. Flowers of the field. Botany. l62 ROSACEA 9. P. commi'tnis (Wild Pear).- A shrub or small tree, often bearing spines at the extreniilies of its branches ; leaves simple, ovate, serrate ; flir.^'ers an inch across, white, in corymbose cymes ; fruit tapering at the base, 5-chambere'd, woody and worthless w^Ten wild ; core horny.—Woods and hedges ; uncommon. The origin of garden Pears.—Fl. April, May. Perennial, 10. F. lorddta (Lesser Pear) is a small form of bushy habit,. rvRUS {I^,ntu<ers wliite, delicately shaded with pink, in a sessile umbellate cyme; styles united below ; f/-
. Flowers of the field. Botany. l62 ROSACEA 9. P. commi'tnis (Wild Pear).- A shrub or small tree, often bearing spines at the extreniilies of its branches ; leaves simple, ovate, serrate ; flir.^'ers an inch across, white, in corymbose cymes ; fruit tapering at the base, 5-chambere'd, woody and worthless w^Ten wild ; core horny.—Woods and hedges ; uncommon. The origin of garden Pears.—Fl. April, May. Perennial, 10. F. lorddta (Lesser Pear) is a small form of bushy habit,. rvRUS {I^,ntu<ers wliite, delicately shaded with pink, in a sessile umbellate cyme; styles united below ; f/-iiit globose, with a hollow at the insertion of the stalk, yellow or reddened, intensely acid, 5-c,hambered.—^\'oods and hedges ; common. P'ormcrly used in making \-crjuice and poma- luni, so called from/^v;//////, an apple.—Fl. May. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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