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The llawtliorn among the llijjlilaiulers is the badge of the Ogilviea. 

 lu the well-kuowii lines of Miltou — 



" And every shejjlierd tells his tale 

 Under the Hawthorn in the dale," 

 great have been the disputes as to what the shepherd is supposed to tell ; whether 

 it be the tails of his sheep or his tali: of love, is still a matter undecided. 



There are several varieties of Hawthorn, some having fine bright scarlet berries, 

 others fruit of golden yellow. 



GENUS AVL—'P Y R U S. (Linn.), Lindley. 



Calyx-tube urccolatc, adhering to the ovary, lamina free, 

 divided into 5 short lobes or teeth. Petals 5, inserted in the throat 

 of the calyx, sub-orbicular. Stamens numerous, inserted with the 

 petals. Ovary inferior, 5-celled, rarely 2- or 3-celled, each cell 

 containing 2 collateral ascending ovules. Styles 5, distinct or 

 cohering at the base, sometimes only 2 or 3. Fruit ovoid, roundish, 

 or turbinate, crowned by the withering calyx-segments, closed at 

 the apex, where there is a very small concavity, fleshy, containing 

 5, more rarely 1 to 4, cartilaginous or parchment-like cells, cohering 

 together and forming a core, each cell containing 2 seeds or (by 

 abortion) only 1. 



Trees or shrubs, with simple or pinnate leaves, and white or 

 rose-coloured flowers in spreading, terminal, simple or compound 

 corymbose cymes. Bracts subulate, deciduous. 



The name of this genus is derived from the Celtic word ■peren, a pear. 



Sub-Genus I.— SORBUS. Linn. 



Fruit small or rather small, sub-globular or turbinate-sub- 

 globular, containing 2 to 5 cells ; cells formed of thin brit'tle 

 membrane, 1-seeded by abortion. Flowers mostly in compound 

 corymbose cymes, cream-white. Petals spreading. Styles 2 to 5, 

 distinct or united below. 



SPECIES I.— PYRUS TORMINALIS. Ehrh. 



Plate CCCCLXXXI. 



Sorbus torminalis, Cranlz. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 2G3. Frif.i, 



Sum. Veg. Scand. p. 42. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. VoL I. p. 574. 

 Crataegus torminalis, Linn. Sm. Eng. Bot. No. 298. 



Leaves broadly ovate, downy when young, glabrous on both 

 sides when mature, truncate rounded or sub-cordate at the base, 



