POMACES. X. Pyrus. 



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nated; flowers panicled ; fruit pear-shaped, Tj . H, Native 

 of Europe, in mountainous parts. In England in the moun-; 

 tainoLis parts of Cornwall ; also in the moorlands of Stafford- 

 shire. P. Sorbus, Gaertn. fruct, 2. p. 45. t. 87. S6rbus do- 

 raestlca, Lin. spec. 684. Crantz. stirp, fasc. 2. p. 48. t. 2. f. 3. 

 Jacq. fl. aust. t. 447. Flowers about the size of those of the 

 hawthorn^ cream-coloured. Styles usually 5. The true service- 

 free is of slow growth, and, according to Kroker, does not come 

 into bearing before it is 60 years old. The fruit is obovate, 

 about an inch in length, reddish spotted, extremely austere, 

 causing a most painful and durable irritation in the throat if 

 tasted in an unripe state ; but when mellowed by frost or keep- nate ; leaves oblong, obtuse, tomentose beneath, as well as the 



Var. y, serothia (Lindl. 1. c.) leaves shining, velvety beneatli ; 

 fruit late, party-coloured. Tj . H. 



Arbutus-leaved Pyrus. Fl. May, Clt. 1700. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



50 P. floribu'nda (Lindl. hort. trans. 7. p. 2^0.) branches 

 cinereous, reclinate ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, on long 

 petioles, tomentose beneath, as well as the calyxes ; fruit sphe- 

 rical ; corymbs many-flowered, longer than the leaves. ^ . H. 

 Native of North America? Lindl. bot. reg. 1006, Flowers 

 white. Fruit black, 



Bundle-Jlowered Pyrus, FL May, June. Shrub. 



51 P. depre'ssa (Lindl. 1. c. p. 230.) stems humble, recli- 



mg, It becomes brown, soft, and eatable, resembling a medlar, 

 though to most people less agreeable. It is common in Italy, 



calyxes ; fruit pear-shaped ; corymbs length of the leaves. ^ . 

 H. Native of North America. Flowers white. Fruit dark 



and ripens at Genoa in September, where it is esteemed good in purple. 



dysentery and fluxes. The wood, which is very hard, is held 



Depressed Pyrus. Fl. May. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



in repute for making mathematical rulers and excisemen's gang- 52 P. melanoca'rpa (Willd. enum, p. 525.) stem humble, 



erect, glabrous ; leaves oblong, acute, shining, serrated, gla- 



mg sticks. In Italy they have many varieties obtained from 

 seeds; but those generally known in this country are only three ; 

 the pear-shaped, the apple-shaped, and berry-shaped. The tree 



brous beneath, as well as the calyxes and peduncles ; fruit round- 

 ish-turbinate. T2 . H. Native of North America, from Canada 



IS recommended by Forsyth and Abercrombie to be grown as a to Virginia, and on the mountains of Carolina. P. arbutifolia 

 standard at 20 or 30 feet distance, and to be pruned and other- /3, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1013, Aronia arbutifolia, Pers. ench. 2. 



p. 39. Corymbs more crowded than those of the last species, 

 and the pomes are black. Flowers white. 



ffise treated like the apple and pear. It may also be grafted in 

 the same manner on the same kind of stocks, or it may be pro- 

 pagated by seeds, cuttings, or layers, but the first mode is pre- 

 ferable. It is late in the autumn before the fruit can be 

 gathered; after it is collected wipe it dry, and lay it on dry 

 straw, spread on the open shelves of the fruit room, and in 

 about a month it will become mellow and fit for use. 



Var, ft, subpubescens (Lindl. hort. trans. 7. p. 232.) leaves 

 when young tomentose beneath, but glabrous in the adult state. 



Black-fruited Pyrus. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1700. Sh. 2 ft. 



5S P, pu'bens (Lindl. hort. trans. 7. p. 232.) stem erect ; 

 branches pubescent ; leaves oblong or obovate, abruptly acumi- 



Domestic or True Service-tree. Fl. May. Britain. Tree nated, smooth ; fruit spherical, and are, as well as the calyxes. 



20 to 60 feet. 

 47 P, LANUGINOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 637.) leaves pinnate; 



quite glabrous ; corymbs loose, many-flowered ; fruit with a gla- 

 brous disk, ^. H. Native of North America. Flowers wiiite. 



leaflets serrated, clothed w^ith cottony down beneath, as well as Fruit round, large, dark purple. Both this and the following 

 ^ne petioles and buds; pomes globose. T2 • H. Native of Hun- 

 S^i'y^ Sorbus lanuginosa, Kit. in litt* Flowers whitish. 

 - fVoolly Service-tree. Fl. May. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



48 P. spu'ria (D. C. prod. 2. p. 637.) leaves pinnate, of 3 

 pairs of leaflets, hairy beneath ; leaflets ovate, crenated, termi- 

 nal one the largest ; rachis glanduliferous above. Tj . H. Na- 

 ^e country unknown. Pyrus bybrida, Moench. weiss. t. 6 

 J^illd. spec. 2. p. 1022. Sorbus spuria, Pers. ench. 2. p. 39. 

 Jlespilus sorbif61ia, Poir. suppl. 4. p. 72. Flowers white. 

 ^fiiit red. This tree is perhaps a hybrid between P. aucu- 

 P<^ria and P. arhutifoUa. Styles 5. Probably referrible to the 

 ^<>llo\ving section. 



have the robust foliage and habit of P. chamaemespilus. 



Downy Pyrus. Clt. 1810. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



54 P. GRANDiFOLiA (Lindl. 1. c.) stem erect, and is, as well as 

 the branches, smoothish ; leaves oblong or obovate, acute, gla- 

 brous ; fruit spherical, and are, as well as the calyxes, glabrous; 

 corymbs few-flowered, coarctate ; fruit with a villous disk. ^ . 



%now5 Service-tree'. Fl. May. Clt. 1800. Tree 20 to 30 ft. 



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Sect. VII. Adenorha'chis (from ahv, a^en, a gland, and 

 f^X^i, rachis, the spine of the back ; in reference to the rachis of 

 F'e leaves bearing glands). D. C. prod. 2. p. 637. Petals spread- 

 "j?. unguiculate, with the limbs concave. Styles 2-5. Pome 

 8'obose. Leaves simple, bearing glands along the rachis on the 



"^Pper side. Flowers corymbose! ° Peduncles branched. 

 . ^9 P. ARBUTIFOLIA (Lin. fil. suppl. 256.) leaves obovate-ob- 

 °"g. acute, crenate-serrate, downy beneath, as well as the 

 cs ; corv - - - - 



far-shaped, 

 '-anada 



J5s.ench. 2. p. 39. CratseVus serratus, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 292. 

 Mesn.ln. ..u..f:.>.. .. ^ ... Smith, arb. t. 86. Mes- 



ex H. Native of North America. Lindl. bot. reg. 1154. Flowers 



white. Fruit dark purple. 



Great-leaved Pyrus. Clt. 1810. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



Sect. VIII. Cham/Eme'spilus {chamce m botany usually sig- 

 nifies false, 3ud Mespilusy the medlar; false medlar). D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 637. Petals erect, connivent, concave. Styles 2. 

 Pome ovate. Leaves simple, glandless. Flowers disposed in 



capitate corymbs. 



55 P. cHAMiEME'spiLUs (Lindl. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 98.) 

 leaves ovate, serrated, glabrous. ^ . H. Native of Europe, in 

 mountainous parts. Cratae^gus chamaemespilus, Jacq. aust. t. 

 231. hort. vind. 243. Mespilus chamaemespilus, Lin. spec. 685. 

 Sorbus chamaemespilus, Crantz aust. 83. t. 1. f. 3. Leaves 

 clothed with deciduous down when young. Flowers reddish. 



■&» «»ture, crenate-serrate, downy oeneam, a^ wen a^* uic 

 ^»yxes ; corymbs few-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; fruit 

 '^^' ,_:, Tj.H. Native of North America, throughout 

 from Lake Huron to the Saskatchawan, Newfoundland, 



Fruit round, red. 



Bastard-Medlar or Quince. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1683. 



Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



•f Species not sufficiently knorvn. 

 56 P. ? ALNiFOLiA (Lindl. 1. c.) glabrous : leaves roundish, 



Cratse^guspyrif61ia,Lam.dict.l.p. 83. Ar6nia pyrif61ia, toothed at the apex, feather-nerved, rather glaucous b^ 



jespilus arbutifolia, Lin. spec. 685. 

 292 ^'!'''^*^^1>^ ^ erythrocdrpa, Mi 



^ Mill. fig. t. 109/ Flowers white. 



re ^ 



'^> brown. 



Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 



Pome red. 

 /3, tn7er?nerfia fLindL hort. trans. 7. p. 229.) 



^ot. a. 



^.H. 



raceme simple, elongated. Tj . H. Native of North America, 

 at Fort Mandan. Pome black, sugary. 



Alder-leaved Pyrus. Shrub. 



57 P. TOMENTosA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 657.) leaves^ oval-lan- 

 ceolate, rather crenulated, on short petioles, clothed with white 

 tomentum beneath, as well as the branchlets, and with cinereous 

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