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MESPILUS japonica. 

 Japan 3fespilu$ 9 or Loquat 



ICOSANDRIA PBNTAGYN1A. 



Nat* ord* Rosacea, Jussieu gen* 334. Div* I* Germen simplex mfe* 



rum, polystylum. Pomum calycino limbo umbilicaturti, multiloculare* 

 Arbores autfrutices* Pomaces 



MESPIL US* Cal. 5-fidus. Pet. 5. t Slam. 20. Sltfti 2-5. Pomum 

 sphaericeum 2-5-spermum seminibus osseis. Folia simplicia, indivim aut 

 lobata, pedunculi sapius mnltijlori*. corymbosi terminates et inlerdum solitarii 

 axillares. Flos M« germaoicee terminahs sessi/is ut in (Pvuo) Cydonia. Juss* 

 I c. 335. 



M.Japonka* inermis; foliis obovatis apice serratis, siibtus tomentosis s race- 

 mis paniculatis terminalibus. Willa. sp* pi* 2, 1010. 

 Mespilus japonica, Tkunb.jap* 206. Icon Kcempfer* U 18. Hort* Keto* ed* 



2. 3. 205, Venten* malmais. 19. 

 Bywa. Kcempf. amcen* 800. 



Caulis cylindrictiSy ramosus* cortice cinereo-fuscescente rimato: rami wi- 

 Jeme nudiusculi> subcicatrizati ; ramuli spar si* proximi, patentes, Jerrugintidk 

 tomentosL Fol. magna, sparsa, approximata, recurvo*patentia f summa sub* 

 ro$aceo'di$po$ita> petzolata, stipidata* ovali-oblonga 9 acuminata, superne verfUs 

 acute et distantius dentata, ttifeme versus attenuata margine integro reflexo 

 nervo medio utrinque ramoso siibtus prominenle, supra glabra, subtils tomento 

 Jerrugineo'cinerascente obtecta: petiolus crassus, brevissimus ; stipulre % 

 petiolo cequales*. ovales-> acuminat<E y pubescentes. Pamcula terminalis* brevity 

 bracteata* spiculis alternis, horizontalibus, bracieatis, Jerrugineo~tomento$u t 

 flores sessiles* confer tiusculi, bracteati, albi, Ciiatmqi Oxy acanthi majores f 

 odoru Bracteae ovales, acuice* concava* extusferrugineo-tomentosiv*. panicu- 

 larum Jasciculatce > spicularum horizontals solitaria, Jlorum trina, calyci 

 oppresses. Cal. crassus campanulatus* dimidio brevior corollci, inferne Jerru* 

 gineo-pubescens. germini adnatus, superne viridis glaber* stellato-patens* Pet. 

 r o$aceo~patentia y obovata> unguiculata, margine crenulata*. intus striata vfflosa* 

 Germ, hirsutum* Bacca v. Pomum Jlavum 9 subtomentosum pttlposum, 1-3* 

 loculare, l+5-spermunt* 



We are told by Thunberg that this is a very common 

 tree in Japan, where it grows to a vast size, and bears a 

 fruit which is much esteemed. With us it was introduced 

 by Sir Joseph Banks in 1787. In France it was received 

 from Canton in 1784. It will live here in the open air when 

 planted against a warm wall; but we have never seen it in 

 such perfection as in the form of standard, in the border of a 

 spacious conservatory. Flowers in October and November, 

 and ripens the fruit about May or June. We have been en^ 

 abled to give a representation of the fruit by the kindness of 

 Sir Joseph Banks, who furnished us with a drawing for that 



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