562 345. Pyms. 57. POMACES. PI. ex. cah 



Fam. XXII. 57. POMACES. Rosacearum Sectio, 



Jussieu. 

 Calyx adherent, persistent; limb 5-cut; petals 5, on the 

 calyx ; stamens indefinite, about 20, on the calyx below the 

 petals ; ovary simple, adherent to the ovary ; ovules ascend- 

 ing, in the inner angle of the cells ; styles many ; J'ruit 

 a pome, umbilicated, crowned, many-celled ; perisperm 0, 

 or very thin, fleshy ; corculum straight ; radicle below. — 

 Stem woody, arborescent ; leaves alternate, simple or pin-, 

 nate ; flowers complete, hermaphrodite. 



Pome 5-celled ; cells cartilaginous, 

 2-seeded ; seed ascending Pyrus. 345. 



Pome 5-celled ; cells cartilaginous, 

 2-seeded ; seed peritropal CRATiEGUS. 346. 



Pome 5-celled ; cells bony, 

 2-seeded; seed ascending Mespilus. 347^ 



I. 345. PYRUS. Pliny. Pear. 



Calyx 5-cut ; petals 5-cut ; styles 5 ; pome spherical, 

 5-celled ; cells cartilaginous, 2-seeded ; seed ascending. 



a. Malus. Leaves ovate, simple; stipides linear; corolla 

 reddish; styles johied at bottom; pome globular; umbi- 

 licated at top and bottom. 



1 . Pyrus sylvestris. Wild pear. 



Leaves ovate, acute, serrated, bald ; umhell simple, sessile ; 

 corolla-claws shorter than the limb of the calyx. 



Malus sylvestris, Rati Syn. 452, 2; Ger.em. 1461, 1 ; Park. 150'i. 



Pyrus Malus, Lin. S. P. 686. 



Malus comuiunis, De CandoUe Fl. Gall. 3618. 



Crab-tree. Wilding. 



Woods and hedges ; arborescent; May. 



Leaves when young downy beneath ; stipules linear ; 7im- 

 lells terminal ; fruit acid, acerb, the size of a chestnut ; 

 styles bald. — Wood hard, takes a good polish ; bark dyes 

 yellow, juice of the fruit called verjuice, very acerb, 

 astringent, repellent, and useful in sprains. 



^. sativa. Leaves villous underneath ; fruit more or less 



sweet; >s/7//c' villous. 



Malus sativa, Ilaii Syn. 451, 1 ; Ger. em. 1459. 

 Pvriii:, .M;il<;y, /S' to '(, Lin.S. P. 686. 

 jipple-tree<, 



Ci-iltivatcd in numerous variations; arborescent; May. 



