XXVI. rosa^ceje: py^rus. 



425 



771. P- Michauxii. 



of 1S37-8. It has ripened fruit in the Fulham Nursery, which is brown when 

 ri|)e, and which, according to Dr. Royle, is not eatable until it is somewhat 

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

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

 Iplants cut down, have the leaves cut like a CYatae'gus or Morbus. 



'i 10. P. MiCHAu'x// Bosc. Michaux's Pear Tree. 



Identification. Bosc in Poir Suppl., 4. p. 432. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 6J3. 

 Engraving. Oar Jig. 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 ; but they are too small to 



enable us to form any judgement 



as to the kind of tree which they 



will ultimately form. 



t U. P. i'ndica Colebr. The Lidian Pear Tree. ^ 



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



Mill., 2. p. 622. 

 Engravings. Wal!. PI. Rar. Asiat., 2. t. 172. ; and our^g. 772. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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. r 

 Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. Introd. ?. Flowers white ; 

 May. Fruit about the size of a wild pear; ripe 

 in October. -72. f. indict. 



ii. Wdlus. 



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. 



i 12. P. ilfA^LUS L. The common, or wild, Apple Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 686. ; Smith's Eng. Flora, 2, p. 362. ; Lindl. Synop., 2d edit., p. 105 ; Dec 



Prod., 2. p. 635. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 623. 

 Synonymes. P. AAlus mitis Wallr. Sched. p. 21,'j. ; Malus commOnis Dec. Fl. Fr. ; Pommier com- 



inun, Fr. ; gemeine Apfelbaum, Ger. ; Pero Melo, and Melo Pomo, Ital. 

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



and our.^g. 773. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. 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, 773. p, ,aiM. 



