RoSjll i - 



POMAl I.. I 





Order CCX1 POMACES \ 



Tram. 13. 

 "' * L W,*ithpolyj>etal 



i by tin I 



solitary* ?h?A | LtaVe8 :,l, V nK "-' stipulate, -.,,,.]. . 

 Bontary,oi in terminal cymes, white or pink. Calyx adherent 5 t',,,,1,.' 

 ^tpoeterior. Petals 5, unguiculate, inserted in 'the TroS 



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\ W 111 | 



one anterior. Stamens indefinite, inserted in a ring in the tin 

 torn, clothing the sides of the tube ol the calyx. <• 

 or less to the sides of the calj \ and each other ; ovu 

 Mcending, verj rarely solitary, Bometimes 00; 

 Fruit a pome, 1- to 5-celled, seldom Bpuriouslv 

 cartilaginous, spongy, or bony. Seeds ascending, solitai 

 erect, with flat cotyledons, or convolute ones in l 

 conical radicle. 



Appleworts are closely allied to Roa wi rts, from which I 

 the carpels with tlie sides of die calyx, and more or 

 alwaysa pome ; that is. it is made up of a Besty i 

 ovaries, containing a definite Dumber of - ■ ds. \ 

 by their ovules being in pairs, and side bj -Mo ; whil< R - 

 more ascending ovules, always have them plac 



1 ' ' i XXVIII.— 1. branch of Pyruscomn 

 oi its truit ■ -t, perpendicular section ol th< fruil 









