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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



betoiv the leiives, are solitary or in small clusters on the wood of the 

 branches, usually sprini,nng Ironi the axil of a last year's leaf or its 



Ci/(ionia vulgaris. 



Fig. 4G3. 

 Flower. 



Fig. 464. 

 Longitudinal section of flower. 



Fig. 465. 

 Longitudinal section of fruit. 



cicatrix. Before expansion they are enveloped in the imbricated 

 scales ol" a large bud. 



The Hawthorns' (Fr., Almern) are also very near the Pears ; they 



' Crata()u.s'l\, Iii.itil.,iy.i.i. — L., &'c»., 622. — 98. — Lindl., Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii. 105. — 

 .1., Oe»., 335.— LaMK., Dicf., i. 82; Suppl., i. DC, Prodr., Vu 626. — Endl., Gen., n. 6353. — 

 2'Jl ; III., t. 133.— Spacu, ISi'lt. a Buffon, ii. 15. H., Gen., 626, n. 64. 



