Tas, 8265. 
PYRUS Rineo. 
Japan. 
RosacEaE, Tribe PoMEAgE. 
Pyrus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 626. 
Ringo, Wenzig in Linnaea, vol. xxxviii. p. 37; affinis P. spectabili, 
Ait., sed foliis maturis ipsis subtus tomentosis latioribus grossius serratis, 
receptaculo calyceque extra tomentosis, petalis minus rubicundis, fructu 
basi plerumque depresso distincta. 
Arbor parva ramulis junioribus magis minusve tomentosis mox glabratis 
nigro-brunneis. Folia elliptico-ovata, basi rotundata vel brevissime 
cuneata, subacuta vel subacuminata, argute crenato-serrata, 6-10 cm. 
longa, 3-6 cm. lata, matura firmula, supra juniora parce pilosa, mox 
glabrata, subtus ipsa matura magis minusve tomentosa; petioli 1-2 cm. 
longi, demum glabri; stipulae foliaceae, lanceolatae. Corymbi sessiles, 
2-6-flori ; bracteae subulatae, lanatae; pedicelli 2-5-3 cm. longi, lanato- 
villosi, demum glabrati. Receptaculwm sub anthesi magis minusve villo- 
sum deinde glabrescens. Calycis laciniae lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, 
6-7 mm. longae, utrinque villosulae. Petala late elliptica, breviter ungui- 
culata, alba, in alabastro et extra rubicunda. Séyli basi villosi. Fructus 
ovoidei, ad 3 cm. longi, ad 2°5 cm. diametri, flavidi, calyce persistente 
coronati.—Malus Ringo, Siebold, Catal. Rais. 1856, p. 5; Koehne, Deutsche 
Dendrol. p. 260; Schneider, Handb. Laubholzk. vol. i. p. 716.—O. Starr. 
The name Ringo first appeared in Siebold’s “ Catalogue 
raisonné” of 1856, which records a considerable number of 
new introductions from Japan. Though we employ here 
for this Japanese Crab the name that accords with the 
treatment of the Pomeae adopted in the “Genera Plantarum,” 
it is to be noted that Siebold in the first instance referred 
the Ringo to Malus, and there is much to be said in favour 
of treating the group of forms to which this term is 
applied as a distinct genus; this treatment is accorded to 
Malus in the recent authoritative works of Koehne and 
Schneider. The latter dendrologist records the examination 
by him of specimens from a tree in the Jardin Plantieéres 
the introduction of which is said to be traceable to Siebold, 
and the conclusion to which he has been led is that the 
Ringo represents a cross between P. spectabilis and some 
form of the common apple. 
Juny, 1909. 
