216 ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. [CL. XII. 



2. P. Mdlut. Wild Apple-tree. Crab-tree. Leaves simple, serrate ; 

 flowers in a simple sessile umbel. A small tree, with spreading irregu- 

 lar branches : flowers white, tinged with rose-colour. This is the original 

 of all the varieties of the apple : the fruit is globular, yellowish, tinged 

 with red, acid and harsh. Flowers in May : grows in woods and hedges : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 179. Eng. Ft. vol.ii. p. 363. 739. 



3. P. tormindlis. Wild Service-tree. Leaves simple, somewhat heart- 

 shaped, serrate, seven-lobed ; flower-stalks branched, corymbose. A 



tree, with white flowers, in large terminal, downy panicles : fruit brown, 

 acid. Flowers in April and May : grows in woods and hedges, in the 

 south of England : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 298 : Crat&gus tormi- 

 nalis. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 363. 740. 



4. P. domtstica. True Service-tree. Leaves pinnate, with uniform 

 leaflets, downy beneath, and serrated towards the end ; flowers panicled ; 



fruit inversely egg-shaped. A large tree, with cream-coloured flowers : 



fruit reddish, spotted, austere. Flowers in May : grows in mountainous 

 woods in England: very rare. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 350. Evg. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 364. 741. 



5. P. Aucupdria. Mountain Ash, Quicken, or Poan-tree. Leaves 

 pinnate, with uniform, serrate, smooth leaflets; styles about three ; fruit 

 globular. A beautiful tree, with smooth branches : panicles corym- 

 bose, with downy stalks : flowers numerous, white : fruit scarlet, acid, 

 and austere. The fruit is eaten by several species of small birds, espe- 

 cially of the thrush kind. A spirit has been distilled from them. Flowers 

 in May and June : grows in mountainous woods : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. v. pi. 337 : Sorbut aucupdria. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 365. A variety 

 with deeply pinnatifid leaves is the P. pinnatifida. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. 

 pi. 2331. 742. 



6. P. A'ria. White-beam. Leaves simple, elliptical, cut, serrate, 

 transversely furrowed, downy beneath; flowers corymbose; styles abou 



two. A tree of moderate size, with smooth branches, the younge 



white and downy: flowers white, with downy stalks: fruit globular 

 scarlet, mealy, astringent. Flowers in May : grows in mountainou 

 woods, and the Assures of rocks : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi 

 pi. 1858. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 366. 743 . 



4. SPIR^'A. MEADOW-SWEET. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, with five acute, permanent, marginal 

 segments. Petals five, roundish, or oblong. Filaments hair-like, 

 nearly as long as the corolla ; anthers roundish, two-lobed. Ger- 

 mens five or more, superior, egg-shaped, or oblong, compressed. 

 Styles, one terminating each germen ; stigmas obtuse, spreading. 

 Capsules as many as the germens, oblong, pointed, compressed, 

 two-valved, one-celled. Seeds few, small, oblong. Named, spei- 

 reia of Theophrastus. 249. 



1. S. salicifolia. Willow.leuved Spiraa. Leaves between elliptical 

 and lance-shaped, unequally serrate, smooth ; clusters terminal, com- 

 pound. A. shrub about four feet high, with smooth straight stems and 



branches : flowers pink, small, numerous, in terminal clusters : styles five. 

 Flowers in July : grows in moist mountainous situations, but never truly 

 wild: rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 1468. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 368. 744. 



