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genus, under the title of Mains 7 till, 

 by the laws of modern botany, it was 

 ranged as a fpecies only of the genus 

 Pyrus aforefaid •, and they both belong 

 to the clafs and order Icofandria Penta- 

 gynia, i. e. flowers having twenty or 

 more (lamina, and five ftyles. 



There is only one real fpecies of the 

 common Apple tree, comprehending 

 many varieties, and is by the botanifts 

 entitled, 



Pyrus Mains, i. e. the Apple Tree, 

 and is botanicaiiy .defcribed— Pyrus, 

 with oval f awed leaves, and the flowers 

 produced in clofe-fmkg umbels, luc- 

 ceeded by large round and oblpngifh 

 fruit, concave at the bale 5 this being 



