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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 j but of which we have not seen a plant. 



vi. Soj'bus Dec. 



Sect. Char., Sfc. 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 20 ft. to 40 ft. 

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

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



27. P. AURICULA Va Dec. The auricled Service Tree. 



Tden'Jficntiim. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 636. ; Don's TVIill., 2. p. 648. [ 



Su7iont/mc. Surbus auriculita Pers. Syn. 2. p. 39. [ 



Engraving. Oar fig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., 8fC. 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 oddi 

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

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

 Flowers white ; May, Fruit ?. 



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

 natifida. 



P. pinnati'fida Ehrh. The p'mnatiM-leaved Service Tree. 



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Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., 6. p. 93. ; Smith in Eng. Bot., t. 2331. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 636. I 



Synonynies. S6rbus hybrida Lin. Dec. 6. ; 'P^rws hybrida Smith Ft. Brit., not of Willd. ; th 



Bastard Service Tree. I 



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



P. pinnatffida. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves pinnately cloven, or cut, or almost pinnate at |e 

 base. The petiole on the under side, and the peduncles, hoarily toment|-'. 

 Pome globose, scarlet. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree. Gothland, 1> 

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

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



Varieties. 1 



t P. p. 2 laiiuginosa has the leaves more, woolly than those of the spep. 



