905 
CYDONIA Chinensis; 
Quince. 
ICOSA'NDilTA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. orU. Rosaceje. Div. Pomacetv Juss. I.nidl. 
CYDONIA L. — Ca/?/.r .O-partitiis : Jaciiiiis loliacuis. Ponuun rlansum 
polyspermum. Semitm testa niucilaiiiiioa. Arl)()r mcdiocns ( luiropa; ct 
Japoniae). Folia intigerrima, subtus Innata. Flores solitara, subscssUcs. 
Bracteae se^ius solitarice, foliacea. Calyx latmtus. Petala magna, conspi- 
cua. Styli mjrd medix^ Uma den^^^^liffni^s. Eindley in Lini^. Trans. 
ntrinqve acutis complicatii sul^a 
'^-C. Ckmensis ; foliisomlibot ; 
tomentosis. 
C. Chinensis. Thotdn. Ann. mus. 19.145. Link. mum. her. 239. 
Ramuli pilosi, tandem glahri. Folia petiolata, stipulata, coriacea, ovalia, 
ntrinque acuta, argute serrata, semi-compUcata, suprd, viridia, lucida, 
■ sapius rubro tincta, subtHs tomentosa, petiolo tomentoso suprit canaliculato, 
serie duplici glandularum ; stipulee pallida, glofukdosO'deiUaiaf petioli km- 
gitudine^ 3^artitce, lobo medio erecto ovato, lateidUbus patentibus basi ext^ 
auriculatis. Flores terminales, solitarii. Ovaritqi^ fuaijormey glabntnif seepi 
suprd medium bracteatum. Calyx quingueparti^, rejlexus, int&s tome»- 
tosus; Isicilms suimlcUiSy apice glttTtduloso-gerrc^is. . PetaisL patentia, hreviter 
unguitulatay obhnga, rosea. Styli 5, hcui ^tnmmtis^ Stigmata capitata. 
This curious species of Quince appears, from a paper 
of the late M. Thouin's, published in the nineteenth volume 
of the Annales du Mus6um, to have been in existence in 
England so long ago as the end of the last century. It 
does not, however, appear to have obtained the notice of 
any scientific- work in this country, or to have been much 
known eyen upon the continent. We first saw it, some 
years'^smce, in the Nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Co., 
at Fulham; and it was in that establishment' that the 
^ figure for our plate was taken, in March last. 
- A handle, hardy, small tree, or large shrub, pushing 
ibrth 1!S^ liitfeSr in the 6aMi^ spring, and frequently 
damaged by subsequent frosts. In warm situations it 
would probably be nearly evergreen ; exposedjo the full 
