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young velvety above, but in the adult state glabrous. Branches ovate, furnished with bristly teeth. China, 1872. A vigorous 
thick. A. 20ft. to 30ft. Europe. Tree. (B. R. -) This is tree, with upright branches. (R. H. 1872, 28, Fig. 3.) ; 
simply a form of P. nivalis, with somewhat broader leaves. P. sinensis (Chinese). Sandy Pear; Snow Pear. fl. white. 
April. A tree differing from the 
we 3 me 9.: 
i T ; — 
_ P.sambucifolia (Elder-leaved). fi. larger than in P. americana; 
+- a cymes smaller. June. ae larger, when young ovoid, at length 
globose. J. oblong-oval or lanceolate-ovate, mostly obtuse or 
abruptly short-pointed, serrate —— doubly), with more spread- 
ing teeth, often pale beneath. Excepting in the above characters, 
this species resembles V. americana, of which it is perhaps a 
variety. Tree. 
ve P. Sieboldii (Siebold’s), of Carrière. fr. regularly top-shaped ; 
stalk long, inserted in a shallow basin; eye a gd de- 
skin russet-brown, with pale ts; flesh white, 
pressed ; 
apan, 1880. Tree. (R. H. 
Juicy, with a very peculiar flavour. 
, p. 110.) 
P. Sieboldii (Siebold’s), of Regel. A synonym of P. Toringo. 
P. Simonii (Simon’s). 7. numerous, in compact corymbs. Spring. 
Jr. yellow, somewhat spherical, 2in. in di 
iameter. l. cordate- 
Fig. 340. FLOWERING BRANCHES AND DETACHED FLOWER 
OF PYRUS MAULEL . eee? 
lucid, and almost evergreen leaves; 
insipid, apple - 
all the varieties of the European 
Pear” (Lindley). Very con- 
icuous in spring, reason 
of the glossy, bronzy-red tints of 
the young leaves. China, 1820. 
(B. R. 1248; G. C. n. s., iv. 457.) 
bilis * 
a — large, eter ike posite x o 
a 
buds of a deeper hue ; umbels ses- 
sile, many-flowered ; petals ovate, 
unguiculate ; styles woolly at base. 
April and May. l. oval-oblong, 
serrated, glabrous, as well as the 
calyx tube. A. 20ft. to 30ft. China, 
1780. Tree. (B. M. 267.) 
P., s. Kaido (Kaido). /. before 
expansion dull vinous-red ; the 
interior when ded blush- 
white, and the exterior blush at 
the edges, ipa centre gendi 
very a 5 ij 
—— to te edible after be- 
g bletted. Japan, 1874. 
P. Toringo,* Toringo Crab. fi. 
white or faintly rosy. May. ~ 
— long-stalked. /. simpl 
or lobed, often almost compo 
and much resembling those 
some of the Crategus on the — barren shoots. Japan, 
Tree or shrub. See Fig. 341. (R. H. 1881, 296, under name 
of Malus microcarpa Toringo.) SYN. P. Sieboldii (of Regel). 
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Fig. 341. FRUITING BRANCH AND DETACHED FRUIT OF PYRUS 
TORINGO. 
. T. Ringo o). A free-flowering, ornamental bush or small 
— — — three or four-celled fruits. Leaves generally 
more incised than in the type. (R. H. 1881, 297, under name of 
Malus microcarpa Ringo.) 
