XXVI. ROSA‘CEA: PY RUS. 423 
768. P. sinensis. 
China and Cochin China. Height 15 ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 1820. 
Flowers white, slightly tinted with pink. Fruit large, edible, yellowish 
green when ripe ; rarely seen in England. 
Differs from the common pear in having longer and greener branches, and 
larger, more lucid, and almost evergreen leaves; insipid, roundish, warted, 
very gritty fruit; anda calyx, the inside of which is destitute of the down that 
is found on all the varieties of the European pear. The fruit is perfectly 
hardy, and it is ornamental; but it is worthless as a fruit tree, It vegetates 
very early in spring; when it is easily recognised by the deep rich brown of its 
young leaves and shoots. 
¥ 8. P. BOLLWYLLERIA‘NA Dec. The Bollwyller Pear Tree. 
769, P. boliwytleriana. 
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