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Pyrns — continued. 



P. floribunda (free-floweriiif;), of Lindley. A synonym of 



J\ arhi'ti/olla. 

 P. grandifolla (large-leaved). A synonym of P. arbutifolia 



)/i'i(uiiirar//a. 



P. Hostii (liost'a). A synonym of P. CkamaanespUus Ilostii. 



Fig. 336. Flowering Branch of Pvrus japonica. 



P. japonica (Japanese).* Ji. deep scarlet, solitary or two or three 

 tiij;ether, produced the greater part of the year ; calyx glabrous ; 

 lobes short, obtuse, entire. /;■. green, very fragrant, but not 

 edible, ripening in October. I. oval, somewhat cuneate, cre- 

 nate-serrate, quite glabrous on both surfaces ; stipules reniform, 

 serrated, h. 5ft. to 6ft. Japan, 1815. Deciduous shrub. Under 

 the genus J't/nis, this is the jjroper name of the plant described 

 in this work as Cydonia iaponica. See Fig. 336. 



Fyms — continued. 



P. M, acerba(sour). Jl., tube of ralyx glabrous ; pedicels slender, 

 -' ' „. nearly so. />. drooping. L, young ones glabrous. 



Fig. 337. Bhanchlet and Fruit of Pyrus leucocarpa. 



P. leucocarpa (white-fruited), /r. depressed both above and 

 beliiw ; fVf not sunk ; skin dull white or creamy at maturity. 

 1879. This tree is very remarkalile for the i>eculiar colour of 

 tlie fruits. See Fig. 357. (It H. 1879, p. 365.) 



P. Malus. Crab; AVikl Apple. Jt. pink and white, few, liin. 

 in diameter ; calyx .segments woolly ; peduncles umbellate. 

 May. Jr. yellow, lin. in diameter, sub-globose, indented at the 

 ba.se. I. lin. to 2in. long, oblong, rounded, acuminate or cuspidate 

 at the tip, glabrous or downy beneath when young. Branches 

 spreading, h. 20ft. Europe (Britain). Shrub or small tree. See 

 alao Apple. 



Fig. 338. Fruits of Pvrus Malus Bertim. 



P. M. Bertini (Bertin's). This form is remarkable for the freedom 

 with wliich its handsome, brightly-coloured fruits are produced. 

 See Fig. 338. 



P. M. cratsegina (Hawthorn-like), fr. with the calyx segments 

 long and persistent, somewhat resembling some of the large- 

 fruited Thorns. I. long-stalked, like those of the common Crab 

 in outline. See Fig. 339. (R. H. 1881, 291, under name of 

 Malus inicrocarpa crata-ijina.) 



P. M. mitis (small), ft.., pedicels stout, and, as well as 



the calyx tube and young leaves, pubescent, fr. erect. 

 P. M, prsecox (early). This variety is principally 

 interesting by reason of its long-stalked, persistent 

 fruits. (R. H. 1881, 297, under name of Malus micro- 

 carpa pnecox.) 

 P. M. sempervirens (evergreen). Evergreen Crab. 

 /r. shurt-stalkt'd, round. I. deeply and iiTeguIarly 

 toothed, retained on tree sometimes throughout the 

 winter. (R. H. 1881, 296, under name of Malus 

 ■inicrocarjia seinjicrvirens.) 

 P. Maulel (Maule's).* /. bright red. April, fr. golden- 

 yellow, produced in great abundance, agreeably per- 

 fumed, but exceedingly acid to the taste. I. somewhat 

 smaller than those of P. japonica, and plant dwarfer 

 and more compact in habit. Japan, 1874. One of the 

 most l>eautiful of recently-introduced shrubs. The fruit 

 makes an excellent conserve. Under the generic name 

 Pijru., this is the correct name of the plant described 

 in this work as Cydonia Maulei. See Fig. 310. 

 P. nivalis (snowy). Snow-tree. ft. white, large, shortly- 

 stalked. May. fr. roimded or depressed ; skin yellowish- 

 gieen, spotted with brown or red on the sunny side, 

 .smooth. I. oboval-obtuse, mucronate, crenated at the 

 summit, or lanceolate, entire, covered with a greyish 

 pul>escence. Europe, &c. Tree. (B. R. 1482 : J. F. A. 

 ii. 107.) 



P. pinnatifida (pinnatifid-leaved). A synonym of 



P. fennica. 



P, PoUverla (Bolhvyllerian). A synonym of P. 



BoUwiilleriana. 



P. prunifolia (Prunus-leaved). Siberian Crab. fl. much re- 



sendiling tliose of the common Pear ; peduncles pubescent ; styles 



woolly at the base. Ajjril and ISIay. vr., when ripe, yellowish, 



but red on the side exposed to the sun, globose, of an austere 



taste, decaying like the fruit of the Medlar, and then more 



palatable. I. ovate, acuminate, serrate, glabrous, resembling 



those of the Cherry-tree, on long petioles, h. 20ft. to 30ft. 



Siberia, 1758. Tree. (B. M. 6158.) 



P. salvifolia (Sage-leaved). /. on simple, umbellate petlicels. 



April and May. fr. large, elongated, very useful for making 



perry. I. lanceolate, quite entire, tomentose beneath, when 



