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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



lobed ; the middle lobe 3-lobed ; the side lobes, in many instances, 2- 

 lobed ; the secondary lobes serrated. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree. A 

 native of Mount Lebanon ; growing to the height of 20 ft. ; said to have 

 been introduced in 1810; but of which we have not seen a plant. 



VI 



. Sorbus Dec. 



Sect. Char., fyc. Petals spreading, flat. Styles 2 5. Pome globose, or top- 

 shaped. Leaves impari-pinnate, or pinnately cut. Flowers in branched 

 corymbs. (Dec. Prod.) Trees growing to the height of from 20ft. to 40ft. 

 or upwards. Natives of Europe, North America, and the Himalayas. For 

 the most part very hardy, and of easy culture in common soil. 



If 27. P. AURICULA'TA Dec. The auricled Service Tree. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 636. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 648. 

 Synonyme. Sorbus auriculata Pers. Syn. 2. p. 39. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves of 3 pairs of leaflets, and an odd one, hirsute be- 

 neath ; 2 4 of the lowest leaflets distinct, the rest connate with the odd 

 one into an ovate one, which is crenate. Corymb compact. (Dec. Prod.) 

 A deciduous tree. Egypt. Height 20ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1800. 

 Flowers white ; May. Fruit ?. 



We have not seen this plant, which is, perhaps, only a variety of P. pin- 

 natifida. 



* 28. P. PINNATI'FIDA Ehrh. The pmnatiftd-leaved Service Tree. 



Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 6. p. 93. ; Smith in Eng. Bot ., t. 2331. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 63G. 

 Synonymes. Sdrbus hybrida Lin. Dec. 6. ; P^rus rtfbrida Smith Fl. Brit., not of Willd. ; the 



Bastard Service Tree. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2331. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 789. 



789. P. pinnat 



Spec. Char., ftc. Leaves pinnately cloven, or cut, or almost pinnate at the 

 base. The petiole on the under side, and the peduncles, hoarily tomentose. 

 Pome globose, scarlet. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree. Gothland, Thu- 

 ringia, and Britain, on mountainous woody places. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. 

 Flowers white ; May and June. Fruit red ; ripe in September. 



Varieties. 



If P.p. 2 lanuginosa has the leaves more woolly than those of the species. 



