142 



XXVII. R0SACE-a2 : POME^. 



[ Co ton 



easier. 



17. CoTONEASTER Lhidl, Cotoneaster. 



Flowers polygamous. CaL turbinate, with 5 short teeth, p 

 5, small, erect. Stmn. erect, the length of the teeth of the cal' 

 Fruit turbinate, with its nuts adhering to the inside of the caV* 

 T^iif nnf nr.'U^^'.r.rc \^ +Ko n^..^^^ _ ^^med from Cotoneum (kv 



but not cohering in the centre. 



) 



( 



t. 2713. I ^ ./ .0, 



Limestone cliffs at Ormeshead, Caernarvonshire. T^ . 5,6. 



18. Pyrus Lin7i. Pear. Apple. Service. 



Cal of 5 small segments. Pet. 5, large, roundish. Syies 2—5 

 Fruit fleshy, with 5 cartilaginous or coriaceous 2-seeded cells! 



Name derived from the Celtic ^^r^?2, or Gaelic peiir, ^pear- 

 uut more immediately, on account of its shape, from irvp^ flame; 

 which, as well as the origin of ^r-tree, may arise from the an- 

 cient polyglot vocable ar, er, or, or z/r, denoting light ov flame. 



1. P. communis L. (wild P.); leaves simple ovate serrate, 

 peduncles corymbose, fruit turbinate, styles distinct. E B 



t. 1784. 



AVoods and hedges. 



h' 4,5. 



Origin of our Pear. 



2. P. Mdlus L. {Crah A.') ; leaves ovate acute serrate, flowers 

 in a sessile umbel, styles combined below, fruit dobose. E. B 

 t. 179. 



Vfoods and hedges. 



tnade. 



\. 5. 



Fruit austere, of which verjuice is 

 Origin of our Apple, a word derived from the Celtic hall a 



CrataBgus L. : E. B. t. 298. 



almost glabrous. 



round hody ; whence also abhall in Gaelic, and apftl in German. 



3. P. tonnindlis Sm. (wild S.) ; leaves ovate or cordate lobed 

 and serrate, lower lobes larger and spreading, peduncles corym- 

 bose. ^ * 



Woods and hedges, chiefly in the middle and south of England. 



h . 5, 6. — Young leaves pubescent or tomentose beneath, old ones 



Flowers rather large, white. Fruit small, greenish- 

 brown, spotted. 



4. P. domestica Sm. (true S.) ; leaves pinnate downy be- 

 neath, leaflets serrate upwards, flowers panicled, fruit (large) 

 obovate. E. B. t. 350. Sorbus L. 



Solitary tree in Wyre Forest, near Bewdley, Worcestershire, h 

 5. — Segments of the cahjx recurved after flowering. %/e5 jointed, 

 woolly to the apex. Habit of the following; but differing in its 

 father larger j^0M?ers and the much larger fruit, which resembles a 

 small pear, an inch long, with a horny lining to the cells. The 

 tTiflorescence, too, although sometimes short and broad, is never a true 

 corymb; but the chief character lies in the fruits 



