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long very acute point.—Hedges and woods. T.IV.V. Wild 
Pear tree. 
2. P. Malus (L.); 1. ovate acute serrate, fl. in a sessile umbel, 
Fr. globose, styles combined below.—E. B.179.—a. P. acerba 
(DC.); young branches calyx-tube and under side of the |. gla- 
brous.—. tomentosa (Koch) ; the same parts pubescent or woolly. 
—Woods and hedges. T.V. Crab tree. 
[3. P. domestica (Sm.); 1. pinnate downy beneath serrated, 
jl. panicled, fr. obovate—E. B. 350.—Fr. resembling a small 
pear.—One tree in Wyre Forest. T.V. Service ‘red E. 
4. P. aucuparia (Gaert.); 1. pinnate downy beneath serrated, 
fi. corymbose, fr. (small red) globose.—E. B. 337.—Hilly woods 
and on mountains. T.V.VI. Rowan tree. Mountain Ash. 
5. P. fennica; 1. oblong doubly serrate near the apex pinnatifid 
below, pinne lanceolate oblong serrated the 2 lowermost distinct, 
under side white and downy, fl. corymbose.—E. B. 23312 P. 
pinnatifida Sm., Sorbus fennica Kalm, Fr.—Fy. scarlet. Lower 
part of the 1. truly pinnate, the lobes becoming more and more 
combined as they approach the extremity of the leaf which is only 
deeply and doubly serrate——Mountains in the northern part of 
the Isle of Arran. T. V. 
6. P. Aria (Sm.); 1. oval or oblong unequally and doubly 
serrate or slightly lobed towards the end nearly entire below, la- 
teral nerves about 12 on each side, under side white and downy, 
fl. corymbose —E. B. 1858.—Fr. scarlet.—Hilly and mountain 
woods. T.V. White Beam tree. 
7. P. scandica; 1. broad lobed, lobes triangular-oval toothed 
deepest towards the middle of each side of the 1., lateral nerves 
about 7 on each side, underside white, fi. corymbose.—Sorbus 
scandica Fries.—“ Fr. red.’ Basal 4 of 1. finely serrate, apical 4 
narrowly lobed. The continental distribution shows that neither 
this nor P. fennica can be hybrids.—Hilly woods. T.V. 
8. P. torminalis (Sm.); 1. ovate or cordate lobed glabrous, 
lobes triangular acute serrated the lower ones larger and spread- 
ing, fl. corymbose.—E. B. 298.—Fr. oval, brown.—Woods and 
hedges chiefly in the south. T.IV.V. Wild Service tree. _ E.. 
Order XXVII. LYTHRACEX. 
Cal. tubular, lobed, lobes valvate or distant in estivation, 
sometimes with intermediate teeth. Pet. between the lobes of 
the calyx, very deciduous. Stam. inserted in the tube of the cal. 
below the pet. and equalling them or 2, 3 or 4 times as many. 
Ovary free, 2—4-celled. Caps. membranaceous, usually (by abor- 
