for all the appie- 

 altliouKli tlif re 

 logues Tllele 



are few remaining spe 

 fdlia, Targ , considereti 

 by others to helong to s 

 between Pj 



2037. Pyrus Soulardi (X I 



Italy: Ivs. broad-ovate - . 



white, about 1 in. across, in open terminal corymbj 

 long, ellipticoblong, red. B.M. 7423.— P. SikH, ' 



outline, with several sharp lobes: fls. 

 • ■ • fr. J^in. 



, Hook. t. 

 baceata, but the leaves (wliifh iittiiin ."> .x 3 

 . .•icutely serrate, woolly bene.itli m. 1 u tl . i,. •^ '. 

 miilrib above, the peduncles imi -• ■■'■ ■ -■• 

 * * I suspect it will prove a lot [I i 

 Himalayas, 7,000-10,000 ft altm. 



PTXIDANTHERA 



1475 



PYXIDANTHfiEA (Greek, box and ,,, 

 nthei-. open transversely like the lid 



the 



The PyxiE, Flowering Moss or Pine- 

 BiRKEN Bealty IS a pretty little creeping plant, native 

 oulj to New Jersey and North Carolina, which is 

 covered in early spring with small -white, 5-pctaled 

 flowers and pink buds. It sonietinics blooms side by 

 side with the trailing arbutus. These Howeis an sold 



in the 



iif Philadelphi 



but 



Py^ 



I of 



Generic characters: sepals 5. oblong, obtuse, reddish 

 at tip; corolla short-bell-shaped, 5-lobed; lobes obovate, 

 erose, persistent; stamens 5, inserted in the sinuses 

 staminodes none: ovary 3-celled: ovules many in a cell 

 capsule loculicidal. 



barbul&ta, Michx. Creeping shrub, with a long tap- 

 root in the center of the tuft: Ivs. narrow, crowded, 

 overlapping, the young ones woolly at the base within, 

 whence the specific name "barbulata." Fls. March to 

 May. B.M. 4592. Mn. 8:33. B.B. 2:583. Gn. 27, p. 209 

 (from Harper's Mag.). ijv. M. 



2033. Pyrus coronaria (X%). See No. 15, page 1474, 



