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ClieriT. iCei'ams vulgaris.) 



Almond. 

 (Amygdalus communis.) 



Almond, Open flower (mag.). 



Apricot. 

 {ArmeniaciX vulgaris.) 



Almond. 

 Open fruit, showing the stone. 



Stem woody, yielding gum, brandies sometimes spinescent. Leaves simple, 

 entire or toothed, glandular ; stipules free, caducous. Mowers 5 , axillary, solitary 

 or geminate, or in a raceme, corymb, or umbel. Calyx deciduous. Petals 5. Stamens 

 numerous. Carpel solitary, very rarely several, ripening into a drupe ; [style sub- 

 terminal ; stigma capitellate ;] ovules 2, pendulous. Seed usually solitary by arrest,- 

 pendulous ; radicle superior. 



PEINCIPAL GENEEA. 



"Amygdalus. 

 ' Cerasus. 



•Persica. 

 Pygeum. 



•Pi'unus. 

 Nuttallia. 



* Armeniaca, 

 Prinsepia. 



[The two following tribes are omitted in the original; the first of which is 

 usually ranked as a distinct order. 







