SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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THE ARIA GROUP OF BRITISH PYRI. 



With a New Species or Variety. 



By the Rev. Augustin Ley, M. A. 



VT OTWITHSTANDING the admirable work upon the most prominent forms found in Britain 



accomplished by the late Dr. Boswell and may be permitted, 

 others, and the diligent researches more recently i. Pyrus aria, Ehrh. This, the well-known white- 

 made by Mr. N. E. Brown, in this interesting group, beam, is decidedly the most common and the most 

 the plants comprehended in it are perhaps hardly widely-distributed of the group. It is native in 

 yet fully understood ; hence a few observations limestone woods, and on mountain cliffs ; occurring 



The Lesser White-beam. Pyrus minima. Ley. 

 Reduced to half natural size. 



July. 1895. — No. 17. Vol. II. 



