XXVI. ROSA‘CER: Py‘RUS. 425 
of 1837-8. It has ripened fruit in the Fulham Nursery, which is brown when 
ripe, and which, according to Dr. Royle, is not eatable until it is somewhat 
decayed. The veins of the leaves, and the entire plant, are tinged with reddish 
brown. The young seedlings of this species, and also the root shoots from 
plants cut down, have the leaves cut like a Cratze‘gus or Sérbus. 
¥ 10. P. Micuau’xu Bosc. Michaux’s Pear Tree. 
Identification. Bosc in Poir Suppl., 4. p. 432. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 623. 
Engraving. Our fig. 771. from a specimen in Dr, Hooker's herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oval, quite entire, acutish, glabrous on 
both surfaces, and shining above. Peduncles usually twin, 
when bearing the fruit thick and woody. Fruit globose. 
(Don's Mill.) A deciduous tree. North America. Height 
15 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1837. Flowers ?. 
There are plants of this species in the Hort. Soc. Garden, 
and in some of the London nur- 
series; but they are too small to 
enable us to form any judgement 
as to the kind of tree which they 
771. P. Michaaxit. wi]] ultimately form. 
¥ 11. P. r’npica Colebr. The Indian Pear Tree. 
Identification. Colebr. Wall. Pl. Rar. Asiat., 2. t.172.; Don’s €Z Poe, 
Mill., 2. p. 622 
Engravings. Wali. Pl. Rar. Asiat., 2. t. 172. ; and our fig. 772. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves ovate, or ovate-cordate, 
acute, serrulated, glabrous, white beneath, as 
well as the petioles and calyxes; in the young 
plants lobed. Claws of the petals shorter than 
the calyx. Umbels sessile, few-flowered. Styles 
villous at the base. (Don’s Mill.) Ad sciduous 
tree. Bengal, on the mountains of Sylhet. 
Height 15 ft. to 20ft. Introd. ?. Flowers white ; 
May. Fruit about the size of a wild pear; ripe ; 
in October. 172+ F. indice. 
§ ii. Malus. 
Sect. Char. Petals spreading, flat. Styles 5, more or less strictly connate at 
the base. Pome mostly globose, depressed, and invariably having a conca- 
vity at its base. Flowers in corymbs. Leaves simple, not glanded. (Dec. 
Prod.) — This section includes all the apples and crabs. 
¥ 12. P. Ma‘tus L. The common, or wild, Apple Tree. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 686,; Smith’s Eng. Flora, 2, p. 362.; Lindl. Synop., 2d edit., p. 105. ; Dee. 
Prod. 2. p.635.4 Don's Mill., 2. p. 623. ans TRE accent aera av 
Synonymes. P. Malus mitis Walir. Sched. p. 215.; Malus comminis Dec. Fi. Fr. ; Pommier com- 
mun, Fr.; gemeine Apfelbaum, Ger. ; Pero Melo, and Melo Pomo, Ital. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t.179.; the plate in Arb. Brit., Ist edit., vol. vi. ; 
and our fig. 773. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves ovate, acute, crenated, woolly on 
the under surface. Flowers in corymbs. Tube of calyx 
woolly. . Styles glabrous. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree. 
Europe in woods and wastes; frequent in hedges. 
Height 20 ft. to 30 ft., sometimes 50 ft. In cultivation as a 
fruit tree from time immemorial. Flowers white, tinged 
with pink; May. Fruit red and yellow; ripe in October. 
Decaying leaves brownish. 
Cultivated in gardens, it is wholly, or conjointly with other 
species or races, the parent of innumerable varieties, termed, — 773. p. amtus. 
