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of 1837-8. It has ripened fruit in the Fulham Nursery, which is brown when 

 ripe, and which, according to Dr. Royle, is not eatable until it is somewhat 

 decayed. The veins of the leaves, and the entire plant, are tinged with reddish 

 brown. The young seedlings of this species, and also the root shoots from 

 plants cut down, have the leaves cut like a Cratae'gus or Sorbus. 



? 10. P. MICHAU'X// Bosc. Michaux's Pear Tree. 



Identification. Bosc in Poir Suppl., 4. p. 432. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 6'23. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 771. from a specimen in Dr. Hooker's herbarium. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oval, quite entire, acutish, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, and shining above. Peduncles usually twin, 

 when bearing the fruit thick and woody. Fruit globose. 

 (Dons Mill.) A deciduous tree. North America. Height 

 15 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1837. Flowers ?. 



There are plants of this species in the Hort. Soc. Garden, 

 and in some of the London nur- 

 series j but they are too small to 

 enable us to form any judgement 

 as to the kind of tree which they 

 will ultimately form. 



11. P. I'NDICA Colebr. The Indian Pear Tree. 



Identification. Colebr. Wall. PI. Ear. Asiat., 2. 1. 172. ; Don's 



Mill., 2. p. 622. 

 Engravings. Wall. PI. Rar. Asiat., 2. t. 172. ; and our fig. 772. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves ovate, or ovate-cordate, 

 acute, serrulated, glabrous, white beneath, as 

 well as the petioles and calyxes ; in the young 

 plants lobed. Claws of the petals shorter than 

 the calyx. Umbels sessile, few-flowered. Styles 

 villous at the base. (Don's Mill.) A d jciduous 

 tree. Bengal, on the mountains of Sylhet. 

 Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. In trod. ?. Flowers white ; 

 Ma}-. Fruit about the size of a wild pear; ripe 

 in October. m . F . indica . 



771. P. Michaftxu. 



ii. Malus. 



Sect. Char. Petals spreading, flat. Styles 5, more or less strictly connate at 

 the base. Pome mostly globose, depressed, and invariably having a conca- 

 vity at its base. Flowers in corymbs. Leaves simple, not glanded. (Dec. 

 Prod.) This section includes all the apples and crabs. 



12. P. J/A N LUS L. The common, or wild, Apple Tree. 



P. 105. ; Dec. 



Synonymes. P. Mtlus mltis Wallr. Sched. p. 215. ; Malus commanis Dec. Fl Fr Pommier com- 

 mun, Fr. ; gemeine Apfelbaum, Ger. ; Pero Melo, and Melo Porno Hal. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 179. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi ; 

 and our fig. 773. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate,, acute, crenated, woolly on 

 the under surface. Flowers in corymbs. Tube of calyx 

 woolly. Styles glabrous. (Dec. Prod.} A deciduous tree. 

 Europe in woods and wastes ; frequent in hedges. 

 Height 20 ft. to 30 ft., sometimes 50 ft. In cultivation as a 

 fruit tree from time immemorial. Flowers white, tinged 

 with pink ; May. Fruit red and yellow ; ripe in October. 

 Decaying leaves brownish. 



Cultivated in gardens, it is wholly, or conjointly with other 

 species or races, the parent of innumerable varieties, termed, 



