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ROSACEA 



twigs; leaves glabrescent, simple, 6 — lo-lobed, cordate, serrate; 

 lobes triangular ; flowers many, small, white, in compound corym- 

 bose cymes ; fruit small, green, spotted with brown, 2-chambered, 

 2-seeded; core brittle. —Woods and hedges in the south of 

 England; uncommon. The mottled fruit is sold under the name 

 of Chequers. — Fl. April, May. Perennial. 



2. P. y^r/f^ (White Beam). —A shrub or small tree; leaves 

 large, egg-shaped, irregularly lobed and serrate, snowy-white-felted 

 beneath, with 5 — 14 veins on each side ; flowers and fruit much 



PYRUS TORMiNALis (JVild Scnnce Tree). 



as in the preceding ; but the latter dotted with red. — Chalky banks 

 and limestone rocks. — Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



F. rupicola includes those forms with fewer veins and smaller 

 fruit. 



3. P. Idtifolia (Round-leaved White Beam), differing chiefly 

 in its leaves^ which are rounded at the base, more lobed and 

 greyish beneath, and its brown//-//;//, occurs rarely in woods in the 

 west. 



4. P. m'mima (Least White Beam). — A small, spreading, much- 

 branched, slender shrub ; leaves linear-oblong, pinnately 3—4- 

 lobed, ashy-felted beneath ; floivers small, creamy white ; fruit 



