108 ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



III. POLYGYNIA. 



151. ROSA. Calyx 5-cleft ; tube finally pulpy, lined with hairs, 



and with numerous bristly seeds. 



152. RUBUS. Calyx 5-cleft ; berry superior, compound, decidu- 



ous ; receptacle spongy, permanent. 



155. TORMENTILLA. Calyx 6-cleft ; petals 4 ; seeds naked, beard- 



less ; receptacle dry, obsolete. 



156. GEUM. Calyx 10-cleft; petals 5; seeds each with a bent 



hooked tail ; receptacle columnar. 



153. FRAGARIA. Calyx 10-cleft; seeds naked, even, on the sur- 



face of a pulpy deciduous receptacle. 



157. COMARUM. Calyx 10-cleft; seeds naked, even, on the sur- 



face of a spongy, hairy, permanent receptacle. 



154. POTENTILLA. Calyx 10-cleft; seeds naked, rugged, beard* 



less ; receptacle dry, obsolete. 



I. MONOGYNIA. 

 147. PRUNUS. 



1. P. Padus, flowers white, in cylindrical pendulous clusters; 

 leaves deciduous, smooth, with 2 glands on the under side at the 

 base. Bird Cherry. 



Hob. Woods about Houndwood and Renton Inns. In a 

 dean about a mile south of Fastcastle. May. \\ 



The leaves of this shrub, when bruised, have a disagreeable 

 scent, resembling Rue. Birds of several kinds soon de- 

 vour the black, austere and bitter fruit, which is nause- 

 ous, and probably dangerous to mankind, though LIGHT- 

 FOOT asserts that an infusion of them in brandy is drank 

 in Scotland. 



