1472 PYRUS 



vlioots the> aieproniiiieiitl\ Icibid and MigRest the leaves 

 of hawthorns Closel) allied to P b(iccata,&rid to P 

 floiibunda of the gardens Sargent writes (Forest 

 Flora of Japan, p 40) that P 'Io)uiijo "is a common 

 and widely distnbuttd plant in Jap in growing from 



PYRUS 



(leck-eri (Gng. fii.'tOS. A.F. Ki:i;i!)8). There is 

 doubt as to the proper specific disposition of this 

 EE. Vernation convoluU. 



8. HalUina, Voss (P. Pdrkmani, Hort. J/<Uiis 

 liilna, Koehue). Bush or small tree, (i-lo ft. tall, i 

 loose open crown: Ivs. long-ovate, glabrous, lent 

 tis. rose-colored, usually half-double and huiigti 

 slender reddish pedicels: fr. size of a pea or mhh 

 larger, brownish red, ripening late in fall ami en 

 ing very large seeds. Japan. M.D.G. ]899:457.- 

 liaps ;ur..lVsli,,<,t uf />. haeciita. One of the hands 

 of the lluweriug Apples. 



!). haccata. Linn. (.V,;/«.v hun-at,,. Uvsf.]. Sll< 



plant. 

 B Hal- 



the sea le\ el in Y eddo to elevations of several thousand 



feet in central Hondo usually m moist ground in the 



neighborhood of streams It vanes from i low busl t j 



a tree M ft high The Iea\ es are eiceedmgly variable 



DD its on summci shoots not lobid 



E f cmation (In tn bud) conduphcafe 



" flonbunda Nichols (P MUlus floiibunda Hort 



Will fliibittda Sieb M miiiocatpa floiibunda 



Can ) li WERiNr Cr\b ''hrub or sometimes a 



smiU t ft 1 tl n \ ^ 1 wths glal i us 



■s on long and very slender (2 to 3 in.) gncnish 

 pedicels, typically pure white, haiulMPiue: 

 tr. from the size of a pea to '% in. in diame- 

 ter, on long, hard stems, yellow or red and 

 firm and often translucent in texture, never 

 becoming mellow, the calyx falling away 

 before maturity. Siberia to Manchuria and 

 the Himalaya region. B.M. 6112. M.D.G. 

 1899:454.-Difficult to distinguish from P. 

 florlbnnda: larger, becoming a distinct tree, 

 sometimes as large as a large Apple tree: Ivs. with 

 blunter teeth, and usually much longer, very slender, 

 hard glabrous petioles • fls lighter colored usuallv 

 white vernation convolute (hs rolled m the bud) It 

 runs into many forms particularlj in fruit 



t . xh A] 1 



letii 



^ 1 1 by 

 Iou„ petioles nnd 

 e no doubt hjl iids 

 r They are often 

 now Phvtogr i 8 

 parentlj a deina 

 ugh hjl ridization 

 fter having exam 

 jet preserved at 

 piit ikts much of 



