

 tinct or connate, and more or less adnate to calyx-tube. 

 Seeds ex-albuminous, 1-2 in each ovary. Leaves alternate, 

 stipulate — Calyx 5-toothed or cleft. Petals as many as calyx- 

 teeth, inserted on the edge of the disk which lines the calyx- 

 tube. 



TribeI, AMYGDAIiE-ffi:. Calyx free, caducous. Ovary superior. Fruit a drupe 

 — Trees or shrubs. 



1. AMYGDALUS. Fruit a green drupe, the fleshy part at length becoming dry. 



2. CERASUS. Fruit a smooth, spherical or ovate, fleshy drupe, without bloom, 



3. PRUNUS, Fruit an oblong or spherical, fleshy drupe, with a bloom. 



Tribe II, TLJJUEJE, Calyx free, spreading. Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous, 

 inserted on a convex or conical receptacle, at length drupe-like, 1-seeded, connate, forming 

 a spurious berry. 



4. RQBtrd, A prickly shrub, withternate,quinate or pinnate leaves ; flowers white or pink. 



Tribe III. DRYADKiE. Calyx persistent Stamens generally numerous. Car- 

 pels usually Humerous, 1-seeded, free j receptacle convex or conical, dry or fleshy. 



