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CONTENTS. 



si's y rotundifblia Michx. Fl. 

 Bor. Amer. 



4. (v.) ovalis Dec. 413 



Crate* gus spicdta Lam. 

 Diet. V, Mespilus Amelanchier 

 Wall. Car,, A. parviflbra 

 Doug. MSS.; M. canadensis 

 var. ovdlis Michx. Am., P^- 

 rus ovalis Willd. Sp., Aronia 

 ovalis Pers. Syn. : Amelan- 

 chier du Canada, Alisier a E'pi, 

 Fr. ; rundbl'dttrige Birne, Ger. 



2 subcordata Dec. 414 

 A'-bnia subcordata Raf. 

 M/s microcdrpa Raf. 



3 semi-integrifolia 414 



5. (v.) florida tW/. 414 

 2 parvifolia - - 414 



A. parvifolia Hort. Soc. 



XIX. ME'SPILUS .414 



The Medlar Mespilus sp. 

 of Lin. and others, Mespild- 

 phora sp. of Neck. : Nejftier, 

 Fr. ; Mispel, Ger. ; Nespolo, 

 Ital. 



1. germanica Z/. - 415 



1 syl vestr is MZ. Die. 4 1 6 



2 stricta Dec. Ait. 416 



3 diffusa Dec. Ait. 416 

 Cultivated Varieties 1 . 



Blake's large-fruited Medlar ; 

 2. Dutch Medlar ; 3. Notting- 

 ham, or common, Medlar ; 

 4. Stoneless Medlar. 



2. Smfth Dec. - 416 



M. grandiflbra Smith Exot. 

 Bot. ; M. lobdta Poir., Hook, 

 in Bot. Mag. 



XX. PY'RUS Lindl. 417 



The Pear Tree Pyrus 

 Mains and Sorbus Tourn ; , 

 Yyrus and Sorbus L ; , Pyro- 

 nhorum and Apyrophorum 

 Neck. 



$ i. Pyrophorum Dec. 

 1. communis .L. - 417 



P. A^chras Ga?rtn. Fruct, 

 P. sylvestris Dod. Pempt , 

 Pyraster Ray Syn. : P airier, 

 Fr. ; gttneine Birne, or Birnc- 

 baum, Ger. ; P^ro domestico, 

 Ital. ; Pm*, Span. ; Gruschka, 

 Russian. 



1 yfchras Wallr. - 417 



2 Pyraster JFaftr. 418 



3 foliis variegatis 418 



4 fructu variegato 418 



5 sanguinole'nta - 418 



6 flore pleno - - 418 

 Poire de f Armenie B. Jard 



7jaspida - - 418 

 Bon Chretien a Sot's jaspe 



Bon Jard. 



8 sativaZtec. - - 418 

 Subvars. Beurr^ Diel, 

 . Beurre de Rans, Bezi de la 

 Motte, Glout Morceau, Na- 

 poleon, Swan's Egg: and 

 the following Scotch Pears 

 recommended by Mr. Gorrie, 

 as forms adapted for land- 

 scape scenery, the Benvie, 



the Golden Knap, the Elcho, 

 the Busked Lady, and the 

 Pow Meg - - - 419 



2. (c.>alvif61iaZ>ec-. 421 



Aurelian, or Orleans Pear ; 

 Poirier Sauger, D'Ourch in 

 Bibl. Phys. Econ. Mai, 1817, 

 p. 299. 



3. (c.) nivalis Lm.//.421 



4. (c.) sinaica7%OMm421 



P. 5/71^1 Desf. Arb., N. Du 

 Ham. ; P. persica Pers. Syn. : 

 the Mount Sinai Medlar. 



5. (c.) salicifolia L. 422 



P. elteagnifdlia Pall., P. 

 orientdlis Horn. Suppl., P. 

 (c.) elceagnifdlia Arb. Brit. 

 1st ed. 



6. (c.)mygdalif<>rmis422 



P. sylvestris, Magnol Bot., 

 P. salicijblia Lois. Not. 



7. sinensis Lindl. 422 



P. communis Lois. Cochin, 

 P. sinica Royle 111. : Ri vulgo 

 Nas, Japanese : the Sandy 

 Pear, Snow Pear, Sand 

 Pear : Sha Lee, Chinese. 



8. bollwylieriana - 423 



P. bollwylieriana J. Bauh. 

 Hist., P. Pollveria Lin. Mant., 

 P. auriculdris Knoop Pomol. 



9. variolosa Wall. 424 

 P. Pashia Ham. ex Herb. 



Lin. Soc. 



10. Michauxw Bosc 425 



11. indica Colebr. - 425 



$ ii. Mfl/iw. 



12. Mai us L. - 425 



P. -Mdlusmitis Wallr. Sched., 

 Mains communis Dec. Fl. Fr. : 

 Pommier commun, Fr. ; ge- 

 meine Apfelbium, Ger. ; Pero 

 Melo and Melo Porno, Ital. 



13. (M.) acerba D. 426 



Yyrus Mdlus austera Wallr. 

 Sched., Mains aceroa Merat 

 Fl. Par., M. communis sylves- 

 tris Desf., P. Mdlus sylvestris 

 Fl. Dan., P. Mains Smith 

 Eng. Bot. : Pommier sauva- 

 geon, Fr. ; Holxapfelbaum, 

 Ger. ; Melo salvatico, Ital. 



14. (M.) prunifolia 426 



The Siberian Crab ; P. Md- 

 lus (3 hybrida Ait. Hort. Kew., 

 ? Mdlus hybrida Desf. Arb. 



15. ( M.) baccata L. 427 

 Mdlus baccdta Desf. Arb. 



16. (M.) dioica W. 427 



P. apetala Miinch. Hauvs., 

 Mains dioica Audib. Cat. 



17. (M.) astraeanica 427 



Mains astraeanica Dum. 

 Cours. : Transparent de Mos- 

 covie, Glace de Zelande : the 

 transparent Crab of English 

 Nurseries. 



Selection of Vars. The 

 Red Astrachan ; the White 

 Astrachan , the Black Crab ; 



the Court pendu plat ; the 

 Lincolnshire Holland Pippin; 

 the Tulip Apple ; the Violet 

 Apple ; the Cherry Crab, or 

 Cherry Apple ; the Supreme 

 Crab ; Bigg's Everlasting 

 Crab - - - - 428 



18. coronaria L. - 429 



Mdlus coronaria Mill. : Crab 

 Apple, the sweet-scented Crab, 

 Amer. 



19. (c.) angustifolia 430 



P. coronaria Wang. Amer., 

 Mdlus sempervlrens Desf. 

 Arb., P. pumila Hort. 



20. spectabilis Ait. 431 



The Chinese Crab Tree. 

 Mdlus spectabilis Desf. Arb., 

 N. Du Ham. ; Mdlus sinensis 

 Dum. Cours. 

 Species of which there are only 



very young Plants in British 



Gardens. 



P. Sieverszz Led. Fl. Alt. - 432 

 P. nov. sp. Sievers in Pall. 



Nord. Beitr. 



P. SchottzV Ledeb. - - 432 

 P. stipulacea Hort. - - 432 



iii. A Via Dec. 



21. yTria Ehrh. - 432 



CraUe gus AYV var. a. Lin. 

 Sp., Mespilus A'ria Scop. : 

 Sorbus A Via Crantz Austr. ; 

 AVirt Theophrdsti L'Obel : 

 white wild Pear, white Leaf 

 Tree, red Chess-Apple, Sea 

 Ouler, Cumberland Hawthorn, 

 Gerard : Alisier Allonchier, 

 Alisier blanc, Fr. ; Mehlbeer- 

 baum, or Mehlbaum, Ger. ; 

 Aria, or Soiba montana, Ital. ; 

 Mos/aco, Span. ; Axelbeer,Dan.; 

 Oxilbeer, Swed. 



1 obtusifolia Dec. 433 

 P. A. ovalis Hort. 



2 acutifolia Dec. 433 

 Crat<*gus longifblia N. 



Du Ham. 

 ? Tfyrus alplna Willd. En. 



3 undulata Lindl. 433 



4 angustifolia Lindl.433 

 P. A. longifblia Hort. 



5 rugosa Lindl. - 433 



6 cretica Lindl. - 433 

 P. A rolundifolia Hort. ; 

 P. gr&^ca Hort. 



P. A. edulis Hort. 

 Cratte^gusgrce^ca Hort. 



7 bullata Lindl. - 433 

 P. A. acumindta Hort. 



22. (A.) intermedia 434 



Crutce^gus AV*Vi /8 Lin. Sp., 

 C. scdndica Wahlenb., C. 

 suecica Ait. : Alisier de Fon- 

 tainebleau, Fr. ; Schwedischer 

 Mehlbaum, Ger. 



1 latifolia - - 434 

 Crat^gus latifolia Poir. 



Dict.,Du Ham. 

 Sorbus latifolia Pers. 

 Grata? 'gu^ dental a Thuil. 



2 angustifolia - - 435 

 P. ed&lis Willd. Enum. 



23. vestita Wall. - 435 



Pyrus ncpalGnsis Hort. ; 

 Strbus vestita Lodd. Cat. 



