By Mr. John Lindley. 



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coloured. Leaves small, pale green, oval, acuminate at each 

 end, a little narrower towards the base, smooth above, downy 

 beneath, with very fine crenatures, each having a little 

 brown mucro. Flowers numerous, in many flowered co- 

 rymbs. Calyces downy. Fruit red, shining, produced in 

 considerable abundance, small, obovate, slightly downy. 



This was presented by Messrs. Loddiges under the name 

 of Mespilus pyrifolia. It varies slightly in the size of its fruit, 

 and in its more or less vigorous growth. From it I distinguish 

 the two following varieties. 



P. arbutifolia, /3 intermedia : fructu subgloboso fusco. 



A handsome plant, received from Mr. William Malcolm, 

 under the name of Pyrus melanocarpa. It cannot be ranked 

 higher than a variety of Pyrus arbutifolia, with which it agrees 

 in the surface of its calyx, and the shape of its leaves, dif- 

 fering chiefly in the size and colour of its fruit, which assumes a 

 brown hue when fully ripe, and in the larger size of its 

 leaves. 



P. arbutifolia, y serotina : foliis nitidis subtus velutinis, fructu serotino versicolor. 



The leaves of this are of a darker green than those of the 

 type of the species, more tapering to each end, and particu- 

 larly shining on the upper surface ,* they are also much more 

 reticulated above than in either of the other two varieties ; 

 the fruit is pyriform, changing at first to yellow, and after- 

 wards acquiring the red colour proper to the species. 



