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26. ROSACE^;. 
• 'ill. Rttbtjs. CaZ. concave or flattish, 5-j»arfcd Pet. 5. Stam. 
many. Styles nearly terminal. Carp, many, sttcctdent 
(drupes), placed upon a hemispherical or conical spongy 
receptacle. Seed pendulous. 
*• Attachment of the seed distant from that of the style^ radicle 
inferior. A\ets with long awnlike styles. 
■J 12. Dbyas. CaJ.S—10-cMt,inonerow. Pet. 8— 9. Stam. 
many. Fr. of many small nuts, tipped with the persistent 
hairy styles which are not Jointed. Receptacle flat, dry. 
Seed ascending. 
'; il3. Geum. Cal. 10-cleft, in 2 roxcs, the outer parts smaller. 
Pet. 5. Stam. many. Fr. of many small nuts, tipped with 
the persistent joMifecZ styles hooked at the joining. Recep- 
tacle elongated, dry. Seed ascending. 
Tr. rV. ROSID^. Fruit formed of many small dry nuts in- 
closed in the fleshy tube of the calyx. 
14. Rosa. Cal. urceolate, contracted at the mouth, ultimately 
' fleshy, 5-fid. Pet. 5. Stam. many, inserted with the petals 
on the rim of the tube of the calyx. 
Suborder ID. POIME^. 
Calyx-tube thick and fleshy, in fruit cohering to the carpels 
and forming a 1 — 5-celled pome. 
1.5. Cbat.<egus. Calyx-segments 5, acute. Pet. 5. Styles 
1 — .5. Fr. oval or round, concealing the upper end of the 
1 — 5 bony 1 — 2-seeded carpels. 
16. Cotoneasteb. Calyx-segments 5. Pet. 5. Styles 2 — 5. 
Fr. turbinate, its nuts adhering to the sides of the calyx but 
not cohering at the centre. — Stam. erect, as long as the teeth 
of the calyx. 
•» 17. Mespilus. Calyx-segments 5, leaflilce. Pet. 5. Styles 
1 , 2 — 5. Fr. turbinate with the upper md of the bony carpels 
exposed ; disk dilated, almost as broad as the fruit. 
' 18. Pybus. Cal. 5-toothed. Pet. 5. Styles 2—5. Fr. 
fleshy with 5 cartilaginom or tnetnbranotts distinct 2-seeded 
cells. Testa cartilaginous. . 
Suborder 1. Amt/gdalece. 
1. Pru'ntts Linn. 
' Young leaves convolute. 
1. P. communis (Iluds.) ; . ped. solitary or in poii-a, 1. elliptic 
