352 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



GENUS XIII. 



LO'WE A Lindl. THE LOWEA. Lin. Syst. Icosandria Polygynia. 



Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1261. 

 Synonyme. Rb&a sp. Pall, and Lindl. in Ros. Monog. 



Derivation. In compliment to the Rev. Mr. Lowe, Travelling Bachelor of the University of Cam- 

 bridge. (Lindley in Sot. Keg. t. 1261.) 



Gen. Char., $c. Calyx with the tube contracted at the mouth. Petals 5. 

 Stamens and Carpels numerous as in .Rosa. Leaf simple, exstipulate. 

 Prickles often compound. (Lindl.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; serrated. Flowers yel- 

 low, marked with purple. An undershrub. Native of Persia. 



j* 1. L. BERBERivcfLiti Lindl. The Berberry-leaved Lowea. 



Identification. Lindley in Bot. Reg., t. 1261. 



Synonymes. /?6sa simplicifulia Sal. Hori. AUert. 359., R. berberifoMa. Pall., Lindl. Rosarum 



Monog. p. 1. French edition, p. 23., Dec. Prod. 2. p. 602., Spreng. Syst. 2. p. 546., Wallroth Monog. 



p. 25. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1261. ; Redoute Ros., 1. t. 2. ; and our fig. 633. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves undivided, without stipules, obovate-cuneated, 

 serrated at the tip. Prickles decurrent, and of the colour of ivory. Sepals 

 entire, subspathulate. Petals yellow, marked with purple at the base. 

 (Dec. Prod.) An undershrub. Persia, near Amadan, 

 where it abounds in saltish soil ; and also in fields at 

 the bottom of Mount El wend, and in the Desert of 

 Soongaria. Height 2 ft. Introd. in 1790. Flowers yellow 

 and purple ; June and July. Somewhat difficult of cul- 

 ture, and not a free flowerer j but it is readily propagated 

 by budding on the dog rose, or by seeds, which it pro- 

 duces on the Continent in abundance in common soil. 



Varieties. Several are described in Dec. Prod., and some 

 hybrids have recently been raised between this species 

 and some kinds of J?6sa. 



633. L.terim'fdlia. 



Sect. V. PO^ME^E Lindl. 

 GENUS XIV. 



Lindl. THE THORN. Lin. Syst. Icosandria Di-Pentagynia. 



Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Trans., 13. p. 105. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 626. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 598. 

 Synonymes. Cratae^gus and Mespilus sp. of Lin. and others ; Neflier, Alisier, and Aubepine, Fr. ; 



Dooiwi, Uzbeer, and Mispel, Ger. ; Doom, Dutch ; Crataego, Ital. ; and Espino, Span. 

 Derivation. From kratos, strength ; in reference to the hardness and strength of the wood. 



Gen. Char. Calyx with an urceolate tube, and a 5-cleft limb. Petals orbicu- 

 lar, spreading. Ovarium 2 5-celled. Styles 2 5, glabrous. Pome fleshy, 

 ovate, closed ; the calycine teeth, or the thickened disk, containing a bony 

 putamen. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, chiefly deciduous, but in part evergreen : 

 angular or toothed. Flowers in corymbs, usually white. Bracteas subulate 

 deciduous. Fruit red, yellow, or black. Decaying leaves yellow, or reddish 

 vellow. 



