> Pans 7975; 
PYRUS NIEDZWETZKYANA, 
Native of Central Asia. 
Nat. Ord. Rosacra,—Tribe Pourz. 
Genus Pyrus, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 626.) 
Prrus Niedzwetzkyana; arbor parva (specimen in horto Kewensi cultum jam 
12-14 ped. altum), ramulis floriferis rigidis rectis crassiusculis cortice 
glabro atro-purpureo, foliis longe graciliterque petiolatis in ramis 
fructiferis subcoriaceis rigidis glabrescentibus demum_ rubescentibus 
lanceolatis oblanceolatis vel oblongis absque petiolo 3-5 poll. longis 
crenato-serrulatis sepius breviter acuminatis subtus pallidioribus secus 
costam sepe etiam puberulis, petiolo usque ad 2 poll. longo venisque 
nitido-roseis puberulis, floribus roseo-purpureis 13-12 poll. diametro 
numerosissimis in ramis lateralibus brevissimis fasciculatis, pedunculis 
gracilibus 6-9 lin. longis, calycis albo-lanati lobis lanceolatis acutis 
demum recurvis 23-3 lin. longis, petalis obovatis circiter 9 lin. longis, 
staminibus stylos glabros excedentibus, fructu pendulo conoideo 132-2 
poll. longo extus sanguineo-purpureo intus per totam carnem roseo- 
purpureo, 
Pyrus Niedzwetzkyana, Hemsl. 
Malus Medwietzkyana, Dieck. Neuheiten Offerte des Nat. Arb. Zischen, 1891, 
p- 16. Gard. Chron. 1891, vol. i. p. 461. Wiener Illustr. Gartenz, 1891, 
p. 164. stipe 
Malus Niedzwetzkyana, Dieck, diar. cit. 1892, p. 18. Koehne, Dendrologie, 
1893, p. 259. : 
Pyrus malus, Durand & Jackson, Index Kewensis Suppl. i. p. 262. 
This remarkably distinct apple is an instance in which 
it seems better, for practical purposes, to avoid the 
theoretical species, and publish it under the single name 
it goes by in cultivation. It might be argued that it is 
only a variety of Pyrus Malus, Linn., but we do not 
propose discussing that. question here. It certainly is a 
most striking object, whether in flower or in fruit. 
As to the spelling of the distinctive name, we have 
adopted the one used by the author in his second account 
of the plant, where, however, he gives no explanation of 
the deviation from the first. In each case he states 
that he names it after his patron, who collected it 
wild in the Ili District, South-west Siberia. Mr. Dieck 
further states that this apple is widely spread in Western 
and Central Asia, both in a wild state and cultivated, and 
he believes it.is the'same as a common wild apple of the 
SrerremMBer Ist, 1904. 
