Empalement. Cup one leaf, bell-shaped, five-cleft, pointed, coloured, and remaining.

Blossom. Five petals, roundish, upright and spreading, attached to the cup.

Chives. Threads numerous, hair-like, shorter than the cup, and fixed to it. Tips nearly oblong.

Pointal. Seed-bud beneath. Shaft simple, the length of the chives. Summit a knob.

Seed vessel. A large and nearly round apple, crowned by the cup, five-celled, the partitions skinny.

Seeds numerous, angulated, and juicy. Receptacle fleshy, and dividing each cell of the seed-vessel into two.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Punica foliis lanceolatis, caule arboreo.

Pomegranate with lance-shaped leaves, and tree-like stem.

DIFFERENCE IN VAR.