810 ROSACEA, (rose family.) 



destitute of stony concretions, and umbilicate at base. Trees with 

 simple deciduous leaves. 



M. communis, Desf. 5 -^ hemispherical tree, 5 to 10. Leaves 

 ovate-cuneate, short-acuminate, .05 to .08 long, .03 to .05 broad, cre- 

 nate. Calyx woolly — April — Several poor varieties are in cultivation. 

 The border of its native area touches ours, but I have not as yet seen 

 wild specimens. 



Cydonia vulgaris, Pers., the Quince, Sepherjel, is common in 

 cultivation, and its geographical area touches ours. 



15. SORBITE, L. Service Tree. 



Calyx 5-fid. Petals 5. Ovary 2-5-celled, styles 3-5. Fruit a 

 diminutive pome, with (by abortion) 1 -seeded cells with crustaceous 

 endocarp — Trees with serrate, lobed, or pinnate leaves. 



* Ovary ^-celled. Leaves 'palmatdy trifid. Styles h. 



1. S. trilobata, Labill. 5 MalchUs. MaJiHs. Leaves round in 

 outline, cordate at base, lateral lobes spreading, bifid or incised, terminal 

 tn&diov incised all more or less dentate, obtuse or acute. Corymbs 

 terminal, simple; fruit edible, .01 to .013 long, ellipsoid, crowned with 

 woolly calyx-lobes — Rocky places; middle zone of Lebanon, 1000 to 

 1800 m. 



Var. oxyloba, Boiss. Leaves often 7-lobed, lobes lanceolate, 

 acute — Amanus. 



* * Ovary 2-celled. Leaves serrate or lobed. Styles 2. 



2. S, Aria, Crantz. 5 Leaves round-ovate, elliptical, or obovate, 

 very obtuse, woolly beneath, coarsely double serrate or cut-lobed, teeth 

 smaller toward base of leaf. Corymbs branched ; fruit obovate .008 

 long, .006 broad, red — Spring — 



Var, Orseca, Boiss. Nerves of leaf 5-8 on aside. Leaves. 06 to .08 

 long — Subalpine Lebanon, Antilebanon, and northward. 



3. S. torminalis, L. j. Leaves glabrous on both sides, rounded, 

 subcordate, or cuneate at base, ovate, with acute, unequally serrate- 

 lobes. Corymbs many -flowered, compound ; fruit ovate or globular, 



rust-colored — Spring. 



Var. pinnatifida, Boiss. Lobes of leaves more acute, often 

 produced beyond the middle of the limb — Amanus. 



16. 1IESPIL.US, L. Medlar. 



Calyx-lobes 5, leaf-like. Petals 5. Cells of ovary 5, 2-ovuled. 

 Styles 5. Fruit a drupe, crowned with umbilicate disk as broad as 

 itself, surrounded with the calyx-lobes ; pyrenes 5, bony, 1-seeded — 

 A somewhat thorny tree. 



M. Oermanica, L. 5 ^ to 8. Leaves short-petioled oblong- 

 elliptical, often denticulate, and acute. Flowers solitary, subsessile 

 among the leaf clusters ; calyx-lobes longer than corolla ; petals white, 

 concave, somewhat wavy ; fruit globular-truncate, .02 broad, glabres- 

 cent — Spring — About Nablus and Samaria ; Kerhan near Marash 



