150 ICOSAND. MONOG. 



6. RUBUS. CaL 5 -cleft. Fruit superior, composed of many 

 single-seeded, juicy drupes. 



9. TORMENTJLLA,/ Cal. 8-clefl ; segments alternately smaller* 

 Pet. 4. Pericarps roundish, fixed to a small dry receptacle. 



11. DRYAS. Cal. 8 10- cleft; segments equal. Pet. 5 8. 

 Pericarps with long feathery aivns. 



7. FRAGARFA. Cal. 10-cleft; segments alternately smaller. 

 Pet. 5. Pericarps inserted upon a large pulpy deciduous re- 

 ceptacle. 



8. POTENTILLA. Cal. 10-cJeft ; segments alternately smaller. 

 Pet. 5. Pericarps roundish, fixed to a small dry receptacle. 



10. GEUM. Cal. 10-cleft, alternate; segments minute. Pet. 5. 

 Pericarps with a long geniculated awn. Receptacle oblong. 



12. COMARUM. Cal. 10-cleft; segments alternately smaller. 

 Pet. 5, less than the cal. Pericarps inserted upon a large 

 spongy villous permanent receptacle. 



(Spircea Filipendula, and Ulmaria. Ord. PENTAG.) 



1. MONOGYNIA. 



1. PRUNUS. 



1. Pr. Padus (Bird Cherry), flowers in pendulous racemes, leaves 

 obovate deciduous glabrous with two glands at the summit of 

 the footstalk. Lightf. p. 253. E. B. M383. 



HAB. Woods, not unfrequent. Collington woods, &c. near Edinb., 

 Maugh. Banks of the Clyde, Kelvin and Cart, Glasg., Hopk. About 

 Inverness, Mr. G. Anderson. Fl. May. J? . 



Small tree. Leaves acute, doubly serrated. Flowers white. Drupes 

 small, black. Nut rugose. 



2. Pr. Cerasus (wild Cherry), flowers in nearly sessile umbels, 

 leaves ovato-lanceolate subpubescent beneath. Lightf. p. 254 

 (Pr.Avium). E.B.t.JM. 



HAB. Woods and hedges, not unfrequent about Glasg., Hopk. W T oods 

 opposite Melville castle, Lightf. Perhaps not indigenous. Fl, 

 May. fj . 



Rather a large tree, with very smooth bark and straight branches, 

 Fruit red or black. The origin of the garden Cherry. 



3. Pr. domestica (wild Plum-tree), peduncles solitary or two to- 

 gether, leaves ovato-lanceolate subpubescent beneath, branches 

 without spines. E. B. t. 1783. 



HAB. Woods and hedges about Glasg., Hopk. Seeds perhaps carried 

 by birds. Fl. Apr. T? . 



Fruit rather large, round, approaching to ovate, black, with a fine 

 bloom. Smith in E. B. seems to consider this a var. of the following. 



4'; Pr.insititia (wild Bullace- tree), peduncles in pairs, leaves ova- 

 to-lanceolate pubescent beneath, branches ending in a spine, 

 Lightf. p. 254. ../, 641. 



