Order I. 
ICOSA^DRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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7057 Flowers sessile, Leaves ovate acuminate simply serrate. Petioles without glands 
7058 Flowers sessile. Leaves ovate acuminate doubly serrate. Petioles with glands 
7059 Leaves, orbicular alternate. Flowers in loose racemes 
7060 Leaves wedge-shaped hoary beneath. Stamens smooth. Flowers in large panicles 
DI-PENTA G YNIJ. 
7061 Unarmed, Leaves lanceolate downy beneath, Flowers sessile solitary 
7062 Leaves cuneate oblong woolly beneath. Petals roundish or oval. Stamens smooth. Fruit obi. ovate 
7063 Spiny, Leaves cordate ovate cut angular smooth. Petioles and cal. glandular, Styles 5 
7064 Spiny, Leaves cordate ovate cut angular smooth, Pet. and cal. without glands, Styles 5 
7065 Spiny or not, Lvs. ovate ellipt. cut serrate somewhat plaited and hairy, Cal. villous, Sep. lin. -lane. Styles 3 
7066 Spiny, Leaves ellipt. unequally serr. smooth. Pet. and cal. glandular, Berries round with 5 seeds 
7067 Spiny, Lvs. ov. wedge-shaped ang. smooth shining, Pet. stip. and cal. glandular, Berries oval with 5 seeds 
7068 Sp ny, Lvs. obov. cuneiform angul. smooth shining. Pet. stip. and cal. glandular. Berries turbin. 4-seeded 
7069 Sphiy, Leaves cuneiform ovate cut serrate. Sepals lane, cut the length of pet. Styles 5 
7070 Spiny or not, Leaves obovate cuneiform smooth serrated, Cal. villous, Sepals subulate entire 
7071 Spiny, Leaves obovate cuneiform subsessile shining coriaceous. Sepals lane, serrate. Styles 2 
7072 Spiny, Leaves lane, ovate crenate, Cal. of fruit obtuse 
7073 Spiny, Leaves fascicled small very much narrowed downwards subspatulate trifid, Cal. downy 
7074 Spiny, Leaves deltoid cut-lobed. Tube of calyx oblong with serrated sepals 
-7075 Leaves obtuse subtrifid serrated smooth, Pedunc. and cal. nearly smooth. Sepals lane, acute 
7076 Leaves obtuse 3-lobed serrated smooth, Pedunc. and calyx covered with wool 
7077 Spiny, Leaves 5-cleft cut wedge-shaped, Lower lobes divaricating. Stipules half cordate 
7078 Leaves obtuse subtrifid toothed pubescent. Sepals ovate 
7079 Leaves pinnatifid hairy on both sides, Segments serrate. Flowers with bractes 
7080 Leaves pinnatifid downy on both sides. Segments trifid 
7081 Leaves ovate trifid serrated : at the axilla of the veins beneath hairy, Pedunc. and cal. pubesc. Styles 5 
7082 Leaves cordate ovate cut-lobed serrated. Lower lobes divaricating. Flowers corymbose 
7083 Leaves lobed sinuate serrated : at the base truncate cuneate beneath villous. Calyxes villous. Styles 5 
7084 Unarmed, Lvs. obovate obi. acute crenate toothed downy beneath, Rachis glandular above, Cal. downy 
7085 Unarmed, Leaves obovate obi. acuminate serrated smooth beneath, Rachis glandular above, Cal. smooth 
wild medlar, or on any other species of the same genus : often on the common thorn. The other species bears 
fruit similar to M. germanica, but more dry. 
1132. Crattegus. From -yi^a-Tog, force, on account of the extreme hardness of the wood of the original 
Crataegus, which appears to be what is now called Pyrus aria, the beam-tree. This is a very ornamental 
genus of small hardy trees, valuable for the neatness of their foliage, the earliness of their flowers in spring, 
and the rich colors of their berries in autumn. 
C. oxyacantha, ay^a-j^a,, sharp-spine, is the best hedge plant in Europe, and also furnishes some highly 
ornamental varieties, especially the double-blossomed and scarlet-blossomed. 
The fruit of C. odoratissima is very agreeable. That of the Azarole {al %'aro'tir Arabic, according to 
Castel and John de Souza) is much esteemed in the South of Europe. In this country it rarely arrives at 
perfection. 
1133. Pyrus. From the Celtic peren, the Anglo-Saxons made pere, the English, pear, the French, poire, and 
the Latins, pyrus, or for the fruit, pyrurn. From the Celtic word api, which also signified a fruit resembling 
an apple, the Greeks obtained ccTtm, the English, apple, the Germans, apfel. To this day the French dis- 
tinguish a tribe of small fruited apples by the name api. 
P. malus, Pomme, Fr., Apfel, Ger., and Porno, Ital., is the most popular of British fruits. None can be 
brought to so high a degree of perfection with so little trouble ; and of no other are there so many excellent 
varieties in general cultivation, calculated for almost every soil, situation, and climate, which our islands 
affbrd. Very good apples are grown in the Highlands and Orkneys, and even in the Shetland isles, {Caled. 
Hart. Mem. vol. ii.) as well as in Devonshire and Cornwall ; some sorts are ripe in the beginning of July, and 
others, which ripen later, will keep till June. Unlike other fruits, those which ripen latest are the best. 
The tree attains a great age, is in general very prolific, and the timber is valuable for the turner, millwright 
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and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
