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SPRING FLOWERS. 



(45) Pyrus. 

 * Leaves simple, rarely pinnatifid. 



P. communis : tree ; leaves ovate or obovate, finely saw- 

 toothed, smooth ; flowers large, white, in short racemes or 

 bunches of 6-10 ; fruit large, top-shaped. Pear-tree. 

 Woods and hedges. Fl. April, May. 



P. Malus : tree ; leaves ovate or obovate, saw-toothed, 

 downy; flowers large, pinkish, several together, in a sessile 

 umbel; fruit large, roundish. Apple-tree or Crab. Woods 

 and hedges. Fl. May. 



P. Aria : shrub or tree ; leaves ovate or obovate, sharply 

 serrated, white and cottony beneath ; flowers white, in dense 

 flat corymbs ; fruit small, globular, red. There are varieties : 

 P. intermedia, and P. pinnatifida with the leaves variously 

 cut. Beam-tree. Mountainous woods. Fl. May. 



P. torminalis : tree : leaves broad, cut into about 7 broad 

 pointed toothed lobes, white beneath while young; flowers 

 white, in corymbs; fruit small, globular, greenish-brown. 

 Wild Service-tree. Woods and hedges. Fl. April, May. 



** Leaves pinnately divided. 



P. Aucuparia : tree ; leaflets numerous, oblong, toothed, 

 downy beneath ; flowers small, very numerous, in large 

 corymbs ; fruit small, globular, bright red. Rowan-tree, 

 Quicken-tree, or Mountain Ash. Mountainous woods. Fl. 

 May. 



(46) Cotoneaster. 



C. vulgaris : shrub ; leaves ovate or orbicular ; flowers 

 small, greenish-white, solitary, or in short drooping racemes 

 on short leafy branches ; fruit small, reddish. Limestone 

 cliffs, Carnarvonshire. Fl. May, June. 



