ROSE FAMILY 



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many ; carpels 2 — 5, adherent at their backs to the calyx-tube, but 

 not coherent ; fruit a 2 — 5 -chambered pome with a bony core. 

 (Name Classical.) 



1. C. integerrimus. — A small pubescent shrub, with roundish 

 leaves ; minute rose-pink flowers, few together ; and small, 



pyrus germAnica {Common Medlar). 



pendulous, globose, shining red fruits. — Occurs on limestone 

 rock at Great Orme's Head, Carnarvonshire. — Fl. May, June. 

 Perennial. 



Ord. XXVII. Saxifrages. — The Saxifrage Family 

 Shrubs and herbs abounding in temperate and cold climates, 

 but within the tropics confined to lofty mountains. They have 



