XXVI. ROSACEH: PY‘RUS: 42) 
¥ 2. P. (c.) satviFo‘Lta Dec. The Sage-leaved, 
Aurelian, or Orleans, Pear Tree. 
Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 531., in a note; Prod., 2. p. 634. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622. 
Synonyme. Poirier Sauger D’Ourch in Bibl. Phys. Econ. Mat 
Spec. Char.,§c. Branches thick. Buds tomentose. 
Leaves lanceolate, entire, tomentose all over 
when young ; when adult, glabrous on the upper 
surface. Fruit thick, long, fit for making perry. 
Wild and cultivated about Orleans, in France. 
(Dec. Prod.) Introduced by the Loudon Horti- 
cultural Society, in 1826; and, in our opinion, 
only a variety of the common wild pear. 763. P. (0.) salvifolia. 
¥ 3. P.(c.) xiva‘us Lin, fil. The snowy-leaved Pear Tree. 
Identification. Lin. fil. Suppl., 253.; Jac. Fl. Austr., 
t. 107.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 634.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 
23. 
Engravings. Jacq. Fl. Austr., t. 107.; and our jig. 764. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval, entire, obtuse, 
white and silky beneath. Corymbs ter- 
minal. Fruit globose, very acid, except 
when ripe and beginning to decay, when 
it becomes very sweet. (Dec. Prod.) A 
native of the Alps of Austria, where it 
grows to the height of 10 or 12feet. It 
was introduced into the Horticultural 
Society’s Garden in 1826, or before ; and 
is already 15 ft. high, forming a very hand- 
some white-foliaged tree; though, as we 
think, decidedly only a variety, or race, of 
the common wild pear. 
764. P. (c.) nivalis. 
¥ 4. P.(c.) stna‘tca Thouin. The Mount Sinai Pear Tree. 
765. P. (c.) sinaica, 
den lifeation. Thouin Mém. Mus.. 1. WO. t. 9. 5 ve Prod., 2. p. 624. ; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 622. 
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