XXVI. ROSA‘CEE: PY RUS. 427 
the base; and, as appears from Mill. Ic., t. 269., with the styles twice as 
long as the stamens, and the fruit subglobose, yellowish, and austere. (Dec. 
Prod.) A native of Siberia; introduced in 1758. 
According to Mr. Knight, some of the finest varieties raised by him are from 
cultivated apples fecundated with the blossoms of this tree. The progeny, 
he found, formed more hardy trees than any other kinds, and produced earlier 
and more highly flavoured fruit. 
¥ 15. P. (AL) Baccarra LZ. The berry-like-fruited Apple Tree, or 
Siberian Crab, 
Identification, Lin. Mant., 75.; Amm, Ruth., t. 31.; Pall. FL Ross., t.10.; Dev. Prod., 2. p. 635. 
Don's Mill., 2 p. 646. 
sy nonyme. Malus baccata Desf. Arb. 2. p. 141. 
Engravings. Amm. Ruth., t. 31.; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 10.3; the plate in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vi.; 
and our fig. 776. 
776. (P, M.) baccita. 
Spec. Char., §c. Disks of leaves ovate, acute, equally serrated, glabrous, the 
length of the petiole. Flowers grouped. Sepals deciduous. (Dec. Prod.) 
A native of Siberia and Dahuria, and only differing from the preceding sort, 
of which it is, doubtless, a subvariety, in not having a persistent calyx. 
¥ 16. P.(M.) vior’ca W. The dicecious-sered Apple Tree. 
Identification. Willd. Arb., 263.; Spec. 5., p.1018.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.635.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 646. 
Synonymes. P. apétaia Miinch. Haus. 5. p. 247., on the authority of Willdenow ; D/dlus dioica 
Audib, Cat. 
Engraving. Our fig. 2088. in p. 1106. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval, serrated, tomentose beneath. Flowers, in many 
instances, solitary. Sexes dicecious, by defect. Calyx tomentose. Petals 
linear, the length of the sepals. Styles glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) Not differ- 
ing in external appearance from a crab or apple tree. Horticultural Society’s 
Garden. 
41%. P. (M1) astraca’nica Dec. The Astrachan Apple Tree. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635.; Don’s Mill. 2., p. 646, 
Synonymes, Malus astracanica Dum. Cours, ed. 2. 5. p. 426.; Transparent de Moscovie; Glace de 
Zélande; the transparent Crab of English nurseries. 3 
Engraving. Our fig. 2089 in p. 1106. 
Spec. Char, Sc. Leaves oval-oblong, acute, partially doubly serrated ; pale 
