Pyrus] XLVI. ROSACEA 291 



acuminate, serrulate, petiole usually longer than half the length of leaf. Fl. 

 white, on long slender pedicels, in sessile umbelliform corymbs. Calyx-tube 

 urceolate, glabrous or slightly pubescent, limb spreading, lobes lanceolate, 

 deciduous, equal t" or longer than tube, white cottony inside. Petals with 

 dark veins. Styles 3-5 nearly free, woolly at base. Fr. small, red or scarlet. 

 globose, sometimes pyriform, .1-1 in. diam., on pedicels 2 in. long. 



X. W. Himalaya. Kashmir in X'.-pal 0-11,000 ft. Bhutan and Khasi hills. Bernard- 

 myo, Upper Burma. PI. spring, Fr. autumn. — Northern Asia. 3. P. sikkimensis, Hook, f., 

 sikkim 7-10,000 ft.. Bhutan, is believed to differ by a woolly calyx, 1. tomentose beneath 

 and pyriform speckled fruit, but is probably not specifically distinct. 



4. P. communis, Linn. : Braudis F. PI. 203. The Pear tree. Vern. 

 Xashjinti. Hind. 



I 'snally glabrous, branchlets on young trees often spinescent. L. broadly 

 ovate, entire or obtusely serrate, petiole slender, nearly as long as leaf. Fl. 

 white, styles 5, free. Fr. more or less turbinate, not intruded at base, crowned 

 with the persistent calyx. 



Indigenous in Eastern and Central Europe ami inWestern Asia. Largely cultivated 

 in the X.W. Himalaya. Fl. Maivh-Anril lat times in autumn). Fr. Aug.-Oi.-t. 



.">. P. Pashia, Ham. ; Collett Simla Flora t. -17. — Syn. P. variolosa, Wall. : 

 Brandia P. Fl. 204. Vern Patangi, Hazara ; Ei inf. MehOl, Mol, N. W. Hima- 

 laya. 



A middle-sized tree, young s] is. | ., ■■ 1 m n-l.-s ami calyx clothed with whitish 



floccose tomentum. Barren branclilets often spinescent. Leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 1: i r .-. IV. mi a rounded or slightly en late base, acuminate, crenate, on coppice shoots 

 and stickers often lobed or pinnatifid, petioles slender, half the length of leaf or 

 longer. Petals obovate, with dark radiating veins. Fr. nearly globose when 

 ripe, | — 1A in. diam.. crowned with the base of calyx, rough and scurfy wit li 

 numerous elevated white round spots. 



Afghanistan. Trans Indus. Himalaya, Hazara to Bhutan, 2,500 s . I n. Khasi 



bills, Manipur. Upper Burma. PL Feb. \|>iH. o casionally in autumn. Fr. eaten, 

 like a medlar when it is hall rotten. Closely allied, it specifically distinct, are: 6. 

 P. Kumaoni. Dene., Himalaya, Kashmir to Kumaon, leaves corymbs outside of calyx-tube 

 glabrous, calyx-lobes broad, rounded, woolly on the margin. 7. p. Jacquemontiana, 

 Dene., Punjab Himalaya. I. glabrous, corymbs la\ tomentose, young fr. smooth. 



s. P. lanata, Don. Syn. /'. Aria, Brandis F. PL 206. Vern. Amlok, 

 Coram valley; Doda, Sazara; Mohl, Bayshara, Banphalta, Marphal, Pahi, 



X. W. llima'l. 



A middle-sized or large tree, young shoots, inflorescence and outside of 

 calyx-tube clothed with white woolly tomentum. Leaves ovate or obovate, 

 Sec. n. prominent beneath. S I! pair, each terminating as a rule in a small 

 acute lolx", lulies serrate, blade 3 6, petiole \ 1 in. I"uu r : full grown leaves 

 glabrous above, generally greyish white floccose, rarely glabrous, beneath. Fl. 

 white, scented, '. in. across, in compound terminal corymbs, petals unguiculate, 

 rly glabrous, often with a feu scattered hairs, veined, styles 2 5, free, 

 the l"\ver half densely woolly. Fr. narrowed to the base, red, J— 1J in., edible, 

 crowned with the persistent calyx-lob 



Kuram valley. Himalaya, Ha ora to Cu n. Sikkim adron Forest, 



- LO.OOO it. Fl. March May. Fr. i.ug. Oct. 9. P. vestita, Wall.. Himalaya, Jumnti 



to Sikkim 6 8,000ft Khasi bills, Yunnan, a large tree, 1. very woolly white-tomentose 



it h. i iiit lobed, calyx tomentose, petals woolly within, styles 8-6, woollj at has 



. globose. United with 8 under /'. Aria in Brandis I". Fl. V V7. & C. India. 



B. Leaves simple, ovar\ - .".-celled, styles 2 3. free or united, calyx-lobes 

 deciduous, leaving a raised ring at the top of the fruit. 



L0. P. Grifflthil, Dene., Sikkim 6 9,000 ft., Bhutan, Naga hills, a I - epi- 

 phytic, - what resembles P. vettita, I. densely grey-tomentose beneath when young, 



ions and shining when full grown, labrous, styles 2, distinct, glabrous. 



