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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



St/nonymes. P. Sinai Desf. Arb. 2. p. 144., N. Du Ham. 6. t. 57. ; P. persica Pers. Syn. 2. p. 40. ; 



the Mount Sinai Medlar. 

 Engravings. Mem. Mus., 1. t. 9. ; N. Du Ham., G. t. 57. ; Dend. Brit, t. 49. ; the plate in Arb. 



Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi . ; and our Jig. 7G5. 



Spec. Char., $c. Very much branched, and spreading. Bads whitishly pu- 

 bescent. Leaves ovate-oblong, subacute, very minutely crenated ; whitishly 

 pubescent beneath, above glabrous and almost shining ; falling off late. 

 (Dec. Prod.) A native of Mount Sinai, whence it was brought to the Paris 

 Garden early in the present century, and introduced into England in 1820. 

 It so closely resembles the preceding sort, as hardly to be distinguishable 

 from it ; and we have no doubt that seeds of either, if sown to a consider- 

 able extent, would produce plants of these and several other kinds. 



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P. (c.) SALICIFO V LIA L. The Willow-leaved Pear Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Suppl., 255. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. 



Synonymes. P. elceagnifolia Pall. ; P. orientalis Horn. Suppl. 52. ; P. (C.) elreagnifolia Arb. Brit. 



1st edit. p. 889. 

 Engravings. Pall. Itin., 3. p. 374. t. N. f.3. ; Fl. Ros., 1. t. 9.; and our fig. 766. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Buds whitely toraentose. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, 

 hoary, particularly upon the under sur- 

 face. The disk three times as long as the 

 petiole. Flowers upon short pedicels, 

 disposed in corymbs, a few in a corymb. 

 {Dec. Prod.) A native of Siberia, com- 

 mon in the deserts between the rivers 

 Cuina and Terec ; and found, also, on 

 Caucasus, and in Persia, generally ac- 

 companied by C. Oxyacantha and Prunus 

 spinosa. It was introduced into England 

 in 1780; and forms a very distinct va- 

 riety; attaining the height of 20 or 25 

 feet. There are fine trees of this sort, 

 20 ft. high, at White Knights. 



6. P. (c.) /JMYGDALIFO'RMIS Vtt. The Almond-shaped Pear Tree. 



Identification. Vill. Cat. Strasb.,322. ; Dec. Suppl.. 531 . : Dec Prod. 



2. p. 634. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. 



Synonymes. P. sylvestris Magnol. Bot. 215. ; P. salicifblia Lois. Not. 79. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 767. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Spiny. Buds tomentose. Leaves 

 oblong, acute, entire ; tornentose all over when young ; 

 when adult, glabrous on the upper surface. The disk 

 six times longer than the petiole. Flowers in co- 

 rymbs. (Dec. Prod.) Wild in rough places in France, 

 in Provence, Dauphiny, and Languedoc; and very 

 closely resembling the preceding sorts. It was intro- 

 duced in 1810 ; and the finest plant that we know of 

 it, in the neighbourhood of London, is at Kenwood ; 

 where it is 22 ft. high, with a very irregular picturesque 

 head, and many of the side branches sweeping the 

 ground. In May, it is completely covered with white 

 blossoms, and in autumn with small green fruit, which 

 drop off with the first severe frost. 757. P. (c.>am y gdaiifijrmis 



1. P. SINE'NSIS Lindl. The Chinese Pear Tree. 



Identification. Lindl. Hort. Trans., 6. p. 396. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. 



Synonymes. P^rus communis Lois. Cochin, p. 321. ; P. sinica Royle lllustr. p. 207. ; Ri vulgo Nas 

 Japanese, Ktzmpf. Amcen. fasc. 804. ; the Sandy Pear, Snow Pear, Sand Pear: Sha Lee, Chinese. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t 1148. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 768. 



'Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves cordate, apiculated, shining, serrated, and when 

 young, pubescent beneath. Peduncles corymbose. Calyx glabrous inside. 

 Fruit warted and bony. (Don's Mill.) A deciduous tree of the middle size. 



