Tap. 8226. 
PYRUS srvensis. 
Manchuria and Korea. 
RosacEaAE. Tribe PoMEAE. 
Pyrus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 626; Focke in Engl. 
& Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. vol. iii. part 3, p. 22 (Péirus). 
Pyrus sinensis, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc, Lond. vol. vi. (1826), p. 896; Bot. 
Reg. t. 1248; C. Schneider, Handb. Laubholzk, vol. i. p. 668; P. communi, 
Linn., accedens, sed foliis fere sempervirentibus setoso-serratis distincta. 
Arbor 10 m. vel ultra alta, ramis novellis glabris vel fugaciter pilosulis saturate 
brunneis vel purpurascentibus demum nigro-fuscis; gemmae glabrae, 
ovoideae, perulis acutis. Molia ovata, pleruamque e basi lata acuminata, 
dense setoso-serrata, 5-9 em. longa, em. lata, subcoriacea, diu persis- 
tentia, novella ochraceo-araneoso-lanata, mox glabrata; petioli 2-6 em. 
longi; stipulae subulatae, ciliatae. Flores in brachycladiis foliatis 4-9 in 
corymbos dispositi; pedicelli glabri vel magis minusve lanati, ad 4 cm. 
longi. Calyx extus uti receptaculum glaber vel lanato-pilosus, intus 
semper lanatus; sepala lanceolato-triangularia, denticulata, acuta. Petala 
alba, obovata vel ovata. -Antherae purpureae. Fructus in planta silvestri 
globosus, calyce subpersistente diu coronatus, olivaceus, crebre lenticellatus, 
2°5 em. diametro, sapore adstringente, in planta culta major, interdum 
obovoideus, sapore grato.—P. communis, Thunb. Fl. Japon. 207, non L. 
P. chinensis, Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814), p. 388 (nomen tantum); Fl. Ind., 
ed. Carey (1832), vol. ii. p. 511. P. ussuriensis, Maxim. ex Maack in Bull. 
Acad. Petersb. vol. xv. (1857), no. 22, p. 132, et Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 102, 
P. Simonii, Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1872, p. 28, tig. 3; P. Sieboldii, Carr. 1.c. 
1880, p. 110, cum tab. col. 
This pear has been in cultivation in Northern China and 
Japan for a considerable time, and according to Siebold 
several varieties have been raised from it in Japan. It was 
introduced into this country by Captain J. P. Wilson in 
1820. A fruit produced from a graft in 1823 was described 
by Lindley as measuring nearly 3 in. in length and 23 in. 
in diameter, forming almost a perfect oval, covered with a 
pale dull yellow skin with numerous rough brown spots, 
and possessing a white crisp flesh with the flavour of an 
apple rather than of a pear, and of no particular excellence. 
A very savoury and aromatic variety was sent by Mr. Simon 
to the Jardin des Plantes at Paris in 1861. It was described 
as P. Simonii by Carriére. Dr. Bretschneider remarks that 
Simon’s pear is very likely the pai-li (white pear) of the 
November, 1908, 
