CHAP. XLII. ROSA‘CEH. PY‘RUS. 891 
of this species render it very desirable as an ornamental plant. Dr. 
Lindley, after describing it, says: “ Nature seems to have intended it to 
brave the utmost inclemency of climate; for, in its own country, in the 
earliest spring, the leaves, while still delicate and tender, are clothed with 
a thick white coating of wool; and the flowers themselves are so deeply 
immersed in an ample covering of the same material, as to bid defiance to even 
Tartarian cold. But, in proportion as the extent of thedistribution of the plant 
descends towards the plains, or as the season of warm weather advances, it 
throws off its fleecy coat, and at length becomes as naked, and as glittering 
with green, as the trees which have never had such rigour to endure. In 
England, it scarcely acquires any part of its natural woolliness, but is as 
naked as our common beam tree.” (Bot. Reg., t. 1655.) There are plants 
of this species in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, and in the 
arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges ; but their general appearance seems to us 
much more like that of an A‘ria than of a Pyrus. 
¥ 11. P. varitoLo‘sa Wall. The variable-/eaved Pear Tree. 
Identification. Wall. Cat. 680. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622. 
Synonyme. P. Pashia Ham. ex Herb. Lin. Soc, 
Engraving. Our plate in Vol. IT. 
Spec. Char.,§c. eaves ovate, acuminated, crenated, glabrous in the adult 
state, on long petioles; when young, clothed with yellowish tomentum 
beneath. Unmbels terminal. Pedicels and calyxes woolly. (Don’s Mill., ii. 
p. 622.) A tree, a native of Nepal and Kamaon; where it is said by Mr. 
Royle to grow to a great height. It produces its white flowers, slightly 
tinged with pink, in April and May ; and they are succeeded by pear-shaped 
fruit, which remain on the tree all the winter, and even till the flowers are 
produced the succeeding season ; and at last die off of the colour of a ripe 
medlar. It was introduced in 1825, or earlier; and a plant, in the Fulham 
Nursery, ripened fruit in 1832. According to Royle, the fruit is not edible 
until it becomes somewhat decayed. In the open air, in mild winters, this 
species is subevergreen ; and, against a wall, in the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden, it is completely so. It forms a very handsome tree, very hardy, 
and of tolerably rapid growth, which is well worth a place in every col- 
lection. 
App. i. Species of Pyrus belonging to the Section Pyréphorum, 
and not yet introduced. 
P. cunetfilia Gus. Pl. Rar., p. 202., Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622., is a native of Calabria, on hills; said to 
be allied to P. parvifldra Desf., and P. salicifodlia L. 
P. parviflora Desf. Cor., 78. t.58.; P. sylvéstris erética C. Bauh. Pin., p. 439., Don’s Mill., 2. 
p. 623, ; is a native of Candia, with red flowers ; and 1s said to grow from 20 ft. to 30 ft. high. 
P. Michaiizxii Bosc in Poir. Suppl., 4. p.432., Don’s Mill., 2. p. 623., is a native of North America, 
with globose fruit, growing to the height of 20 ft. 
P. indica Colebr. Wall. Pl. Rar. Asiat., 2. t. 172., Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622., is a native of the moun- 
tains of Silhet, in Bengal, with white flowers, fruit about the size of the wild pear, and leaves lobed 
in the young plants. 
§ ii. Malus. 
Sect. Char. Petals spreading, flat. Styles 5, more or less strictly connate at 
the base. Pome mostly globose, depressed, and invariably having a con- 
cavity at its base. Flowers in corymbs. Leaves simple, not glanded. 
(Dec. Prod., ii. p. 635.) This section includes all the apples and crabs. 
¥ 12. P. Matus L. The common, or wild, Apple Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 686. ; Smith’s Eng. Flora, 2. p. 362, ; Lindl. Synop., 2d edit., p. 105.; Dec 
Prod. 2. p. 635.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 623. 
Synonymes. P. Malus mitis Waillr. Sched., p.215.; Malus communis Dee. Fi. Fr.; Pommier com- 
mun, Fr.; gemeine Apfelbaum, Ger. 
Engravings. Our plates in Vol. II, 
