the POMEGRANATE TREE: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the icosandra class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 36th order, Pomaceae. The calyx is quinquefid inferior; there are five petals; the fruit is a multilocular and polyspermous apple.

Species. 1. The granatum, or common pomegranate, rises with a tree stem, branching numerously all the way from the bottom, growing 18 or 20 feet high; with spear-shaped, narrow opposite leaves; and the branches terminated by most beautiful large red flowers, succeeded by large roundish fruit as big as an orange, having a hard rind filled with soft pulp and numerous seeds. There is a variety with double flowers, remarkably