ICOSANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. Pyrus. 453 
PY’RUS. Cal. 5-cleft : petals 5: pomum beneath : 
5-celled, many-seeded. 
P. Leaves serrated, smooth: flowers forming a corymbus. commu’nis. 
Blackw. 453-Matth. 251-Lob."abs. 590. 2~Ger. em. 1457= 
Park. 1500. 1 and 2-Dod, 800-Ger. em. paeo-Grer. 
1267 to 1270=Lowic. i. 11~Trag. 1045. 
. Bloss. white. —Pear Tree. Woods and hedges, T. Apr. May.* 
P, Leaves serrated: flowers in a simple umbel. Ma'lus. 
Fl. dan. 1101~E. bot. 179~Blackw. 178-Cer. 1276, 1, 2. 3» 
~Ger, 1272. 4—Ger. em. 1461—Park. 1503. 2. 
aves ae ae than those of the preceding specics. 
Peta tinged with red on the outside. 
Crab Tree. W; ilding. Woods and hedges. T. May.t 
Var. 2. cultivated —Blackw. 141-Mill. ill.-Ger. 1273 to 
1274-F. B. i. a. 1-Lob. obs. 590. 1-Ger. em. 1459. 1- 
Park.1503. 1-—Dod. 789-Ger. em. 1459, 2—Lonic. 1. 10.1. 
* It loves a sof soil and slopes ground ; but will not thrive well 
= moist bottoms. It stands the severest winters, and does not destro 
he grass. i 
ferior to wine. orses, cows, sheep, and goats a Bis ves, which afs 
urishment to Papilio ae oad Phal 2 Popa Lh a 
guercifelia, gate cerulocephala, brumata, “Powenetta 3 Apbis Pyri; 
Chermes Pyri @ Pyri; Musca Pyrastri, Linn 
t+ It Deaitice ae on Ueclivities and in shady ese aie sme in _ 
exposures or boggy lands, Grass and even corn will ig pox 
n : ; . peace 
because its roots are neither killed by frost nor eaten By fla wee The 
clean, and when made into cogs for wheels obtains a polish, and wears a 
long time. The acid juice of the fruit is called by the wea people 
erjuice, and is much used in recent sprain in other cases, as an 
astringent or repellent. With a proper addition of sugar, it is probable 
that a very grateful liquor might be made vate repr juice, but little infe- 
ock. aay S eat it; swine are very 
fond of the meee Linn. Phalena dispar, vay " Faseiline , Chryserrhaea, 
P. “siy Oporana, ee Pomonella, Monacha; Aphis Mila; Sea i a Hora 
ticola feed upon 
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