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the under surface is as white as that of P. edulis. A very 

 distinct variety. 



Received from Messrs. Loddiges under the name of P. 

 Aria. 



6. P. Aria Cretica ; foliis planis orbiculato-ellipticis crenato-serratis retusis basi 

 cuneatis, ramulis araneosis. 



P. Aria rotundifolia. Hort. 

 P. Aria Cretica. Hort. 

 P. GrcBca. Hort. 



Buds large, brown. Shoots smooth ; when young slightly 

 covered with a cobweb-like down. Leaves flat, middle sized, 

 obovate-cuneate, doubly serrate, entire at the base, smooth 

 above, hoary beneath. 



This variety is nearly the same as the Caucasean form of 

 the species, which differs in having the serratures of the leaves 

 double, and their upper surface loosely covered with woolli- 

 ness ; the latter I have not yet seen in cultivation. It also 

 exhibits an approach to P. edulis of Wildenow, commonly 

 sold in the nurseries under the name of P. nivalis, which M. 

 De Candolle has referred to P. intermedia, but which ap- 

 pears to me to constitute a species quite as legitimate as any 

 of those into which the old P. Aria has been divided. 



Received from Messrs. Loddiges under the name of Pyrus 

 Grceca, and from Messrs. Backhouse of York as P. Aria 

 rotundifolia. It is more commonly known in the nurseries 

 by the name of P. Aria Cretica. 



7. P. Aria bullata; foliis concavis ellipticis acuminatis bullatis, apice grosse 

 serratis, basi integris. 



P. Aria acuminata. Hort. 



Buds small, downy. Shoots weak, downy. Leaves on long 

 stalks, irregularly but not doubly serrated, acuminate towards 



