98 26. ROSACEA. 



of 6 — 10 smaU nuts placed on a dry receptacle. Seed 

 ascending. 



8. PoTENTiLLA. Cal. concaTfe, 8 — lO-parted, in 2 series, 5 

 exterior parts smaller. Pet. 4 — 5. Stam. many. Style 

 lateral or nearly terminal. Fr. of many smaU nuts placed 

 upon a flatfish dry receptacle. , Seed pendulous or ascending. 



9. CoMABtTM. Cal., cor., stam., and pistils as in PatmtiUa. 

 Receptacle ultimately large, spongy, persistent. Style lateral 

 near tlie top of tKe nut. Seed pendulous. 



10. Feagaria. Cal., cor., stam., and pistHs as in Potentilla. 

 Receptacle large, stccculent, pulpy, deciduous. Style lateral 

 near the base of tlie nut. Seed ascending. 



11. RuBus. Cal. concave or flattislt, 5-parted. Pet. 5. 

 Stam. many. Styles nearly terminal. Car2i. many, suc'eu- 

 lent (drupes), placed upon a hemispherical or c&nicUV^ongy 

 receptacle. Seed pendulous. 



* * Attachment -of the seed- distant from thoit of the' style, radicle 

 inferior:. Nuts with long awnlike styles. 



12. Drtas. Cal. 18 — 10-cleft, in one row. Pet. 8 — 9. . Stam. 

 many. Fr. of many smaU nuts, tipped witli tie .persistent 

 haiiy styles, wUch, are not jointed. Eeceptade flat, dry. 

 Seed ascending. 



I.3. Getjm. Cal. 10-cleft, in 2 rowsj the outer parts smaller. 

 Pet 5. Stam. many. Fr..of many small nuts, tipped with 

 the persistant jointed .styles hooked at the joining. Recep- 

 tacle elongated, diy. Seed ascending. 



Tr. IV. ROSIJD^. Fruit formed of many small dry nuts en- 

 closed in 'the fleshy tube of the calyx. 



14. Rosa. Cal. uf ceolate, contracted at the mouth, uMwiately 

 fleshy, 5-fid. Pet. 5. ' Stam. many, inserted with the 'petal's 

 on the rim of the tube of -the calyx. 



Suborder ni. POME^. 



Calyx-tube thick and fleshy, in fruit adhering to the cai'pels 

 and forming a 1 — 5-celled pome. 



15. Cii^T.^G'tis. Calyx-segments 5, acute. Pet. 5. Styles 

 1 — 5. Fr. oval or rouni eom '' " - . . 



1 — 5 bony 1 — ^2-seeded'c(irpe&. 



1 — 5. Fr. oval or roun^^ concealing the tipper end of -the 



