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ALDER BUCKTHORN. APPLE 



8 Leaf-scars narroiv, hand-like, 

 and extending far rotmd the 

 twig. Leaves ovate, hoary be- 

 neath, as are the twigs. Flowers 

 pink, large, rosaceous; fmit a 

 pome. 



Fig. 130. Rhamnus Frangula, Alder Buckthorn. 1, flowering shoot; 

 2, flower ; 3, the same in vertical section ; 4, fruit ; 5, seed. 2 and 3, 

 enlarged (Wo). 



Pyrus Mains, L. Apple. A very bushy and densely 

 branched shrub or tree (see p. 199) up to 20 feet or so 

 in height. Twigs pnrplish-brown, hairy and more or less 

 angular at the tips. Dwarf-shoots often pointed and almost 

 thorny, standing out at right angles and swollen at the base. 



