140 26. KOSACE.E. 



17. MES'PILUS Linn. Medlar. 



1. M. german'ica (L.) ; 1. lanceolate undivided downy be- 

 neath, fl. solitary. E. B. 1523. [Pyrus Hook, fil.] L. entire 

 simply or doubly serrate. In the wild state it is spinous. 

 Hedges and thickets in Surrey, Sussex, [and Cheshire ?] T. 

 V. VI. E. 



18. PY'RTJS Linn. 



1. P. communis (L.) ; 1. ovate serrate, fl. corymbose, fruit tur- 

 binatcj styles distinct. E. B. 1784. Branches rather spinous. 

 Germen woolly. Leaves sometimes obovate suddenly con- 

 tracted into along very acute point. a. Pi/raster (L.) ; 1. acumi- 

 nate downy beneath when young ultimately glabrous, fr. 

 elongate-pyriforni obconical at the base. /3. P. Achras (Gaert.); 

 mature 1. acute or cuspidate slightly downy beneath, fr. globose- 

 pyriform rounded below. y. P. cot-data (Desv.), P. Briggsii 

 (Syme) ; 1. cordate-ovate nearly glabrous, fr. small globose or 

 pyriform. Hedges and woods. T. IV. V. Wild Pear-tree. E. 



2. P. Mains (L.) ; 1. ovate acute serrate, fl. in a sessile 

 umbel,/)*, globose, styles combined below. a. P. acerba (DC.) ; 

 young branches calyx-tube and underside of the 1. glabrous. 

 E. B. 179. ft. mitis (Wallr.) ; the same parts pubescent or 

 woolly. Sy. E. B. 490. Woods and hedges. T. V. Crab- 

 tree. E. S. I. 



\_P. domes'tica (Ehrh.) ; /. pinnate downy beneath serrate,./?. 

 panicledyfr. obovate. Fr. resembling a small pear. One tree 

 in Wyre Forest ; now lost. T. V. Service-tree.^ E. 



3. P. Aucupdria (Ehrh.) ; /. pinnate downy beneath serrate, 

 fl. corymbose, fr. (small red) globose. Corymb 4 6 in. across. 



Lts. 12 16. Hilly woods. Mountains. T. V. VI. Rowan 

 tree. Mountain- Ash. E. S I. 



\P.pinnatifida (Ehrh.), P. semipinnata (Roth). E.B. iii. Suppl. 48oB, 

 with oblong-lanceolate bluntly-lobed 1. pinnate below, occurs in shrub- 

 beries. P. Aucuparia X Aria ?] 



4. P.fen'nica (Bab.) ; 1. oblong serrate usually pinnate below 

 with 1 4 pairs of free decurrent Its. and 1 2 pairs of nearly 

 free lobes, Its. and lobes oblong or narrowly elliptical, underside 

 grey-webbed, fl, corymbose. Sorbusfennica Fr. Lobes blunt or 

 acute as the term, tooth is more or less prominent. Hybrid (?) 

 between Sp. 3 and 5. Glen Catacol, Arran, S., in small quan- 

 tity. S. 



5. P. intermedia (Ehrh.) ; /. oblong doubly serrate near the 

 apex pinnatifid below, lobes oblong-lanceolate serrate, underside 



