MACLOSKIE : ROSACE/E. 469 



in 2 rows. Styles united at the base. Fruit a pome, large, firm when 

 ripe, strongly fragrant. 



" Differs from Pyrus only by the ovary-cells having several ovules, and 

 the testa, in European species, being mucilaginous." (Benth. & Hook.) 



Species 3. 



CYDONIA CYDONIA (Linn, sub Pyrus] Karst. (C. vulgaris Pers.) 

 Leaves entire, at first tomentose underneath. Flowers standing singly 

 on leafy branches, rather large, mild red. Calyx-lobes serrate, persisting 

 on top of the woolly, afterwards smooth, yellowish pomes. 



(Natives of S. Europe and Orient; and cultivated) ; Patagon. (doubt- 

 less introduced). 



3. PYRUS Linn. Apple. 



Usually trees, with simple leaves and large white or pink flowers in 

 simple, terminal cymes. Calyx adnate to ovary, urn-shaped, 5-lobed. 

 Petals 5, rounded. Ovary inferior, of 2-5 united carpels, mostly with 

 distinct styles. Ovules 2 in each carpel. Fruit a pome. 



Species 35, N. Temperate Hemisphere. 



P. MALUS Linn. Apple. (Mains mains Brit.). 



Leaves pubescent underneath, subcordate at base. Pome globose, 5-8 

 cm. in diameter, without grit-cells. 



Valley of Upper Limay, Patagon., cultivated. Said to have been in- 

 troduced by Spanish missionaries ; it now . forms groves and forests, 

 flourishing in N. Patagon., in two varieties, sweet and tart. "Leaves 

 biserrate, velvety beneath." (J. Ball.) "Common in all the preandine 

 region between Lago Nahuel-huapi and Carren-leofu." (Speg.) 



4. RUBUS Linn. Blackberry. 



Shrubs, mostly prickly, with lobed or pinnate leaves, and adnate stip- 

 ules. Calyx not bracted, deeply 5-partite, its tube broad. Fruit usually 

 consisting of numerous drupelets on an elongated receptacle. 



Species 200, N. Temperate; also represented in the Cape, Australia 

 and New Zealand; but very rare in S. Amer., or Fuegia. 



R. GEOIDES Smith. 



Creeping, with trifid or ternate leaves, having a large, ovate terminal 

 lobe, serrate, the lateral lobes small, or wanting, or joined to the terminal. 



