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Pyrus sikkimensis, Hook. f. Small tree, with tomentose branchlets:
lvs. ovate to ovate-oblong, 2-3 in. long, not lobed, the apex
long-acuminate, abruptly narrowed at base, tomentose beneath, with fine
and close sharp- pointed serratures, the petiole much shorter than the
blade: fls. 1 in. across, 5-8 in a corymbose cluster, appearing with
the lvs., white but pinkish outside, the buds rose-colored; pedicels
very slender, 1 1/2-2 in. long; calyx-tube ellipsoid, the lobes
lanceolate and recurved; petals orbicular, claw very short, tomentose;
stamens many; styles slender and glabrous, connate below: fr.
turbinate, not depressed at base, 2/3in, diam., dark red speckled
white, the calyx wholly wanting. Himalaya. B.M. 7430. unknown in the
wild.—A useful and showy plant, bearing profusely of bright red fls.,
with red calices and pedicels, and holding its many little frs. well
into winter or even all winter.
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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