Rosaceae

P. syriaca Boiss., Diagn. ser. 1(10): 1 (1849). Map 33, p. 169.
Spinescent tree up to 12 m; twigs glabrous. Leaves narrowly lanceolate to ovate-oblong, broadest in lower half of lamina, (3-)4-8(-9) x 1.5-3 cm, crenate-serrate, sometimes entire in lower part, bilaterally glabrous, lustrous above, dull beneath, somewhat coriaceous; rounded or cuneate at base; petioles up to 5 cm. Inflorescence many-flowered. Flowers white, c. 3 cm diam.; pedicels thick, c. 2.5 cm, elongating in fruit to c. 5 cm. Fruit subglobose or pyriform, 2-2.5 cm long; sepals persistent. Fl. 4-5. Dry stony slopes, forest remnants, field edges, 500-2000 m.
1. Leaves over 3 cm long; petioles up to 5 cm var. syriaca
1. Leaves up to 3.5 cm long; petioles up to 3.5 cm var. microphylla
var. syriaca. Ic: Fl. URSS 9: 71 (1939); Fl. Iraq 2: t. 15 (1966).
Syntypes: [Syria] in sylvatici egionis montis Cassii (Akra Da.) supra Cassab, Boissier (G!); in Antilibano ime Zebdani et Zachle. Boissier.
S. & E. Anatolia, also scattered in N. Anatolia. A4 Kastamonu: Ecevit, 1100-1200 m, D. 38523! A5 Samsun: Havza (Sekizgöz), 1000 m, Tobey 923! A9 Erzurum: Sonamer-su, 2000 m, Schischkin. B6 Sivas: 10 km S. of Alacahan, Sivas to Malatya, 1700 m, M. &. D. Zohary 3366! B7 Elaziğ: Harput, Hausskn. B8 Muş: Bosyankaya, Schischkin. B9 Bitlis: 5-8 km W. of Tatvan, 1800 m, D. 43349! C5 Içel: nr. Birdjlek (Bürücek), 1100-1200 m, Eig & M. Zohary 234! C6 Maraş: Akifiye, 25 km N. of Andırın, 150ü m, Coode & Jones 1173! C7 Diyar-bakir: Nemrut Da., nr. Kahta, below Urik, 1000-1200 m, Haııd.-Mazz. 2169! [164]C8 Diyarbakir: 6 km S. of Diyarbakir, 600 m, M. Zohary & Plitm. 19604-8! C10 Hakkari: 16 km from Bacirge to Yüksekova, 2000 m, D. 45179! Cyprus, W. Syria, Jordan, N. Iraq, W. & S.W. Iran, Soviet Armenia,