ROSE FAMILY I (J3 



76. MiiSPiLUS (Medlar). — A small spinous tree, with large 

 simple /(?(zzw ; solitary ///^-I'tv-j- ; sepa/s 5, large, leaiy, persistent; 

 frui!, a globose pome, with 5, i-seeded caiipels forming a bony 

 core exposed at the top. (Name of Classical Greek origin.) 



I. AI. girmdnica (Medlar). — A small, much-branched, spin- 

 ous tree, with large, simple leaves, \\\\\X.<i flowers, i Jr in. across, on 

 short stalks, and a remarkable globose friiit, with large, leafy, 

 persistent sepals and 5 bony i -seeded carpels exposed at the lop. 



PYRUS COMMUNIS {Wild Pcay). 



— Hedgerows; but probably not truly wild. Well known in a 

 cultivated state.— Fl. JMaj-, June. Perennial.^ 



17. CR.VT.tGus (Hawthorn). — Shrubs or small trees, often spin- 

 ous ; leaves simple, lobed ; stipules deciduous ; flowers in terminal 

 corymbose cymes ; sepals 5 ; petals 5 ; stamens many; carpels 

 1 — 5, enclosed in the caly.x-tube, each 2-ovuled ; fruit a pome with 

 a bony core. (Name from the Greek kratos, strength, alluding 

 to the hardness of its wood, which is the best substitute for box- 

 wood for engraving purposes.) 



