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XXXVIII. Pyrus floribunda. Lindtey. 



P. ramis cinereis reclinatis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis longe petiolatis 

 subtus calycibusque tomentosis, fructibus sphaericis, corymbis multifloris foliis 

 longioribus. 



This species differs from P. arbutifolia in its compact recli- 

 nate habit, and black fruit : in P. arbutifolia the mode of 

 growth being erect and rather rigid, and the fruit red. The 

 leaves have nearly the same outline, but are not netted on the 

 upper side, are much larger, and are seated on longer stalks ; 

 the young shoots are long and cinereous. The appearance of 

 the plant is unusually graceful, and it is, to use an Horticul- 

 tural expression, by far the best plant of any of the allies of 

 P. arbutifolia. It is intermediate in appearance between P. 

 melanocarpa and arbutifolia, agreeing with the latter in its 

 calyces, with the former in its fruit, and being truly distinct 

 from either. 



The plants in the Garden were presented to the Society 

 by Messrs. Loddiges, under the name of Mespilus flori- 

 bunda. It has long been an inhabitant of the Gardens ; for 

 there are specimens in the Banksian Herbarium from the 

 Gardens both of Mr. Peter Collinson and Dr. Fother- 

 gill. A figure of the plants in the Society's Garden has 

 been published in the Botanical Register, fol. 1006. 



XXXIX. Pyrus depressa. 



P. caule humili reclinato, foliis oblongis obtusis subtus calycibusque tomen- 

 tosis, fructibus pyriformibus, corymbis foliorum longitudine. 



In habit this is similar to P. melanocarpa, being very dwarf; 

 the plants in the Garden do not exceed \\ foot in height. 



