Pimica granafum, 
THE POMEGRANATE-TREE. 
Synonymes. 
Punka granatum, 
Linn-eus, Species Plantarum. 
De Candolle, Prodromus. 
Loudon Arboretum Britannicum. 
France. 
Germany. 
Italy. 
Spain and Spanish America. 
Portugal. 
Grenadier, Balaustier, Miouganier, 
Grenadier, Granatbaum, 
Melograno, Granato, 
Granado, 
Romeira, 
Pomegranate-tree, Carthaginian Apple- ) b kitain 
tree ) 
Pomegranate-tree, United States. 
Derivations. The specific name granatum, is derived from the Latin granum, a grain, on account of the numerous grains 01 
seeds in its fruit. Most of the European names are derived from the botanical one. 
Engravings. Sims, Botanical Magazine, pi. 1832; Loudon, Arboretum Britannicum, ii. fig. 664 j Encyclopaedia of Plants, 
fig. 7019 ; and the figures below. 
Specific Characters. Stem arboreous. Leaf lanceolate. De Candolle, Prodromus. 
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Description. 
" Let us get up early to the vineyards ; 
Let us see if the vine flourish, 
Whether the tender grape appear, 
And the pomegranates bud forth." 
Song op Solomon, vii. 12. 
HE Punica granatum is a tree, in 
magnitude and ligneous character, 
bearing considerable resemblance to 
the common hawthorn. In a wild 
state, it forms a thorny bush ; but when cultivated in 
gardens and in plantations, under favourable circum- 
stances, it often attains a height of fifteen or twenty feet. 
The leaves, which are of a beautiful green, stand oppo- 
site, and are about three inches long, and from half an inch 
to an inch broad in the middle. The flowers, which 
are somewhat in the shape of a bell, and of a bright- 
scarlet colour, come out at the ends of the branches, 
sometimes occurring in clusters of three or four, and the times of their blooming 
are so irregular, that the succession is often continued for months. Their petals 
are handsome, very thick and fleshy, and their odour is as fragrant as their col- 
our is bright. The fruit, which is very beautiful to the eye and pleasant to the 
taste, is nearly round, encircled at the end opposite the stem, with something 
resembling a crown, and is covered with a thick, hard rind, that is easily broken. 
When fully grown, it is about as big as a large-sized orange, sometimes weighing 
a pound, and when perfectly ripe, varies in the colour of its rind, from bright- 
yellow or green, to a dark-red, and is often blended with all of these tints. 
Varieties. The varieties recognized under this species are as follows : 
1. P. g. rubrum, Loudon. Red-floioered Pomegranate-tree ; Grenadier des bois. 
of the French, known by the reddish tinge of the pulp of the fruit, and as grow- 
ing wild in Mauritania, and in the south of Europe. 
