Pyrus ca l ler y ana . 
A raediiim large specimen of v/ild Cal- 
leryana pea"r~irnrull 1)100111, found at the edge of an abandoned 
millet field in a mountainous country, full of old terraces 
and where the soil consists of a poor variety of decomposed 
porphyrious granite rock. Wlien such a tree occurs near a 
dvrelling it often is grafted over with an improved variety, 
hut othen'/ise it is cut down, when leirge enough, and the wood 
used in fine furniture manufacture. (Meyer.) 
ITeg. Ho. 13263, near Kan chang yen, Hupeh, China, March 
31. 1917. 
Decemher 31, 1917. 
