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of Ens-land, rare to the N. and in Scotland. VAR. 1, libractea'ta, Bast, (sp.); 

 shoots stronger, more arching 1 , leaflets large more acute, fruit obovoid, 

 peduncles thinly glandular. (Easily mistaken for sub-sp. gtylosa var. ) 

 Sub-sp. STTLO'SA, Bast, (sp.) ; bush tail, rarely low, leaflets pubescent beneath, 

 peduncles elongate more or less bristly and glandular, sepals reflexed 

 much pinnate, styles as long as or shorter than the stamens. Connects 

 arrer/sis with canina. VAR. 1, stylo'sa proper; leaflets oblong acute rounded 

 at the base hairy all over beneath, petioles and peduncles with few glands 

 and bristles, flowers -S-6 white, styles protruded, disk very prominent. Sus- 

 sex. VAR. 2, systi/la, Bast., differs from VAR. 1 only in the usually pink 

 flowers, leaflets hairy only on the nerves beneath, and petioles less hairy. 

 R. mllina (Enfi'i '. Bat., not of Jacquin). Mid. and S. England. VAR. 3, 

 opa'ca, Baker ; leaflets still more hairy beneath rounded at the base, peduncle 

 shorter naked, flower white 1 in. diam., styles scarcely protruded. Kent. 

 VAR. 4, ffallicoi'des, Baker ; habit and leaflets of systyla, but prickles of stem 

 mixed with copious glands and bristles, leaflets almost doubly- sen-ate, 

 flowers white, fruit narrow, styles as long as stamens. Warwickshire. 

 VAR. 5, Monso'n ifp, Lindl. ; bush low erect, flowers red very large, styles 

 scarcely protruded, fruit subglobose orange-red. Herefordshire. VAR. 6, 

 fastifjia'ta, Bast. (sp. ) ; column of styles not protruded. 



12. PY'RUS, L. PEAR, APPLE, SERVICE, &c. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves deciduous, simple or pinnate ; stipules deci- 

 duous. Flowers white or pink, in terminal cymes or corymbs ; bracts 

 suh-ulate. Calyx-tube urceolate, lobes 5, reflexed, persistent or deciduous. 

 Petals 5. Stamens many, filaments sometimes connate at the base. 

 Disk annular, or coating the calyx-tube. Carpels 2-5, connate and 

 adnate to the calyx-tube ; styles free or connate below, stigmas truncate ; 

 ovules 2 in each cell, ascending. Fruit (a pome) fleshy, 2-5-celled ; cells 

 with a cartilaginous or bony often 2-valved endocarp, 1-2-seeded. 

 DTSTRIB. X. temp, and cold regions; species 40. ETYM. The old 

 Latin name. 



SF/TIOX 1. Py'rus proper. Fruit large, 5 - celled ; cells 1-2-seeded; 

 endocarp cartilaginous. Cymes simple. Styles 5. 



1. P. commu'nis, L. ; cymes corymbose, styles distinct to the base, 

 fruit pyriform. Wild Pear. 



Woods and thickets, from Yorkshire southwards, often a garden escape ; a 

 denizen? Watton ; fl. April-May. A shrub or small tree, 20-40 ft. ; branch- 

 lets more or less spinescent and pendulous. Leaves 1-1 in., fascicled on 

 the last year's wood, alternate on the shoots, oblong-ovate, acute, obtusely 

 serrate, more or less pubescent or flocculent below when young, those of 

 the young- tree often lobed ; petiole slender. Flcncers 1-1 in. diam. , white. 

 /'<->'i't 1-2 in. loner. DiSTRiB. Europe. 



VAR. 1. I\i/,-it.t'ter, L. ; leaves shortly acuminate pubescent below when young, 

 base of fruit obconic. VAR. 2, A ch'ras, Gsertn. (sp. ) ; leaves broader acute 

 or cuspidate flocculent on both surfaces when young, fruit rounded at the 

 base. Rarer. 



2. P. Ma'lus, L. ; peduncles umbellate, styles united below, fruit sub- 

 globose indented at the base. Wild or Crab-apple. 



