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culeiit, drupaceous, placed upon a hemispherical or conical 
spongij receptacle. Seed pendulous. 
Tr. IV. ROSuHyE. Fr. formed of uuinerous small dry nuts 
iuelosed in the fleshy tube of the calyx. 
Id. Rosa. Cal. urceolate, contracted at the mouth, ultimately 
fleshy, 5-fid. Pet. 5. Stain, numerous, inserted with the 
jietals on the rim of the tube of the calyx. 
Tr. V. POMEjE. Fruit a 1 — 5-cellcd ])ome. 
15. Crat.«gus. Calyx-segments 5, acute. Pet. 5. Styles 
1 — 5. F'r. oval or round concealmg the upper end of the 
1 — 5 bony 1 — 2-secdcd carpels. 
16. CoTONEASTER. Calyx-segments 5. Pet. 5. Styles 2 — 5. 
Fr. turbinate, its nuts adhering to the sides of the caly.x but 
not cohering at the centre. — Stam. erect, as long as the teeth 
of the calyx. 
17- Mespilus. Calyx-segments 5, leaflike. Pet. 5. St}'les 
2 — 5. F>. turbinate with the upper end of the bony carpels 
exposed ; chsk dilated, almost as broad as the fruit. 
18. Pyrus. Cal. 5-toothed. Pet. 5. Styles 2 — 5. Fr. 
fleshy with 5 cartilaginous distinct 2-seeded cells. Testa 
cartilaginous. 
Tribe I. Atmjgdalea. 
1. PrUNUS XfHK. 
1. P. spinosa (L.) ; peduncles mostly soWtnvy glabrous, 1. ellip- 
tical glabrous, branches spinous, fr. globose. — E. B. 842. St. 
3. 2. — L. sometimes slightly downy near the lower part of the 
midrib beneath, generally appearing after the fl. but sometimes 
at the same time with them when it is the /3. coatanea (Wimm.), 
P. fruticans Weihel Young branches downy. — Hedges and 
thickets. Sh. IV. V. Black Thorn. Sloe. 
2.1 P. insititia (L.) ; peduncles usually 2 together downy, 1. 
elliptical or ovate-lanceolate downy beneath, branches slightly 
spinous, fr. globose. — E. jB. 841. — L. usually very downy beneath 
and slightly so above, particularly when young, usually appear- 
ing at the same time with the flowers. Young branches downy. 
— Hedges and thiekets. Sh. IV. V. Wild Bullace. 
3. ? P. domestica (L.) ; peduncles usually 2 together glabrous, 
1. ovate-lanceolate hairy about the midrib beneath, branches 
without spines, “ fr. oblong.” — E. B. 1783. — L. downy when 
voimg, afterwai-ds glabrous except the lower half of the midrib 
