204 THE FLORA. 



A. Canaden''sis. Shad-berry. June-berry. A small tree or shrub found in woods, 

 with a dark-grayish bark. Flowers large white, in racemes at the ends of the 

 branches, appearing in April and May, while the forests are yet naked. Fruit 

 round, purplish, well-flavored, ripe in June. The plant is very variable in size, 

 and in the leaves, &c. 



3. PY'EUS. Pear. Apple. 



Calyx urn-shaped, limb 5-cleft. Petals 5, roundish. Stamens 00. Styles 

 2-5. Pome fleshy or berry-like, containing 2-5 cartilaginous (thin and 

 elastic) carpels, each with 2 seeds. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple oi 

 pinnate. Flowers showy, white or rose-colored, in cyme-like umbels. 

 May., June. 



% Leaves pinnate. Fruit as large as peas, scarlet when ripe 6,7 



§ Leaves simple a 



a Wild shrubs, 5-8f. high. Flowers small, in compound clusters 5 



a Trees wild or cultivated. Flowers large, in simple clusters b 



b Flowers white. Pome bell-shaped, acute at base 1 



b Flowers rose-white. Pome with a pit at base 2-4 



1 P. commu''nis. Pear. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Styles 5, distinct, t (Fig. 280.) 



2 P. malus. AppU. Leaves ovate, not lobed, the veinlets incurved. (Fig. 133.) 



3 P. corona''ria. American Crab. Leaves ovate, often lobed, cut-serrate, straight- 



veined. (Fig. 454.) 



4 P. angustifo'lia. Narroio-leamd G. Leaves lanceolate, scarcely veiny. 



5 P. arbutifo'lia. Choke-berry. Leaves obovate or oval, with glands on mid-vein. 



6 P. America''na. Mountain- Ash. Leaflets 13-15, lanceolate, pointed. 



7 P. Aucupa'ria. English M. Leaflets lance-ovate, acute. Fruit larger. 



4. OYDO'NIA. Quince. 



Calyx urn-shaped, 5-cleft. Petals 5. Styles 5. Stamens many. Pome 

 with 5 parchment-like cells, each with several seeds. — Shrubs. Leaves 

 simple. Flowers solitary or few in a cluster. 



1 O. vulga''ris. Common Quince. Leaves downy beneath, broadly ovate, acute, en- 

 tire, with small, half-ovate stipules. Flowers roseate, solitary terminal. Fruit 

 large, obovate, highly esteemed in preserves, &c. (Fig. 1 ) 

 C. Japon'ica. Japan Quince. Leaves glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, acute at each 

 end, serrulate. Stipules reniform. Flowers red, side cliisters, opening early, 



5. EO'SA. Rose. 



Calyx tube urn-shaped, fleshy, contracted at the throat, limb 5-cleft 

 the sepils generally with a little leaf at tip Petals 5 (greatly multiplied 



