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1. MAUYt<ANt) Sknna. Root i)oronnial ; steins 3" or 4" high ; leaflets 6 to 9 i)air9, lance-ol)long, i' 



or more, long, used for iiiedieine iiisteinl of the imported soma. Kich soil. ('. MarHdinlica, 



2. I'autiiiikjkPka S. Annual, low, spreading ; leaflets 10 to 15 pairs, linear-ublong, V long ; Howera 



largo and showy ; anthers 10, six of them purph". Sandy fields. C, Chditucrrisla. 



3. Senhitive S. Flowers small, short-stalked ; anthers only 5 : otherwise like thelast. C. iiictitans. 



33. ROSE FAMILY. Order ROSACE.E. 



A liiVLjt! and most iiaportunt I'aniily of jduiits, disiiiiiLfuislicd l>y liivving alti-rnate leaves 

 Mitli stipules, and regular Ihnvers : tiu-ii" generally 5 pctaU (soiuctiiiu'.s wanting) and .sta- 

 mens (generally nnnieious, at least 

 ^.t/\ above 10) inserti'd on the jiersistcnt 



calyx. The seeds are iew and tlieir 

 \\ liole kernel is emhryo, as is seen in 

 an Almond (Fig. 36), Apple seed, or 

 Cherry-.seed (Fig. 3cS), &c. The 

 family Inrnishes S( me of our most 

 esteemed fruits : all the ])lants are 

 innocent, except tiie .strong-scented 

 foliage and hark, in thi; Almond sub- 

 laniilv. For fi'Mins illustrating this 

 fanulv, see those of C'heirv-blossoni 

 (Fig, 103), Hawthorn-blossom (Fig. 

 194), the IVuit of Apple and Quince, 

 (I'^ig. 200 and 201), IVach (Fig. 

 202), l\ose and Strawberry (Fig. 

 22C-222), and the annexed figures. 



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,V.o. Section of a Rose-bud. 



."^ill Aim rli'aii Ciab-Atiiilf. 



I. ALMOND SrnKA:\riLY. Pistil only i. free* from the c:»lyx, Lecoiniin,' a stone-fi nit. 'I'leesor 

 sliMilis witii simple leaves; the bruised bark and foliiige with a peculiar iironiatie scent, juid fhivour. 

 Tlie plants of this division are all ranked under two great '^vuvva {Aiiiiuidttlus mid I'nut us), hut 

 under several subgenera, here adopted for the convenience of the common names. 



Cidyx with a rsither deep cup. Petals rose or red-pnrple. 8tone of tiie finit roUi;h, 

 Flesh of the fruit becoming a dry husk, ^^'e Imve tiie dw;nf Flowcriii!,'-Almoiid in 



gardens, with double flowers. It does not form fruit liere, (Am(/;:iinlnK) *Ai,MOXD. 



Flesh pulpy : surface downy (or in Nkitahink smooth), (Pirsiai) *Pkach. 



Calyx with a short and broad cup. Petals white. Stone of the fruit smooth and 



Flattened, with grooved edges : skin of the fruit downy, (Ar»u'n}(tra) *APRIC0T. 



Flat or flattish, generally edged : fruit f inontli, with a bloom, (PruDiis) PlA'M, 



Roundish or globular : fruit smaller, smooth, without a liloom, (Cerasits) CnPiRitY. 



TI. RCSE St'HFAMTl.Y. Pistils few or many (rarely only one), sejiariite from each other and 

 free from the persistent calyx, but sometimes (as in the Rose, Fig. 3O0) enclosed and concealed ia 

 its tube. (Stipules generally united with the bottom of the leafstalk 011 each side. 



