422 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Synonymes. P. Sinai Desf. Ard. %. p. 144., N. Du Ham. 6. t. 57.; P. pérsica Pers. Syn. 2. p.40.5 
the Mount Sinai Medlar. 2 
Engravings. Mém. Mus., 1. t.9.; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 57.5 Dend. Brit., t. 49.; the plate in Arb. 
rit., 1st edit.,'vol. vi. ; and our fig. 765. 
Spec, Char., $c. Very much branched, and spreading. Buds whitishly pu- 
bescent. Leaves ovate-oblong, subacute, very minutely erenated; whitishly 
pubescent beneath, above glabrous and almost shining ; falling off late. 
(Dec. Prod.) A native of Mount Sinai, whence it was brought to the Paris 
Garden early in the present century, and introduced into England in 1820. 
It so closely resembles the preceding sort, as hardly to be distinguishable 
from it; and we have no doubt that seeds of either, if sown toa consider- 
able extent, would produce plants of these and several other kinds. 
* 5. P. (c.) satictro‘tia L. The Willow-leaved Pear Tree. 
Identification, Lin. Suppl., 255.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635. ; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 622. see 7 
Synonymes, P. elwagnifdlia Pall. ; P. orientilis Horn. Suppl. 52.; P. (C.) elwagnifolia Arb. Brit. 
ees Sea. Itin., 3. p.374. t. N. f.3.5 Fl. Ros., 1. t. 9.5 and our jig. 765. 
Spec. Char., §c. Buds whitely tomentose. ‘ 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, 
hoary, particularly upon the under sur- 
face. The disk three times as long as the 
petiole. Flowers upon short pedicels, 
disposed in corymbs, a few in a corymb. 
(Dec. Prod.) A native of Siberia, com- 
mon in the deserts between the rivers 
Cuma and Terec; and found, also, on 
Caucasus, and in Persia, generally ac- 
companied by C. Oxyacantha and Prinus 
spinosa. It was introduced into England 
in 1780; and forms a very distinct va- 
riety; attaining the height of 20 or 25 
feet. There are fine trees of this sort, 
20 ft. high, at White Knights. 
a 
766. P. (c.) saiicifolia. 
* 6. P.(c.) amy@paLiro’Rmis Vil, The Almond-shaped Pear Tree. 
Identification. Vill. Cat. Strasb., 322. ; Dec. Suppl., 531.; Dec, Prod.. 
2. p 634.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 622. 
Synonymes. P. sylvéstris Magnol. Bot. 215. ; P. salicifolia Lois. Not. 79. 
Engraving. Our fig. 767. 
Spec. Char, §c. Spiny. Buds tomentose. Leaves 
oblong, acute, entire; tomentose all over when young; 
when adult, glabrous on the upper surface. The disk 
six times longer than the petiole. Flowers in co- 
rymbs. (Dec. Prod.) Wild in rough places in France, 
in Provence, Dauphiny, and Languedoc; and very 
closely resembling the preceding sorts. It was intro- 
duced in 1810; and the finest plant that we know of 
it, in the neighbourhood of London, is at Kenwood; 
where it is 22 ft. high, with a very irregular picturesque 
head, and many of the side branches sweeping the 
ground. In May, it is completely covered with white 
blossoms, and in autumn with small green fruit, which L yh 
drop off with the first severe frost. 767. P. (c.) amygdaliférmis 
¥* 7. P.sine’nsis Lindl. The Chinese Pear Tree. 
eee Hort, Trani, &: p. 396.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622, 
synonymes. P¥rus communis Los. Cochin. p. 321.; P. sinica Royle Ilustr. p, 207.; Ri vulgo Nas 
Japanese, Kampf. Ameen. fasc. 804. ; the Sand Pear, Snow Pear, Sand Pear; Sha Lee, Chinese. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1148. ; the plate in Arb, Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi.; and our jig. 768. 
Spec. Char., 5c. Leaves cordate, apiculated, shining, serrated, and when 
young, pubescent beneath. Peduncles corymbose. Calyx glabrous inside. 
Fruit warted and bony. (Don’s Mill.) A deciduous tree of the middle size. 
