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not E. cinnamomea L. It is a variation of R. pomifera Herm., 
and as it has a certain number of subfoliar glands it might be 
considered as E. pomifera Herm., f. recondita Christ (“Rosen der 
Schweiz”) = E. recondita Puget in Deseglise “Revis. sect. To- 
ment.”, 46. In my opinion E. pomifera in any of its forms is not 
indigenous in Britain. — W.B. I quite agree with Mr. Barclay. 
This cannot be native in the station cited, but of course may be 
bird-sown from a garden. — A.H.W-D. 
Pyrus latifolia Syme. (Ref. No. 284). Wood above Waters- 
meet, E. Lyn Valley, N. Devon, v.c. 4, Aug. 25, 1917. — W. C. 
Barton. Yes; slightly tending towards var. decipiens, but best 
left under the type. — E.S.M. 
P. latifolia Syme, var. decipiens (Bechst.) E. & H. Wood 
above Watersmeet, E. Lyn Valley, N. Devon, v.c. 4, Aug. 25, 
1917. — W. C. Barton. Just like the Minehead plant — E.S.M. 
This agrees well with the figure and description in “Eng. Bot.”, 
suppl. 165 (1892), where it bears the name P. rotundifolia Bechst., 
var. decipiens N.E. Br. — C.E.S. 
P. Pyr aster L., var. Deseglisei Rouy & Camus (P. cor data 
Desegl., non Desv.). Border of wood between Rangeworthy and 
Wickwar, W. Glos., v.c. 34, Sept. 6, 1917. I take this to be the 
aboriginal wild pear of the country, which I have only once 
before seen — in the Wye valley — and then it had not flowered. 
The largest of the three trees found near Rangeworthy, from 
which these specimens were taken, has a girth of over four feet, 
and is about forty feet high, with a spread of thirty feet. Its 
age probably dates from a period prior to the enclosure of the 
district in which it stands. In characters it agrees well with 
those of D6s6glisei so far as given by Rouy and Camus, the fruit 
being globular, about the size of a large cherry (diam. 20-25 mrn.), 
on long, erect-patent stalks. Obviously it is a very different 
plant from the P. cordata Desv. (named Briggsii by Syme) of 
which Mr. Briggs sent me a specimen from Plymouth in 1881. 
That has tiny pyriform fruit, attenuate at the base, “ au plus de 
la grosseur d’une petite noisette ” (Rouy), and is well described 
by Boreau, “FI. du Centre,” where I find no mention of the form 
under notice. Rouy and Camus hold, however, that Boreau’s 
description covers several of their varieties. P. D6s6glisei appears 
to be on record only from Cher in Central France. — Jas. W. 
White. I think that this is probably a distinct species ; it is 
quite different from P. cordata Desv. in fruit-character, and the 
leaves are more parallel-sided. — E.S.M. 
