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Pyros continued. 

 P. Bollwylleriana (Bollwyllerian). ft. disposed in many- 



flowered corymbs. ApriL Jr. orange-yellow, small, turbinate. 



L simple, ovate, coarsely serrated, tonientose beneath and on the 



buds, when young velvety above, but glabrous in the adult state. 



A. 20ft Khlneland, 1786. Tree. (B. R, 1437.) SYX. P. Pollrxria 



(K B. C. 1C09). 

 P. Botryapium (Botryapium). A synonym o< Anulanchier 



oanadeiun*. 



Pyros continued. 



lanceolate, acute, entire, covered with a whitish, silky pubescence. 

 Asia Minor, Ac. An ornamental and distinct bush or small tree. 

 (Finnland). This resembles P. Aria 



has the leaves pinnatifid towards the base ; it is regarded br 

 Boswell, as a hybrid between that plant and P. A^varia, * 

 which latter it possesses the sweet-scented flower and other 

 characteristics. Europe (Island of Arran). Tree, Sv*. P. pin- 

 natijida (Sy. En. B. 485). 

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FIG. 334. FRUITING BRANCH OF PYRLS BETUL^EI--OLIA. 



P. Chamremespilus (Bastard Medlar).* Bastard Quince. .*. 

 reddish. May and June, fr. red, round. I. ovate, serrated, 

 glabrous, clothed, when young, with deciduous down. A. 5ft. 

 to 6ft Mountainous parts of Europe, Ac., 1683. Shrub. SYNS. 

 jOntatffut Chamtemespiliu (J. F. A. 231X Svrbus ChamaemefpHus. 



P. C. Hostii (Hosf s). ft. rose-pink, in large, terminal corymbs. 

 Spring. L broad-elliptic, obtuse, often lobed, with serrated 

 margins. A. 10ft. Tree or shrub. SYNS. P. Hostii (Gn., Oct. 

 1881), Aria Hogtii, CraUetna Hostti. 



P. commnnis (common). Wild Pear. JL lin. to liin. in diameter ; 

 cymes simple. April and May. fr. pyriform, lin. to 2in. long. 

 1. lin. to liin. long, 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; petioles slender. A720ft to 40ft Europe 

 (Britain), Ac. Shrub or small tree. (Sy. En. B. 488.) Of this 

 species there are several varieties, the following being the most 

 distinct. See alto Pear. 



P. c. Achras (Achras). fr. rounded at the base. L broader than 

 in the type, acute or cuspidate, flocculent on both surfaces when 

 young. Bare. 



P. C. Briggsii (Briggs 1 ). A synonym of P. eordata. 



P. c. Pyraster (Pyraster). fr. obconical at base, L shortly 

 acuminate, pubescent below when young. 



P. cordata (heart-shaped), /r. very small, globose or pyri- 

 form. 1. ovate, rounded at base, SYN. P. communit Bn<igs\v 

 (J. B. 180). 



P. coronaria (crowned).* Sweet-scented Crab. ft. rose-colonr, 

 large, fragrant, few in the corymb ; styles woolly, united at base. 

 May. fr. greenish, fragrant. L simple, ovate, often rather 

 heart-shaped, cut-serrate or lobed, soon glabrous. A. 20ft. 

 North America, 1724. Tree. (B. M. 2009.) P. angvtttfoUa is 

 perhaps a variety of this species. 



P. domestica (domestic).* True Service-tree, fl. cream-colour, 

 about the size of those of the Hawthorn, jwnicled. May. 

 fr. reddish-spotted, obovate, about lin. long. L pinnate ; leaflets 

 uniform, serrated towards the points, clothed beneath with 

 deciduous, cottony down. A. 20ft to 60ft. Britain. The fruit 

 of this tree, if tasted in an unripe state, is extremely austere 

 causing a most painful and durable irritation in the throat ; but 

 when mellowed by frost or keeping, it becomes brown soft, and 

 edible, resembling a medlar, though, to most palates, less agree- 

 able (G. C. n. s., ri. 649.) STX. Sorbu domatiea (J. F. A. 447). 



P. floribunda (free-flowering).* f. beautiful rich rosy-red, very 

 freely produced. May. fr. long-stalked, very small, nearly 

 spherical. L small. Shoots slender. Japan, Ac. One of the 

 most ornamental of hardy shrubs. See Fig. 355. (R, H. 188'. 

 296, under name of Malu* microcarpa fioritntnda.) 



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P. elasagnifolia (Wild Olive-leaved), ft. white, small ; 

 denselvtomento.se. May. fr. small, globose, crowned with 

 the prominent calyx. I lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or hnear- 



FIG. 355. FRUITING BRANCH AND DETACHED FRUIT OF 

 PYRUS FLORIBUNDA. 



