EXOGENS. 109 



L6QUAT, Japan Medlau. Lvs. simfjle, evergreen, 1° long ; fls. 

 large, white, in term, panicles ; pome 1-5-seeded, pear-shaped, yellow, 

 1' long, edible; fr. and fls. woolly. Tree 30°-40° high, handsome. 

 China, Japan. 7. Photinia. Evergreen shrubs or trees ; lvs. large ; 

 fls. as in Eriobdtrya ; pome baccate, succulent ; carpels thin or vanish- 

 ing. P. serruldta, Japan. P. arbutifblia, Cal. 8. Cotoneaster. 

 Small trees, or trailing shrubs ; lvs. simple ; fls. white, cymose or 

 solitary ; haw scarlet, or black, with 2-5 pyrenes. C. vulgaris, 3°-5° 

 high; lvs. small, haws red. Sunny alps, Eur., Siberia. C. buxifolia, 

 C. rotundlfolia, evergreen trailers; haws scarlet; mts. , Hindostan. 

 Many other flne Asiatic species. 9. Crataegus (Greek name). Thorn. 

 Trees, shrubs ; branches usually thorny ; lvs. simple, lobed or serrate ; 

 fls. white, pink, red ; corymbose, cymose, or solitary ; haw scarlet, 

 crimson, yellow, black ; pyrenes 5-2—1. C. Oxyacantha, Hawthorn, 

 May. 15''-20° high ; lvs. 3-5-lobed ; fls. corymbose, white, pink, 

 scarlet, appearing in May ; haws red, yellow, black, or white, accord- 

 ing to variety. Eur., N. Af., W. Asia. C. apiifblia, 8°-12° high; 

 lvs. deeply 5-7-fld ; fls. white or rose, corymbose ; haws coral-red. Va. 

 to Fla. and La. C. cordata, Washington H. 15°-20° high ; lvs. 

 cordate, often 3-5-cleft; fls. white, haws red. Va., Ky., S. C. oesti- 

 vdlis, Apple H. 20''-30° high ; lvs. spatulate ; fls. white, 3-5 in a 

 corymb ; haws large, red, edible. S. 0. to Fla. and La. C C'rus-gdlli, 

 CocKSPUR H. 10°-20° high, branched ; lvs. oblanceolate ; shining, 

 deep green ; fls. white, large, many in corymb, fragrant ; haws small, 

 dull red. Thickets, Can., IJ. S. C. Pyracdntha, Burning Bush, 

 BuissoN-ARDBNT. 4°-6° high ; lvs. ovate-lanceolate, evergreen ; fls. 

 white, many in corymb, small ; haws scarlet. S. Eur. Many other 

 fine Am. and foreign species. All the genera of this tribe are easily 

 propagated by cuttings. C. Oxyncdntha, var. praecox, the CtLASTON- 

 BURY Thorn (which flowers at Christmas), is descended, says the 

 legend, from the hawthorn stafl" which Joseph of Arimathea brought 

 from Palestine to England after Our Lord's crucifixion, and which he 

 planted where now stand the ruins of the grand old Abhey of Glaston- 

 bury, Eng. (on a slip of land which was once the Isle of Avalon). 



Qrd. 100. Leguminosae. Pod-bbarbrs. — Els. irreg. or reg., §, 

 sometimes diclinous. Corolla perig. or hypog., reg. and valv., or irreg. 

 and imb. ; rarely 0. Sta- double the no. of petals, or oo. Ova. usually 

 1-oarpelled ; fr. a pod (cod, legume) or loment, dehisc. or indehisc. ; 

 many- or few-seeded, dry or fleshy ; or 1-seeded, drupe-like. Perisperm 

 usually 0. Threes, Shrubs, Herbs, cosmop., abundant in tropics. Ex- 

 tensive and beautiful Order, third in usefulness (see Grasses, Palms, 

 Koses). 420 gen., 6500 spec. 3 Sub-Orders ; only prominent types 

 given : 



Sub-Ord. 1. Papilionacese. Peas. — Trees, shrubs, herbs. Lvs. 

 stip., simple or compound; sometimes and replaced by stipules, or 

 wings edging the stem. Pis. g , rarely (j^ g 9 ! i^^fl- ^^-i '" "■ raceme, 

 spike, hd., or umbel, rarely solitary; papilionaceous, petals 5, some- 

 times 4-3-2-1. Sta. JO or less by abortion; mon- or diadelphous, or 

 free. Ova. solitarv, usually pluri-ovuled ; ov. campyl. Pod or loment. 

 Rad bent. 11 Tribes : 



Tribe 1. Unarmed trees. Lvs. imparipinnate or simple. Pis. ^ , 

 raoemed; petals unequal, 5-3-1, or 0. Ova. 1-celled, stipjtate. Pod 

 1-celled, few- or 1-seeded, 2-valved. Perisperm 0. 1. Aldina. Large 



