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AllBOUETUM ET FRUTICETLM BRITANNICUM. 



77S. P. speclHbilis. 



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Species of which there are only very young Plants in Biitish Gardens. j 



P. Sieversn Led. Fl. Alt. 2. p. 222., Don's Mill. 2. p. 647. ; P. nov. sp. 

 Sievers in Pall. Kord. Beitr. 7. p. 292. ; is a bush, with many stems rising fi'Oin 

 the same root ; with ovate leaves, rather tomentose; and umbellate flowers, suc- 

 ceeded by very acid fruit. A native of Siberia. [ 

 P. ? Schottn Ledeb. Plants in the Hort. Soc, Garden. ' 

 P. stipuldcea Hort. Plants in the Hort. Soc. Garden, raised from seeds 

 received from the Himalayas. / 



iii. AVia Dec. 



Sect. Char., Sfc. Petals spreading, flat. Styles mostly 2 3. Pome globose. 

 Flowers in racemose corymbs ; the peduncles branched. Leaves simple, 

 not glanded, whitely tomentose beneath. (Dec. Prod., ii. p. 635.) Decidu- 

 ous trees, natives of different parts of Europe, and of Asia ; chiefly fouml 

 on dry, calcareous, or clayey soils, and varying much under cultivation. 

 The species and varieties are in a state of great confusion. 



'i 2\. P. A'ria Ehrh. The White Beam Tree. 



Jclenlification. Ehrli. Beitr., A. p. 20. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 636. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 647. 



Si/7iotiymes. Cratie'gus ./4"ria var. a Lin. Sp. 681.; Mespilus A^naScop.; S6rbus A^rii Crant:\ 

 Aitstr. 1. t. 2. f. 2., Bauh. Hist. 1. p. 6.'). ; ^>ia Theophrasti L'Obel ; white wild Pear, wliit'l 

 Leaf Tree, red Chess-Apple, Sea Ouler, Cumberland Hawthorn, Gerard; Alisier AUouchierj 

 Alisler blanc, Fr. ; Mehlbeerbaum, or Mehlbaum, Ger. ; Aria, or Sorba raontana, Ital. ; Mostacci 

 Span. ; Axelheer, Van. ; Oxilbeer, Sioed. \ 



Derivation, ^'ria, the name given to this tree by Theophrastus, is probably from the name of thS( 

 country in Asia. The White Beam Tree is a pleonasm, beam being the Saxon word for tree. Th| 

 word Allouchier is from allouchion, the cog of a wheel, the wood of the tree being much used f^ 

 that purpose In France. Mehlbaum is literally the meal tree, from the mealy appearance of tij 

 under side of the loaves. I 



Engravinss. Cranti; Austr., 1. t. 2. f. 2. ; Eng. Bot., t. 1858. ; Fl. Dan., t. 302. j 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate, doubly serrated, tomentose beneath, with a{j 

 pressed white tomentum. Corymbs flat. {Dec. Prod.) A deciduous trej 



