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tomentose or woolly when young, ultimately glabrous ; on young 
trees the leaves are sometimes deeply 3-lobed and sharply toothed. 
Flowers about ten or fewer, in simple corymbs, white, tinged with 
Fig. 47. Pyrus Pashia. 
pink, 1 in. diam. Calyx tomentose ; lobes falling off. Styles 3-5, 
free, base woolly. Fruit apple-shaped, ^-1 in. diam., yellow- 
brown, rough, with small, white spots. (Fig. 47.) 
Simla, common ; April, May.— Temperate Himalaya, 3000-8000 ft. — 
Burmah, N. China. ' 
3. Pyrus larata, Don ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 375. A tree, more or less 
white-tomentose. Leaves woolly when young, simple, ovate or 
oblong-ovate, 3-6 in., upper surface glabrous, lower white-tomentose, 
margins sharply toothed, more or less lobed. Flowers numerous, 
wdiite, \ in. diam., in tomentose, compound corymbs. Calyx to- 
mentose ; lobes falling off. Styles 2 or 3, densely woolly. Fruit 
pear-shaped, ^-1 in. long, red, smooth. 
Simla, Jako, Narkunda ; April, May.— W. Himalaya, 8000-10,000 ft. 
Closely allied to the British P. Aria (White Beam). 
4. Pyrus Aucuparia, Gaertn . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 375. A small 
tree or tall shrub ; leaves and inflorescence nearly or quite 
glabrous. Leaves pinnate, 4-6 in. ; rachis glabrous ; leaflets 15- 
25, opposite, oblong-lanceolate, J-2 in., sharply toothed ; upper 
surface green, glabrous, lower pale, almost white, glabrous except 
on the nerves. Flowers numerous, pink, ^ in. diam., crowded in 
glabrous or slightly hairy, compound corymbs. Calyx glabrous ; 
