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ROSACES. 



been thought best to describe here only those which are 

 of common occurrence, or otherwise remarkable. 



PYRUS COMMENTS (Wild Pear). 



16. PYRUS (Pear, Apple, Service, and Mountain Ash). 



1. P. communis (Wild Pear). Leaves simple, egg- 

 shaped, serrated ; flowers, in Corymbs ; fruit tapering 

 at the base. Woods and hedges. A small upright tree, 

 often bearing thorns at the extremities of its branches. 

 The seed vessel, in a wild state, is woody, austere, and 

 worthless, yet is converted by cultivation into a most 

 luscious fruit. Fl. white. April, May. Tree. 



