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26. EOSACtB. 
IT. Mespilus Linn, em., Lindi. Medlar. 
1. jI. gei-nianica (L.) : 1. lanceolate undivided downy be- 
neath, fl. solitary. — E. B. 1523. [Py7-K5 Hook, fil.] — ^L. entire 
simply or doubly serrate. In the wild state it is spinous. — 
Hedges' and thickets in Surrey, Sussex, [and ChesMre ?] T. 
V.YI. ' E. 
IS. Pt'eus Linn, em., LindL 
1. P. commiinis (L.) : 1. ovate serrate, fl. corymbose, tur- 
binate, st>/les distinct. — E. B. 1784. — Branches rather spinous. 
Gennen woolly. Leaves sometimes obovate suddenly con- 
tracted into a long very acute point. — a. Pyraster (L.) ; L acumi- 
nate downy beneath when young ultimately glabrous, fr. 
elongate-pyriform obconical at the base. — ^. Achras (Wallr.) ; 
mature 1. acute or cuspidate slightly downy beneath, fr. globose- 
pyriform rounded below. — -,. P. cordata (Desv.), P. Briggni 
(Syme) ; 1. cordate-ovate nearly glabrous, fr. small globose or 
pyriform. — Hedges and woods. T. TV. Y. Wild Pear-tree. E. 
2. P. Mdlus (L.) : 1. ovate acute serrat«, fl. in a sessile 
umbel, jr. globose, styles combined ieloic.—a. P. acerba (DC.) ; 
young branches calyx-tube and underside of the 1. glabrous. 
E. B. 179. — ;3. mitis (Wallr.) : the same parts pubescent or 
woolly. Sy. E. B. 490.— Woods and hedges. T. V. Crab- 
free. E. S. I. 
[P. domes'tica (Ehrh.) ; /. pinnate downy beneath serrate,./?. 
panichd. fr. obovate.^Yr. resembling a small pear. — One tree 
in Wyre Forest ; now lost. — T. Y. Serin r^-tree.^ E. 
3. P. Ancvfxiria (Ehrh.)": I. jn'miate downy beneath serrate, 
Jl. conymbose. fr. (small red) globose. — Corymb. 4 — 6 in. across. 
Lts. 12— 16.— Hilly woods. ' Mountains.— T. Y. YI. Roican 
tree. Mountain-Ash. E. S. I- 
\p. pi.\na'.ifida (Ehrh.), P. &-:mipinnata (Roth), E. B. iii. Suppl. 4S5b, 
with oblong-lanceolate bluntly-lobed L pinnst« below, occurs in shrnbberies. 
P. Avevpo.ria x Jria?] 
4. P. jen'nica (Bab.) ; 1. oblong serrate usually pinn.ite 
below with 1 — 4 pairs of free decurrent Its. and i — 2 pairs 
of nearly free lobes. Its. and lobes oblony or narroidy 
elliptical, underside grey-webbed, fl. cor>Tnbose. — .Morbus 
fennica (Fr.). — Lobes blunt or acute as the term, tooth is 
more or less prominent. Hybrid (?) between Sp. 3 and 5. — 
Glen Catacol, Arran, S., in small quantity. S. 
5. P. inteimedia (E}y[h.) ; I. oblong doubly serrate near the 
apex pintiatijid beloir, lobes oblongdaneeoiate serrate, underside 
