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numerous and rather smaller than in the 

 Beam P. Styles usually 2, united to 

 above the middle. Berries ovoid or glo- 

 bular, small and brownish. 



In woods, in central and southern Eu- 

 rope to the Caucasus, scarcely extend- 

 ing into northern Germany. In Britain, 

 only in southern and central England. 

 Fl. spring. 



Fig. 331. 



5. Rowan Pyrus. Pyrus Aucuparia, Gsertrj. (Fig. 332.) 

 (Sorhus, Eng. Bot. t. 337. Boivan-tree or Mountain Ash.) 



A moderate-sized tree, distinguished 

 from all the foregoing by the regularly 

 pinnate leaves. Leaflets 11 to 19, in 

 pairs along the common stalk, with a 

 terminal one at some distance from the 

 last pair ; all narrow-oblong, toothed, 

 from 1 to near 2 inches long, glabrous 

 or nearly so above, more or less downy 

 underneath. Flowers white, rather small, 

 but very numerous, in showy corymbs 

 at the ends of short leafy branches. 

 Peduncles and calyx more or less downy. 

 Styles rather short, usually 3, almost 

 glabrous, and free from the base. Berries 

 numerous, small, globular, of a bright 

 red. 



In woods, throughout Europe and 

 Russian Asia, especially in mountainous 

 districts and at high latitudes, where it 

 shrinks into a stunted shrub. Generally distributed over Britain in a 

 wild state, besides being much planted. Fl. spring or early summer. 



Fig. 332. 



