659. 
RAPHIOLEPIS salicifolia. 
Willow-leaved Raphiolepis. 
— 
ICOSANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RosACER. Jussieu gen. 334. Div. I. Germen simplex infe- 
rum, polystylum. Pomum calycino limbo umbilicatum, multiloculare. 
Arbores aut frutices. PoMAckE. 
RAPHIOLEPIS. Supra vol. 6. fol. 468. 
R. salicifolia, foliis elongeto-lanceolatis, panicul subcorymboso-fastigiante, 
pe dentes calycis æquantibus, staminibus coarctatis calyce aliquo- 
tiés brevioribus. 
Arbuscula, Rami teretes; juniores subrubentes, graciles. Folia ovali- 
elongata, uirinque attenuata, aqualitér serrata. Cal. virescens, dentibus 
subulatis corollam ibus. Racemus paniculatus, ramulis subcorym- 
boso-fastigiantibus. Flores albi; petala lanceolata. Stamina alba, brevia, 
€ongesto-fasciculata, erecta. 
“ Rapuiouepis has been established upon the Craræaus 
indica of Linnæus (see vol. 6. fol. 468 of this Register): 
* a name which seems to have been applied to several plants 
* sufficiently different from each other to be considered 
distinct species, and not agreeing among themselves in 
“ character more than the species of a natural genus are 
* expected to do. What the precise plant may have been 
“ which Linnæus intended by Crarzeus indica, it is not 
“ now perhaps very easy to determine. Loureiro, who first 
distinguished two species, ascribes to his CRATAGUS indica 
“ roundish petals, and to his Crarzeus rubra lanceolate 
“ petals. Of the former there are specimens in Sir Joseph 
“ Banks’s Herbarium, brought from Macao by Mr. Henry 
s Bradley ; but, we believe, not in the gardens of this 
“ country. The plant we have now before us (Mr. Lindley, 
“ whom we are quoting, speaks of his RarnioLrris rubra) 
“ we have little hesitation in considering the latter. At 
“ least, we are persuaded that Loureiro had either this plant 
* in view, or a nearly related species, which we shall pre- 
* sently have occasion to notice. Besides these, we believe 
“ there are several plants in the collections about London, 
‘which will constitute as many distinct species. Among 
* them may certainly be included a shrub imported from 
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