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lobed; the middle lobe 3-lobed; the side lobes, in many instances, 2- 
lobed; the secondary lobes serrated. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree. A 
native of Mount Lebanon; growing to. the height of 20 ft.; said to have 
been introduced in 1810; but of which we have not seen a plant. 
§ vi. Sdérbus Dec. 
Sect. Char., §c. Petals spreading, flat. Styles 2—5. Pome globose, or top- 
shaped. Leaves impari-pinnate, or pinnately cut. Flowers in branched 
corymbs. (Dec. Prod.)—Trees growing to the height of from 20 ft. to 40 ft. 
or upwards. Natives of Europe, North America, and the Himalayas. For 
the most part very hardy, and of easy culture in common soil. 
¥ 27. P. auricuta‘ta Dec. The auricled Service Tree. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 636. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 648. 
Synonyme. Sérbus auriculata Pers, Syn. 2. p. 39. 
ngraving. Ourfig. .inp. .« 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves of 3 pairs of leaflets, and an odd one, hirsute be- 
neath ; 2—4 of the lowest leaflets distinct, the rest connate with the odd 
one into an ovate one, which is crenate. Corymb compact. (Dec. Prod.) 
A deciduous tree. Eaypt. Height 20 ft. to 30ft. Introduced in 1800. 
Flowers white ; May. Fruit ?. 
We have not seen this plant, which is, perhaps, only a variety of P. pin- 
natifida, 
¥ 28, P. pinnati‘FiDa Ehrh, The pinnatifid-leaved Service Tree. 
Identification. Ehrh. Beitr., Gp. 93.; Smith in Eng. Bot., t. 2331. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 636. 
Synonymes. S6rbus hybrida Lin. Dec. 6.; ‘Pyrus h¥brida Smith Fl. Brit., not of Willd.; the 
Bastard Service Tree. : 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2331.5 the plate in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vi.; and our jig. 789. 
789. P. pinnatifida. 
Spec. Char. &c. Leaves pinnately cloven, or cut, or almost pinnate at the 
base. The petiole on the under side, and the peduncles, hoarily tomentose. 
Pome globose, scarlet. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree. Gothland, Thu- 
ringia, and Britain, on mountainous woody places. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. 
Flowers white; May and June. Fruit red ; ripe in September. 
Varietics, 
* P. p, 2 lonuginosa has the leaves more. woolly than those of the specics. 
