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HE flower is placed in a cup divided into five fegments ; and is compofed sof five Jay 
i The fruit ‘is roundith, flefhy, and contains feveral oblong feeds, 
Linnzeus places this among the icofandyia pentagynia; the filaments bein 
roundifh petals. 
ferted in the cup, and the flyles five: 
The Crab. 
Malus fylvefris vulgaris. 
The fhrub is tough, and {preads into many 
and covered with 
branches, which are knotty, 
a purplifh rind, 
ge, 
& Numerous and jn- 
The leaves are broad, fhort, pointed, and of 
a deep green, 
The flowers are large and fleth-coloured 
buds very red. 
It is common in hedges, 
C. Bauhine calls it AZe/ys Sylveftris. 
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g Re flower is placed in a cup, divided into five fegments, and is.com 
The fruit is oblong, flefhy, and has within feveral oblong feeds. 
Linnzeus places this with the former, 
The wild Pear-Tree, 
Lyrus fylveftris. 
The tree is tall ahd {preading. 
The bark is rough and brown, 
The leaves are broad, oblong, and of a pale 
green, 
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poled of five large petals, 
The flowers are large and white, 
The fruit is yellow, and harfh to the tafte, 
We have it in hedges in the north of Eng- 
land. 
C. Bauhine calls it Pyrus fylveftris. 
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Gee flower is placed in-a cup, divided into five light fegments, and is com 
petals. The fruit is foft, toundifh, and umbilicated 3 and the feeds are th 
Linnzus places this among the icofandria pentagynia. 
1. The True Service, 
Sorbus legitima, 
The tree grows to a confiderable fize, and 
fpreads out into many branches, 
The leaves are beautifully difpofed, and are 
pinnated, oblong, fharp- pointed, and of a fine 
green. 
The flowers ftand in clufters 3 and are {mall 
and white. 
The fruit is large, oblong, pear-thaped, and 
brown, 2 
pofed of ‘five broad 
ree, 
We have it in woods in Staffordhhire: 
C. Bauhine calls it Sorbus fativa. 
The fruit when mellow is very pleafant. 
We have two other {pecies, 
1. The common Service, Sordys Lorminalis. The 
leaves broad, and deeply divided; and the 
fruit fmall, 
2. The Quicken-tree, Sersys Llovefiris foliis dom- 
neflice fimilis, The leaves like thofe of the 
afh, and the fruit red, 
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