50 ROSACEZ. (ROSE FAMILY.) 
order few and coherent with each other and adherent to the calyx forming a 2-several 
celled inferior ovary. 
Nearly all the cultivated fruits of the temperate zones belong to this order. 
Sus-orDER 1. AMYGDALEZ. 
Carpels solitary, or rarely 5, becoming drupes, entirely free from the calyx, this or its 
fobes deciduous. Trees or shrubs with bark and seeds tasting and smelling like those 
of the peach or cherry. Stipules few, deciduous, 
Flowers perfect; carpel solitary......... ee eae ee a eee Prunus, 1 
Flowers not all perfect; carpels 5.2.2.0... cece cee cece eee eee eee eee Wuttallia, 2 
Sus-orpER 2. ROSACEA Proper. 
Carpels free from the persistent calyx becoming alkenes, follicles or berries. 
§ 1. Carpels few, becoming follicles; calyx open. 
Shrubs; follicles 2 to 8; flowers minute, in panicles............-seceees eens Spirea. 3 
Shrubs; follicles 1 to 5; flowers larger, in corymbs........... Sais eees somes Neilliaa 4 
§2. Carpels several or numerous, on a spongy receptacle, forming a compound 
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§ 3. Carpels one or many, becoming dry akenes, 
Shrubs; solitary, axillary apetalous flowers.........-....00+++0005 ..Cercocarpus, 6 
Herbs; carpels many, on a fleshy receptacle........-.---2-+eeeeececeers Fragaria, 7 
Herbs; carpels many, on a dry receptacle— 
ba mmens) LOMO LD secrenacesrarectibeh chet avd carcensiebve @iavareiaiouare) acavayavs forevacsys ...Potentilla. 8 
Stamens! 20's. sesacitorseccrstaeceraioentamare alan ata oars Sasieisnsretes Horkelia, 9 
Shrub: heath-like, with subulate fascicled leaves........... sransnveus -Adenostoma. 10 
§ 4. Lrect shrubs; showy flowers.......seeeeens weahaioneds LshioupiegevikamnsseeOSas LE 
Suzn-orpver 3. POMBE. 
Carpels 2 to 5, inclosed in and mostly adnate to the fleshy calyx-tube, in fruit becoming 
a berry-like pome. Trees or shrubs, with free stipules. 
Stamens 10, in pairs; fruit red.......... Lielesatae Gimlebe esis is te eixisingie eee Heteromeles, 12 
Stamens 20; fruit black............. SRigdae es sakes eiihisieisrees Amelanchier, 13 
1. PRUNUS, Tourn. Pioum, Cuerry, Erc. 
Calyx 5-cleft, deciduous. Petals 5, spreading. Stamens 15 to 25, inserted with the 
