106 26. 'ROSACS.E. 



11. RUB us. Cal. concave or flattish, ^-parted. Pet. 5. 

 Stam. many. Styles nearly terminal. Carp, many, succu- 

 lent (drupes), placed upon a hemispherical or conical spongy 

 receptacle. Seed pendulous. 



** Attachment of the seed distant from that of the style, radicle 

 inferior. Nuts with long aivnlike styles. 



12. DRYAS. Cal. 8 10-cleft, in one row. Pet. 89. Stam. 

 many. Fr. of many small nuts, tipped with the persistent 

 hairy styles, which are not jointed. Receptacle flat, dry. 

 Seed ascending. 



13. GEUM. Cal. 10-cleft, in 2 rows, the outer parts smaller. 

 Pet. 5. Stam. many. Fr. of many small nuts, tipped with 

 the persistent jointed styles hooked at the joining. Recep- 

 tacle elongated, dry. Seed ascending. 



Tr. IV. ROSIDsE. Fruit formed of many small dry nuts en- 

 closed in thejleshy calyx-tube. 



1 4. ROSA. Cal. urceolate, contracted at the mouth, ultimately 

 fleshy, 5-tid. Pet. 5. Stam. many, inserted with the 



petals on the rim of the tube of the calyx. 



Suborder III. POM&& 



Calyx-tube thick and fleshy, in fruit adhering to the carpels 

 and forming a 1 5-celled pome : thus fl. appearing superior. 



15. CRATJEGUS. Calyx- segments 5, acute. Pet. 5. Styles 

 I 5. Fr. oval or round, concealing the upper end of the 

 1 5 bony 1 2-seeded carpels. 



1ft. COTONEASTER. Calyx-segments 5. Pet. 5. Styles 2 5. 

 Fr. turbinate, its nuts adhering to the sides of the calyx 

 but not cohering at the centre. Stam. erect, as long as the 

 teeth of the calyx. 



17. MESPILUS. Calyx-segments 5, leaflike. Pet. 5. Styles 

 2 5. Fr. turbinate wiihjhe upper end of the bony carpels 

 exposed ; disk dilated, almost as broad as the fruit. 



18. PYRUS. Cal. 5-toothed. Pet. 5. Styles 25. Fr. 

 fleshy with 5 cartilaginous or membranous distinct 2-seeded 

 cells. Testa cartilaginous. 



