The BRITISH HERBAL. 
SERIES ir. 
Trees and ftirubs which have fruit after all the flowers. 
GENUS I. 
The APPLE. 
M A LU S. 
THE flower is placed in a cup divided into five fegments ; and is compofed of five laro 
roiindifh petals. The fruit is roundifh, flefhy, and contains feveral oblong feeds. 
Linnjcus places this among the icofandria fcntagynia ; the filaments being numerous and ii 
ferted in the cup, and the ftyles five; 
The Crab. 
Mtiluj fyhefirh vulgaris, 
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The fhrub is tough, and fpreads into many 
branches, which are knotty, and covered with 
a purplilh rind. 
The leaves are broad, (hort, pointed, and of 
a deep green. 
The flowers are large and fleili-coloured ; their 
buds very red. 
It is common in hedges. 
C. Bauhine calls it Maltis fyhejlris. 
GENUS II. 
PEAR. 
P r R US. 
rHE flower is placed in a cup, divided into five fegments, and is compofed of five large petals 
The fruit is oblong, flefhy, and has within feveral oblong feeds. 
Linnxus places this with the former. 
The wild Pear-Tree. 
Pyrus Jyhefiris. 
The tree is tall and fpreading. 
The bark is rough and brown. 
The leaves are broad, oblong, and of a pale 
The flowers are large and white. 
The fruit is yellow, and harfli to the tafle. 
Wc have it in hedges in the north of Eng- 
land. 
C. Bauhine calls it Pyrin fyheftris. 
GENUS III. 
SERVICE. 
S 0 R B U S. 
THE fiower is placed in a cup, divided into five light fegments, and is compofed of five broad 
petals. The fruit is foft, roundifli, and umbilicated ; and the feeds are three. 
IJnnxus places this among the icofandria yeHlagynia. 
I . The True Service. 
Ssrbus legitima. 
The tree grows to a confiderable fize, and 
fpreads out into many branches. 
The leaves are beautifully difpofed, and are 
pinnated, oblong, fharp-pointed, and of a fine 
green. 
The flowers fland in clufters j and are fm.ill 
find white. 
The fruit is large, oblong, pear-fliaped, and 
trown. 2 
We have it in woods in Stafibrdlhire; 
C. Bauhine calls it Sorbus fativa. 
The fruit when mellow is very pleafant, 
We h.ave two other fpecies. 
1. The common Service, Swfej /cn»OTafo. The 
leaves broad, and deeply divided ; and the 
fruit fmall. 
2. The Quicken-tree, Sorhis fykcpis foliis dm- 
nejtica /imilis. The leaves like thofe of the 
aOi, and the fruit red. 
GENUS 
