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NATURAL mSTORY OF PL.INTS. 



before the leaves, are solitary or in small clusters on the wood of the 

 branches, usually springing from the axil of a last year's leaf or its 



Cydonia vulgaris. 



\ i 

 Fio. 4W. 

 Longitudinal section ol" Huwi 



I'lO. UJo. 



Lon^^itndinai suction of fruit. 



cicatrix. iJclore expansion they are enveloped in tlic imbricated 

 scales of a large bud. 



The llawtliorns' (Fr., Alimern) are also very near the Pears; they 



' Cratagiu'V.,In»lU.,{YA'A.— \..,aen..iV12.— 98.— Lindl., Tran: Linn. Soc., xiii. 106.— 

 .1., ««•«.. 3:»5. -Lamk., Did., i. 82 i Snin.).. i. !«'-. /'rorfr., ii. fi26.— Kndl., Gem., n. 6368.— 

 U'jl; ///.. t. 133.— Si'ACll, Su,t. .'. liuJJuH. ii. H. H. (;«.»., (;2r., n. (54. 



