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ROSACE.E 



twigs; leaves glabrescent, simple, 6 — lo-lobed, cordate, serrate; 

 lobes triangular ; flowers many, small, white, in compound corym- 

 bose cymes ; fruit small, green, spotted jvith brown, 2-chambered, 

 2-seeded ; core brittle. —Woods and hedges in the south of 

 England; uncommon. The mottled fruit is sold under the name 

 of Chequers. — Fl. April, May. Perennial, 



2. P. ,'jf;7't; (White Beam). —A shrub or small tree; leaves 

 large, egg-shaped, irregularly lobed and serrate, snowy-white-felted 

 beneath, with 5 — 14 veins on each ^\Aq ; flowers and fruit much 



VVKL'i TOR.MINALIS {U'ihf S'.-'T'ice Trcc). 



as in the preceding ; but the latter dotted, with red. - Chalky banks 

 and limestone rocks. — Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



P. rupieola includes those forms with fewer veins and smaller 

 fruit. 



3. /'. Idfifolia (Round-leaved ^Vhite. Beam), differing chiefly 

 in its leaves, which are rounded at the base, more lobed and 

 greyish beneath, and its brown //'////, occurs rarely in woods in the 

 west. 



4. P. i/iinima (f^east White Beam). — A small, spreaduig, much- 

 branched, slender shrub ; leaves linear-oblong, pinnately 3 — 4- 

 lobed, ashy-felted beneath ; Jloicers small, creamy white ; fn/it 



