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44041 to 44056— Continued. 



44046. Pykus hetekoimiyi.i,a Ii<',m"l ainl Scliiimlli. 



A small tree, ultimately L'O to 'M feet liiKli. native <ir Kasteni Turkestan, 

 with exceediugly variable leuves ot! two extreme tyi)es. eitlier oval au<l 

 2 to 3* inches long, or cut back to the midrib into three to seven narrow 

 lobes, which are three-quarters of an inch to 2 inches ltin;j;. The -white 

 tlowers. three-quarters to an inch wide, are produced in small clusters, 

 and the fruit is like an urduuiry small pear. ( Adai)ted from llcaii. Trrrn 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British IsIck. vol. .i. mi. .iH.'i-2S.').) 



44047. Pyrus korshinskyi IJtv. 



A tree native of Bokhara, Turkestan. 20 feet or more in lie'.uhi. or 

 sometimes a shrub, with coriaceous lance-shaped oi- ovate-oblong, coarsely 

 crenate leaves about 3 inches long, anil nearly gh)ltose stout-stalked fruits 

 almost an inch in diameter, crowned l>y a persistent calyx. (Adapted 

 from BiiUeii. Sttnidiird Ci/cloixdia of lloriiciiltiirc. rol. .',. ji. .^sns.) 



44048. X rYias mai.ii-oi.ia Si)acb. 



A hybrid of luiknown iiarentage. originally grown in I'aris in 1834, 

 where it formed a tree more than 3(» feet high witb a rounded bushy 

 hea<l. The leaves tire oval oi- i-oundish, about 3 inches wide, occurring 

 in few-tlowered coryml)s. The dee])-yel]ow fruit is turbinate and about 

 2 inches long and wide. (Ada]»ted from licaii. 'I'rci'x niid Slinihfi Hardy 

 ill the ]iriti>ih J.sle.s. rol i. />/>. .iH()-2Sl'.) 



44049. X Pykis MicnAtxii Rose. 



A small tree, proliaidy native of the Levant, and said to i»e a liylirid 

 between I'ljnis ininfi/ddlifoniiis and /'. iiiiyilis. It iuis entire oval or 

 oval-oI)long, shining leaves ujt to :; inches long, wiiite Ibiwers in very 

 sh(U-t corymbs, and glol)tdar or turl):nate greenish yellow fruits. 

 (Adapted from Beau, Treen aitd shrubs Hardy in the Hritinh Inles, rol. 

 ■2, p. 288.) 



44050. X I'YUTs OH1.0XG110IJA Spach. 



A small tree, occasioually 20 feet or moiv high, said to lie a hviirid 

 lietween J'yrii-s iniiytjdaliforiiiis and /'. iiiralis, and common in Provence. 

 France. The leaves are oval or oblong, and. the fruits, whicii are yellow- 

 ish, tinged with re<l on tiie sunnx' side, are about H inclies in diameter. 

 In I'rovence it is known as the (Jros Pen ussier, i Ailajited from Bean. 

 Trees and Kliiiihs Hardy in the liritlsli IsJes. rol. .i. ji. .H-i. under /'. 

 aniyf/daliforiii is ohionyifolia. ) 



44051. I'viHS ussTRiExsis ovoiDEA*Kehder. 



A Chinese tree of pyramidal hai)it, 3t) to ."iO feet high, witli oval-oblong 

 sharply .serrate leaves, 3 to -"i inclies long; white tlowers 'n live to seven 

 tlowered racemes: yellow, juicy, somewhat astringent, exactly egg-shaped 

 fruits, uji to If inches long. In autumn the foliage turns a bright scar- 

 let, and the tlowers appear a week ahead of the other species of [lears. 

 (Adapted from Rehder, Proeeedinys of the Aiiicrieun .\eadeiiiy of Artx 

 and Seienees, rol. .50. pp. 228-229. and from Bailey. Standard Cyrlojiedia 

 of Horiienltiire. rol. 5. p. 28r,!).) 



44052. I'vitrs fash i a P>iicli.-Ham. 



A usually spiny tree from western China and tiie lliniahiyas. with 

 leaves when young tliree lobed and doulily serrate, becoming glabrous 

 witli age. 'I'iie llowers. an incii \\!de. are mostly in woolly corymbose 



