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the base ; and, as appears from Mill. Ic. y t. 269., with the styles twice as 

 long as the stamens, and the fruit subglobose, yellowish, and austere. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A native of Siberia; introduced in 1758. 



According to Mr. Knight, some of the finest varieties raised by him are from 

 cultivated apples fecundated with the blossoms of this tree. The progeny, 

 he found, formed more hardy trees than any other kinds, and produced earlier 

 and more highly flavoured fruit. 



? 15. P. (M.) BACCARA L, The berry-like-fruited Apple Tree, or 

 Siberian Crab. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 75. ; Amm. Ruth., t. 31. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. 10. ; Dec Prod., 2. p. 635. 



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



Kynom/me. Afalus baccata Dcsf. Arb. 2. p. 141. 

 Engravings. Amm. Ruth., t. 31. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 10. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; 



and oar Jig. 776. 



776. (P. Jtf.)baccita. 



Spec. Char., Sec. Disks of leaves ovate, acute, equally serrated, glabrous, the 

 length of the petiole. Flowers grouped. Sepals deciduous. (Dec. Prod.) 

 A native of Siberia and Dahuria, and only differing from the preceding sort, 

 of which it is, doubtless, a subvariety, in not having a persistent calyx. 



t 16. P. (M.) DIOI'CA W. The dioecious-*^ Apple Tree. 



Identification. Willd. Arb., 263. ; Spec. 5., p. 1018. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 646. 

 Synonymes. P. ap^tala Munch. Hausv. 5. p. 247., on the authority of Willdenow ; Jl/alus dioica 



Audib. Cat. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 2088- in p. 1106. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oval, serrated, tomentose beneath. Flowers, in many 

 instances, solitary. Sexes dioecious, by defect. Calyx tomentose. Petals 

 linear, the length of the sepals. Styles glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) Not differ- 

 ing in external appearance from a crab or apple tree. Horticultural Society's 

 Garden. 



t 17. P. (M.) ASTRACA'NICA Dec. The Astrachan Apple Tree. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635. ; Don's Mill. 2., p. 646. 



Synonymes. Malus astracanica Dum. Cours. ed. 2. 5. p. 426. ; Transparent de Moscovie ; Glace de 



Zelande; the transparent Crab of English nurseries. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 2089 in p. 110*. 



Spec. Char., fyc, Leaves oval-oblong, acute, partially doubly serrated ; pale 



