PYRUS 207 



PYRUS, Linn. Gen. n. 550 ^Tournefort, Inst. t. 404). 



P. torminalis, Ehrh. Beitr. vi. 92 (1791). Wild Service Tree, Sori. 



Crataegus tormin<ilis, Linn. Sp. PI. 476. Sorbus torminalis, Crantz, Stirp. 

 Austr. eel. i, ii. 45, and Gerard. 



Top. Bot. 158. Syme, E. B. iii. 241, t. 481. Nyman, 242. Fl. Oxf. 114. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Woods. Very local and rare. Tree. April-May. 

 First record. Bagley, Mr. Baxter in Walker's Fl. Oxfordshire, 133, 1833. 



2. Ock. In Bagley Wood, nearly opposite the village of Kennington, 



1824, Baxt. Phaen. Bot. iii, 1835, and in Walk. Fl. (now lost, 

 I am afraid). 



3. Pang. In Beech Wood and in the row by Thistle field — a curious 



fruit, Louslexj in Russell's Cat. Sulham Wood, Tufnail. 



0. Loddon. Not unfrequent in Beech woods, Park Place. Rofee 



Hill Wood, Stanto)i. 

 Pyrus torminalis occurs in all the bordering counties except E. 

 (jrloucestershire, where its occurrence is doubtful. 



P. Aria, Ehrh. Beitr. iv. 20 :^i789). White Beam Tree. 



Crataegus Aria, Linn. Sp. PI. 475. Aria Theophrasti, Gerard, 1146. 

 Sorbus Aria, Crantz, 1. c. 46. 



Top. Bot. 159. Syme, E. B. iii. 243, t. 482. Nyman, 242. Fl. Oxf. 113. 



Native. Sylvestral. Woods, hedges, &c. Absent from a large area of 

 the northern part of the county and from the heaths of the south- 

 west, but common on the Chalk in the central and south-eastern 

 parts of the county. Tree. May-June. 



First record. Near Maidenhead Thicket, Mr. J. Woods in Winch 3ISS., 

 1810. Published us Pyrus Aria by Mr. Baxter in Walk. Fl. 137, 1833. 



1. Isis. Idstone. 



2. Ock. Tulonej, Walker. Bagley Wood. Near Eadley. Wittenham. 



Blewbury. Lockinge. Uflfington. Letcombe. 



3. Pang. Streatley, Baxter, 1. c. Unwell Wood, Boswell. In Park 



Coppice rather plentiful. In Beech Wood and other woods, 

 Lousley, in Russell's Cat. Langley. Westbrook and elsewhere, 

 W. M. Rogers. Tilehurst, Tufnail. Basildon. Pangbourn. 

 Compton. Ashampstead. Yattendon. Bradfield. Bucklebury. 

 Sulham, &c. 



4. Kennet. Between Beedon and East Ilsley, W. M. Rogers. 



Mortimer, sparingly, Tvfnail. Lambourn. West Ilsley. Cat- 

 more. Chilton Foliat. Inkpen. Hungerford. Enborne. 

 Greenham. Kiever Wood, &c. 



5. Loddon. Woods between Maidenhead Thicket and Great Mario w, 



Woods, see New Bot. Guide. Very abundant in the neighbourhood 

 of Marlow, Bisham Wood, MiU. Common about Park Place, 



