ROSACEA. 147 



iv. N.S. 684 ; Jour. Bot. v. N.S. 225-29 ; 297-98. It is identified with 

 P. cordata, Desv., and given specific rank by Nyman, in his recently 

 j)iibHshed Consjjectus Florce Europceoi. 



From Dr. Boswell's description of it in Rep. Bot. Ex. Cluh, 1870, I 

 extract the following : " Leaves small, about an inch long, oval, acuminate, 

 rounded at the base, finely crenate- serrate, very slightly pubescent 

 beneath and on the margins when young, glabrous when mature. Flowers 

 small, about f inch across, in a cyme, of which the rachis is often so 

 elongated that it becomes somewhat racemose. Calyx densely and finely 

 Avoolly. Styles a little shorter than the stamens. Fruit f to ^ mch 

 long, roundish turbinate, abruptly narrowed into the long pedicel. " To 

 this I added the follo'W'ing in Jour. Bot. ix. 214, 15 : "JMore shrubby and 

 crab-like than most of the examples of the so-called Wild Pear that I 

 have seen about Plymouth. The lower branches are plentifully furnished 

 with spines. What is very remarkable is the late period at which it 

 flowers ; corresponding, as to this, not with our Pears generally, which 

 are in blossom quite a fortnight or three weeks before, but with the Apple 

 and Crab, or being a feAv days later than the last in unfolding its petals, 

 Avhich are often prettily tinged with pink on the outside. The elongation 

 of the cyme, mentioned by Dr. Boswell-Syme, seems a constant character, 

 as well as the densely woolly calyx." In the year 1875 a considerable 

 number of fruits were produced, and many members of the Bot. Ex. 

 Club were furnished with specimens. Late m that year I obtained some 

 seeds, from Avhich I raised three young plants, one of Avhich was planted 

 m the Arboretum at Kew, in the spring of 1879. 



283. P. Malus, L. 



a. acerha, D.C. Common Crah-apple. 



Native ; in woods, copses, and hedges. Common. Latter part of 

 April, May. 

 c. I. Between Trematon village and Elmgate. Hedges about Sheviock 

 and Crafthole. Hedge near Pillaton village. 

 II. Between Millbrook and JMaker Heights. St. Johns. Antony. 

 On a low cliflf by the Tamar, near Saltash ; by large flowers 

 and pubescent pedicels shghtly approaching mitis. Between 

 St. Mellion and Halton Quay. Between Callington and Cal- 

 stock. 

 D. III. Pennycross, St. Budeaux. Warleigh Wood, «fec. , Tamerton Foliot. 

 In a hedge-row on the western side of Roborough Dow]i, pro- 

 ducing fruit at about 570 feet. Biickland Monachorum. Beer 

 Ferrers. Between Morvvellham and the Weir Head. With 

 pure white flowers in a hedge bet^veen Blaxton and MaristoAv. 

 IV. Furze Hill Lane, Plymouth. Between Eflford Manor House and 

 Egg Buckland village. JMaidstone, Common Wood, and other 



