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PYRUS 



smooth and of a dark lustrous brown by winter. Leaves 3 to 5 ins. long, 

 i to 2 ins. wide ; narrowly oblong-ovate in main outline, but usually pinnate 

 or cut nearly to the midrib at the base, the upper portion lobed and toothed, 

 but less deeply so towards the apex, which is merely coarsely toothed ; the 

 lower surface is covered with a dull grey, persistent down ; leaf-stalk ^ to i|- 

 ms. long, downy. Flowers white, about J in. wide, produced in May in 

 corymbs 3 to 5 ins. across. Fruit bright red, round oval, f in. long. 



This tree, especially handsome in foliage and fruit, is found wild in 

 N. and Central Europe, and is generally believed to be a natural hybrid 

 between P. intermedia and P. Aucuparia. The influence of the latter is seen 

 in the larger leaves, especially of the sterile shoots, having usually from 

 one to three pairs of leaflets at the base. On the flowering twigs many of 



PYRUS PASHIA var. KUMAONI. 



the leaves are simple. It is found wild in the Isle of Arran, rarely in England. 

 It is connected with both intermedia and Aucuparia by intermediate forms, 

 but as a rule reproduces itself true from seed. The habit generally is erect, 

 but a form sent out by Messrs Backhouse of York with more than usually 

 erect branches is called var. FASTIGIATA. 



P. PRUNIFOLIA, Willdenow. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 6158 ; Mains prunifolia, Borkhausen^) 



A small tree with downy ypung shoots and ovate or broadly oval leaves, 

 2 to 4 ins. long, half or more than half as wide, unequally round-toothed, 

 downy beneath. Flowers white, i^ ins. across, produced in April in umbels 

 of six to ten blpssoms ; calyx with long, narrow, always woolly lobes. Fruit 

 round or slightly ovoid and elongated, i in. in diameter, yellowish or red, 

 crowned with the persistent calyx. 



