PyROPHORmi or Pyrus 



or t/i-itfit fleah [unless ripened off the litt} 

 styles nsiuill!) free to the base. 



Linn. Common Pear. Fig-! 1684-8't 

 great age ami 



2022. Strong, upriglit tree, livi 

 sometimes attaining a lieight of 75 ft., tlie pedicel' 

 sometimes tlie young growtli pubescent, but all parts 

 becoming glabrous: Ivs. mostly oblong-ovate, with i 

 prominent point, bard in texture and veiny, biul t 

 green, the serratures small and much appiessed m 1 

 obtuse, or sometimes the leaf is almost entue Hs n 

 umbel-like clu.sters on slender (2 to 3 in ) pertuei^ 

 white, appearing with the Ivs. ; calyx persistent ti 

 very various under cultivation, usually tapering to the 

 stem, the flesh generally with gritty concretions Na 

 tive to southern Em-ope and Asia, where it has been 



-Probably mdige 

 • Syrio-Persian region 



■s of the Pear 



group, 



fruited forms ;n 

 rated under Ir.i 

 ovate-acuminate 



1^; forms of P. commu- 

 iMUs thorny and small- 

 which are often sepa- 

 r. Achras, Wallr., with 

 vs. which, with the ca- 



^J<i 



lyx-tube, are tomento.se when young, and the fr. taper- 

 ing at the base. Var. Pyraster, Wallr., with roundish 

 acute, strongly serrate Ivs., which, with the calyx-tube, 

 are glabrous when young, the fruit rounded at the base. 



There are forms of P. communis with variegated foli- 

 age (vur. vnrieyatii), lobed (var. trilobata) and cut 

 leaves (var. hiterophijllii). 



2023. Pyrus Toringo (X%). See 



2. nivalis, Jacq. Snow Pear. Shoots grayish pubes- 

 cent h s o\al to obo\ ate oval, obtuse or short acute, 

 entire, gra\ pubescent fls large, white, showy fr 

 small, roundish p\ riform late npenmg, acid becoming 

 sweet when o\eriipe Southern Francf southern der 

 raan> northern It il\ Austin —Tlie Sn w Pear is a 

 small tiee with tin 1 li t tlj it u \\lnti or gra\ 



whe 



ticuU 



foil i.;. 



Ills IS the Poxie baiiqei ( sage 

 liiiuh 



\ P w«ii"«Kts, var Sininsis Koch 



/ S(»id)iu,Cair P SuJoliJi, 



' I 1 Sand Pear 1 u A\fsi 



I K so A \en rapid ,;;i(iwiiu' 



ts Ivs broidh m itt niicl 



and gritt\ and poor iii lii\cii tlif c ilw usu ilh filling 

 before maturity Native to China B R 15 1248 R H 

 1872, p 28, 1880 110 & C III 28 298 -Known in this 

 country in a number of varieties, as Chinese Sand, 

 Japanese Sand, Hawaii, Madame von Siebold, Mikado, 

 Diamyo, Gold Dust. The fruits are often remarkably 

 apple-like, especially in the russet varieties, but they 

 are distinguished by the long stem and pear-like flesh. 



