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generally, in England, cultivated apple trees; and in France, pommiers doux. 

 or pommiers a couteau. We adopt the specific name .Mains, to indicate 

 what may be called the normal form, for the sake of convenience, though many 

 of the cultivated varieties are derived not only from the wild apple, or crab, 

 of Europe, but from the crabs of Siberia. We shall designate these crabs as 

 varieties of P. .Mains, and afterwards make a selection from the cultivated 

 sorts, of such as we think suitable for being planted for their timber, or as 

 ornamental trees. 



13. P. (M.) ACE'RBA Dec. The sour-fruited Apple Tree, or common Crab. 

 Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 623 U 



774. P. (M.) acfcrbe. 



Synonymes. P^rus Malus austfera Wallr. Sched. '215.; Malus acerba Merest Fl. Par. 187., Dec. 

 Suppl. 530. ; M. communis sylvestris Z>e*/. ; P. Malus sylvestris Fl.Dan. t. 1101. ; P. Malus Smtt* 

 Eng. Bot. t. 179. ; Pommier sauvageon, Fr. ; Holzapfelbaum, Ger. ; Melo salvatico, Ital. 



Engravings. FL Dan., t. 1101. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., voL vi. ; and our fig. 774. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, acute, crenated, glabrous even when young. 

 Flowers in corymbs. Tube of the calyx 

 glabrous. (Dec. Prod.} A native of woods 

 and way sides in Europe. This form, ac- 

 cording to DeCandolle, yields many sub- 

 varieties with sour fruit, called, in Britain, 

 cider apples ; and in France, generally, pom- 

 miers a cidre. 



14. P. (M.) PRUNIFOYIA W. The Plum- 

 tree-leaved Apple Tree, or Siberian Crab. 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 2. p. 1018. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p.635.; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 646. 

 Synonymes. P. Malus ft Ait. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 175.; ? Malus 



hybrida Desf. Arb. 2. p. 141. 

 Engravings. Mill. Ic., t. 269. ; and our fig. 775. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 serrated, glabrous. Peduncles pubescent. 

 Tube of calyx glabrous. Styles woolly at 77f> P . (AM FrunifiUa 



