. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. BOSACEjE: py'rus. 431. 778. P. (c.) aoguEtii&Ua. lead-coloured speckled branches. Notwithstanding all these points of dif- ference, however, it bears such a general resemblance to P. coronaria, that we cannot doubt its being only a variety of it. The fruit is intensely acid, li
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. BOSACEjE: py'rus. 431. 778. P. (c.) aoguEtii&Ua. lead-coloured speckled branches. Notwithstanding all these points of dif- ference, however, it bears such a general resemblance to P. coronaria, that we cannot doubt its being only a variety of it. The fruit is intensely acid, like that of P. coronaria ; but it is much narrower and smaller. '* 20. P. specta'bilis Ait. The sho-wy-flowering wild Apple Tree, Chinese Crab Tree, Identffication, Mill., 2. p. 646. Ait. Hort. Kew., 2. p. 175. j Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 267.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 635.; Don's . 2 p. 646. Syrumtfmes. Afilus spectabilis Desf. Arb. 2. p. 141., N. Du Ham. 6. p. 141.; Jf^lus sinensis Ditm. Cmrs. ed. 2. ,1. p. 429. Engravings, Bot. Mag., t. 267.; N. Du Ham., 6. t. 42. f. 2.; the plate of the species in Arb. Brit, 1st edit., vol. vi.; and OMrJig. 779. Spec. Char., 8;c. Leaves oval-oblong, serrated, smooth. Flowers in sessile umbels, many in an umbel; large, and very elegant; at first of an intense rose-colour, but afterwards of a pale one. Tube of calyx smooth. Petals ovate, clawed. Styles woolly at the base. (Dec. Prod.) A deciduous tree, thickly crowded with upright branches, which at length become spread- ing. China. Height 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1780. Flowers pink, large, showy; Apnl and May. Fruit greenish yellow, and unfit to eat till it is in a state of incipient decay. This is by far the most showy of all the different speaes of Pjras, both of this and of the other sections. The flowers are semidouble, and of a pale rose-colour; but before they are expanded, the flower buds, which are large, appear of a deep red. In this state the tree is extremely beautiful. The stamens and pi
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