Pyrus amygdaliformis, Vili.

8. P. amygdaliformis Vili. View in CoL , Cat. Méth. Jard. Strasb. 323 (1807)

(P. parviflora Desf. , P. nivalis sensu Lindley , non Jacq.).

Shrub or small tree up to 6 m; branches sometimes spiny. Twigs grey, dull, tomentose while young. Leaves 2-5-8 x 1 -3 cm, narrowly lanceolate to obovate, usually entire, rarely 3-lobed, with rounded or cuneate base, sparsely hairy when young, papillose beneath at maturity; petiole 2-5 cm. Sepals 5-6 x 1 - 5 mm, triangular, acuminate. Petals 7-8 x 5-6 mm, elliptical, usually emarginate at apex. Fruit 1 -5-3 cm in diameter, usually globose, fulvous; pedicel stout, as long as or slightly longer than fruit; calyx persistent. Dry, rocky places. Mediterranean region, Bulgaria. Al Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Sa Si Tu.

P. mecsekensis Terpó , Ann. Acad. Horti-Viticult. (Budapest) 22(6,2): 133 (1960), from Hungary, a tree 10-15 m, with ovate-lanceolate, crenulate leaves, is intermediate between 4 and 8 and is possibly of hybrid origin.

P. pyrainus Rafin., Speech. Sci. 2: 173 (1814), from Sicilia, is doubtfully distinct from 8.