494 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Identification. Dec. Fi. Fr. Suppl., p. 530. ; Prod., 2. p. 634. ; N. Du Ham., 6. p. 191.; Don’s Mill., 
2. p. 522. 
Bynvemes P. bollwylleriana J. Bauk. Hist. 1. p. 59.ic.; P. Polivérza Lin. Mant. 234.; P. au- 
ricularis Knoop Pomot. 2. p. 38. t. 4., according to Reichenbach. " 
Engravings. J. Bauh. Hist., ic.; Knoop Pomol., 2. p. 38. t. 4., according to Reichenbach 5 N. Du 
Ham., 6. t. 58.; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 769. 
Spec. Char., &c. Buds downy. Leaves ovate, coarsely serrated, tomentose 
beneath. Flowers many ina corymb. Fruit top-shaped, small, yellowish 
within. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree of the middle size, with but few 
ascending thick coarse branches. France, at Bollwyller on the Rhine, in 
hedges, but rare; possibly a hybrid between the pear and apple. Height 
10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1786, Flowers white ; April and May. Fruit 
greenish brown; ripe in September. 
A very distinct variety, with large rough leaves, having somewhat the ap- 
pearance of those of the apple. The fruit is turbinate, sraall, orange yellow, 
and unfit to eat. The tree produces fewer branches than any other species or 
variety of pear; and these branches are upright, thick, and rigid. 
¥ 9. P. vartoto'sa Wall, The variable-leaved Pear Tree. 
Identification. Wall. Cat. 680. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 622. 
Synonyme. P. Pdshia Ham. ex Herb. Lin. Soc. ¢ 
Engravings. The plate in Arb. Brit., lst edit., vol. vi. : and our fig. 770. 
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770. P. varioldsa. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves ovate, acuminated, crenated, glabrous in the adult 
state, on long petioles; when young, clothed with yellowish tomentum 
beneath. Umbels terminal. Pedicels and calyxes woolly. (Don's Mill.) 
A deciduous tree. Nepal and Kamaon. Height, in its native country, 40 ft. 
to 50 ft.; in England 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced in 1825. Flowers white, 
slightly tinged with pink; April and May, Fruit pear-shaped; ripe in Oc- 
tober, and remaining on the tree in the climate of London all the winter ; 
eatable, like that of the medlar, in a state of incipient decay. 
In the open air, in mild winters, this species is sub-evergreen ; and, against a 
wall, in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, it is completely so. It forms a 
very handsome tree, but is rather tender, having been killed to within a few feet 
of the ground, in several places in the neighbourhood of London, by the winter 
