− | Pyrus theifera, Bailey (Malus theifera, Rehd.). A small tree with stiff spreading branches, hardy at Boston; resembling a cherry tree when in bloom, the fls. white or light pink (there is a rose-colored form) with purple calyx and the unfolding lvs. purplish: distinguished from P. Halliana, its nearest ally, by larger and broader ovate or ovate-oblong or elliptic-ovate sharply glandular-serrate thinner lvs., longer petioles and less slender pedicels, acute or acuminate calyx-lobes, mostly 3 styles, white or blush fls., and larger frs. China to Assam.—The fr. is globose, light greenish yellow with reddish cheek, ripening in Mass, in Oct.: fls. fragrant. Not yet grown outside botanical collections, but a handsome free-flowering species. Var. rosea, Bailey, has rose-colored fls. and is very beautiful.
| + | Pyrus theifera, Bailey (Malus theifera, Rehd.). A small tree with stiff spreading branches, hardy at Boston; resembling a cherry tree when in bloom, the fls. white or light pink (there is a rose-colored form) with purple calyx and the unfolding lvs. purplish: distinguished from P. Halliana, its nearest ally, by larger and broader ovate or ovate-oblong or elliptic-ovate sharply glandular-serrate thinner lvs., longer petioles and less slender pedicels, acute or acuminate calyx-lobes, mostly 3 styles, white or blush fls., and larger frs. China to Assam.—The fr. is globose, light greenish yellow with reddish cheek, ripening in Mass, in Oct.: fls. fragrant. Not yet grown outside botanical collections, but a handsome free-flowering species. Var. rosea, Bailey, has rose-colored fls. and is very beautiful. |