XXVI. ROSA CEiE : PY RUS. 



427 



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

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

 Prod.) A native of Siberia ; introduced in 1 758. 



i 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. 



t 15. P. (il/.) BACCA^TA Z. The herry-like-fruited Apple Tree, or 

 Siberian Crab. 



I Jdevtification. Lin. Mant., 75. ; Amm. Ruth., t. 31. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 10. ; Deo Prod., 2. p. 635. 

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



Synani/me. AfSlu.s baccata Dcsf. Arb. 2. p. 141. 



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

 I and our fig. 776. 



77C. (P. H. ) baccata. 



Spec. Char., Src 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. 



S 16. P. (M.) Dioi'cA IV. The dioecious-sexe'c? Apple Tree. 



Identification. Willd. Arb., 263. ; Spec. 5., p. 1018. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 63-5. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 646. 

 Synonymes. P. apttala Munch. Hausv. 6. p. 247., on the authority of Willdenow ; JVialus diolca 



Aiidib, Cat. 

 Engraving. Omfig. 2088- in p. 1I0& 



Spec. Char., SfC. 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. 



"i- 17. p. (M.) astraca'nica Dec. The Astrachan Apple Tree. 



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



Synonymes. A/kliis astracanica Du/n. Cours. ed. 2. 5. p. 426. ; Transparent de Mosoovie ; Glace de 



Zelande; the transparent Crab of English nurseries. 

 Engraving. Oar fig. 2089 in p. 1106. 



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



