Rosacc@— Pyrus. brs 
the calyx-lobes fall early, giving it a naked appearance. This 
is also a native of Northern Asia. 
5. P.tormindlis. Wild Service.—A small indigenous tree. 
Leaves glabrescent, ovate or cordate, more or less deeply lobed. 
Flowers corymbose, small, white. Fruit globose or pear-shaped, 
brown. 
6. P. Aria. White Beam Tree.—A shrub or small tree, 
very variable in foliage. Leaves lobed, pinnatifid or pinnate 
at the base, with a dense flocculent down on the under surface. 
Flowers in loose corymbs, small, white. Fruit spherical, half 
an inch in diameter, red or scarlet. 
7. P. Aucuparia. Mountain Ash or Rowan Tree.—An ele- 
gant native tree of small dimensions. Leaves imparipinnate, 
with about 7 or 9 oblong serrate leaflets. Flowers small, white, 
in large terminal dense corymbs. Fruit small, globose, scarlet. 
The scarlet berries of this tree, which are usually borne in 
great abundance, render it highly attractive towards Autumn. 
8. P. doméstica. True Service.—Very much like the pre- 
ceding, but the buds are smooth, the flowers panicled, and the 
fruit larger and pear-shaped or obovate. 
P. Japénica (fig. 94), syn. 
Cydonia or Chaendmeles Japo- 
niew.—This is one of the most 
ornamental of early-flowering 
shrubs, its brilliant scarlet 
flowers appearing in great profu- 
sion towards the end of Winter, 
before the leaves are developed. 
It is also remarkable for the leafy “= 
kidney-shaped stipules. Besides 
the common variety, which is 
perhaps the best, there is a white, 
a flesh, a red bordered with 
white, a semi-double, and several 
other varieties. 
10. CRAT-AIGUS. 
Deciduous trees or shrubs, 
often armed with sharp spines. 
Leaves variable. Calyx-limb 
persistent. Fruit ovoid or 
spherical, with hard bony cells or stones. The species are 
Fig. 94. Pyrus Japonica. (} nat. size.) 
