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PYRUS* spuria. 



Hybrid Sorb. 



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ICOSANDRIA DI.PENTAGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Pomaces. 



PYRUS. — Suprd, vol. 6, foL 514. ^ 



§ Sorbus ; folia pinnata v. pinnatifida. 

 P. spuria ; foliis pinnatis 3-jugis subtils hirsutis, foliolis ovatis crenatis : 



terminali majore, rachi supern^ glandulifersl. Dec. prodr. 1. 637. 

 P. hybrida. " Mcench weissents. 90. t 6." Willd. arb. 269. Sp. pi. 2. 



1022: not of Smith. 

 Sorbus spuria. Pers. ench. 2. 39. 

 Mespilus sorbifolia. Poir. suppL 4. p. 72; but not Pyrus so 



Watson's DendroL foL 53. ' 



bifolia of 



Arbor parvus^ deciduus. Folia formd 



lifidaj laciniis 

 foliolis oblongis. Co- 



rymbi terminales, multiflori. Pedicelli calycesjwe tomentosi. Petala Pyri 

 arbutifolii. 



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This handsome hardy shrub is but little known, and is 

 rarely seen in Gardens. Its native country is doubtful ; 

 and it has been supposed to be the hybrid offspring of the 

 Mountain Ash and the Arbutus-leaved Pear of North 

 America. It is sometimes called Pyrus sorbifolia ; but is 

 by no means the plant figured by Mr. Watson under that 

 name, which appears to be nothing more than Pyrus pin- 

 natifida. 



It flowers in June and July, and is succeeded by a 

 very small quantity of berries. It will grow in any cold. 



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name 



the Pear-tree. Sorb is said by the same etymologist to be an alteration oi 

 the Celtic word sor, which signifies austere. 



