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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Pyrus continued. 

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



P. arbutifolia. 

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



melanocarpa. 

 P. Hostli (Host's). A synonym of P. ClMmcemespilus Hostii. 



FIG. 336. FLOWERING BRANCH OF PYRUS JAPONICA. 



P. Japonica (Japanese).* fl. deep scarlet, solitary or two or three 

 together, produced the greater part of the year ; calyx glabrous ; 

 lobes short, obtuse, entire, fr. green, very fragrant, but not 

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

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

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

 the genus Pyrus, this is the proper name of the plant described 

 in ibis work as Cydonia japonica. See Fig. 336. 



Pyrus continued. 



P. M. acerba (sour), fl., tube of calyx glabrous ; pedicels slender, 

 glabrous or nearly so. fr. drooping. I., young ones glabrous. 

 SYN. P. acerba. 



FIG. 337. BRANCHLET AND FRUIT OF PYRUS LEUCOCARPA. 



. 



P. Malus. Crab ; Wild Apple. JL pink and white, few Uin 

 in diameter; calyx segments woolly; peduncles umbellate 

 May. fr. yellow, 1m. in diameter, sub-globose indented it thp 

 b f e - l - 1m. to 2in. long, oblong, rounded, acuminate or cuspidate 

 at the tip, glabrous or downy beneath when youmr Branrhpt 

 spreading 1 20ft. Europe (Britain). Shrub or smlil t?et^ 



FIG. 338. FRUITS OF PYRUS MALUS BKRTINI. 



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

 with which 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. Ions-stalked, like those of the common Crab 

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

 Status microcarpa cratceyina.) 



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



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

 P. M. prtecox (early). This variety is principally 

 interesting by reason of its long-stalked, persistent 

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

 carpa prcecox.) 



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

 fr. short-stalked, round. I. deeply and irregularly 

 toothed, retained on tree sometimes throughout the 

 winter. (R. H. 1831, 296, under name of Malus 

 microcarpa sempervirens.) 



P. Maulei (Maule's).* fl. 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 beautiful of recently-introduced shrubs. The fruit 

 makes an excellent conserve. Under the generic name 

 Pyrua, this is the correct name of the plant described 

 in this work as Cydonia Maulei. See Fig. 340. 

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

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

 green, 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 

 pubescence. Europe, &c. Tree. (B. R. 1482 ; J. F. A. 



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



P. fennica. 

 P. Pollveria (Bollwyllerian). A synonym of P. 



Bollwylleriana. 



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

 sembling those of the common Pear ; peduncles pubescent ; styles 

 woolly at the base. April and May. Jr., 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), fl. on simple, umbellate pedicels. 

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

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



