. Flowers of the field. Botany. i6o twigs; leaves glabrescent, simple, 6 — lo-lobed, cordate, serrate; lobes triangular; flowers many, small, white, in compound corym- bose cymes ; fruit small, green, spotted jvith brown, 2-chambered, 2-seeded; core brittle.—Woods and hedges in the south of England; uncommon. The mottled fruit is sold under the name of Chequers.—Fl. April, May. Perennial, 2. P. ,'jf;7't; (White Beam).—A shrub or small tree; leaves large, egg-shaped, irregularly lobed and serrate, snowy-white-felted beneath, with 5 —14 veins on each ^\Aq ; flowers and fruit much. VVKL'
. Flowers of the field. Botany. i6o twigs; leaves glabrescent, simple, 6 — lo-lobed, cordate, serrate; lobes triangular; flowers many, small, white, in compound corym- bose cymes ; fruit small, green, spotted jvith brown, 2-chambered, 2-seeded; core brittle.—Woods and hedges in the south of England; uncommon. The mottled fruit is sold under the name of Chequers.—Fl. April, May. Perennial, 2. P. ,'jf;7't; (White Beam).—A shrub or small tree; leaves large, egg-shaped, irregularly lobed and serrate, snowy-white-felted beneath, with 5 —14 veins on each ^\Aq ; flowers and fruit much. VVKL'i {U'ihf S'.-'T'ice Trcc). as in the preceding ; but the latter dotted, with red. - Chalky banks and limestone rocks. —Fl. May, June. Perennial. P. rupieola includes those forms with fewer veins and smaller fruit. 3. /'. Idfifolia (Round-leaved ^Vhite. Beam), differing chiefly in its leaves, which are rounded at the base, more lobed and greyish beneath, and its brown//'////, occurs rarely in woods in the west. 4. P. i/iinima (f^east White Beam).—A small, spreaduig, much- branched, slender shrub ; leaves linear-oblong, pinnately 3 — 4- lobed, ashy-felted beneath ; Jloicers small, creamy white ; fn/it. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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