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Cydonia,'] 



LI. EOSACEJ). (J. D. Hooker.) 



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woolly below the middle ; ovules many in each cell, 2-seriate, ascending or 

 horizontal. Fruit suhglobose, intruded at the base and apex, firm and fleshy, 

 fragrant, 5-celled, cells many-seeded. Seeds small, plano-convex, testa mucila- 

 ginous.— Distrib. S. of Europe and the East, China. 



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1. C. vulg^aris, Pcrs. ; Boiss, FL 



Wall. 



Mem 



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Cat. 666. 0. Sumboshia, -ff«;«, in Don Prodr, 237. Pyrus 

 -, Linn, ; JRoxh. FL Ind. ii. 511 ; Brand. For. FL 205.— The Quince. 



Cultivated in N. W. India, and up to 5500 ft. in the Himalaya.— Distbib. Na- 

 tive country unknown ; is self-sown in the East and in South Europe, &c.— Decaisno 

 rtes the Quince of N. W. India to C. lusitanica, Mill, but it certainly in no way 

 <uflers from the common fruit of Europe. 



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18. DOCITNIA, Dene. 



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bmall trees. Leaves deciduous, simple, lobed in young plants ; stipules small, 

 subulate. Floivers white, solitary or fascicled. Calyx-tme clavate ; hmb shortly 

 ,ibular, 5-partite ; lobes reflexed, toothed. Tetals 5, with long woolly claws, 

 ™>ncatein bud. Stamem 30-60. Ovary 5-ceIled ; styles 5-celled,'' connate 

 and woolly below the middle ; ovules 3, subbasilar in each cell. Fruit rounded 



^Toid or T^T-rifoi-ui^ flesh hard ; cells 1-3-seeded ; endocarp like parchment 



X, testa coriaceous ; cotj^ 

 Khaaia Mts. 



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Himalaya 



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Indica 



lea, Dene. Mem 

 acuminate entire 



;^iiy at leiith 



Dene 



56. t. 173 ; Roxb. Cat. Hort 



East. 



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IVenzia in LinruBa 



Leaves 3-4 in., coriaceous, at length 

 prominent arched nerves beneath, serratures chiefly beyond the 



1500 ft ^^ temperate Himalaya ; Sikkim, alt. 4-6000 ft. J. D. H. Bhotan, alt. 



«• Khasia Mrs., alt. 6000 fb. Bikma, Kurz.—'DisTnrB. Poneshee (Yunan). 



I ^Ddslf 1 ^^^®' ^^"^^ ^*"' ^^ ^ young state like a Cra^(?^«s, having 3-lobate lobulate 



deugg] ^^y t^^thed leaves and often spinescent branches ; young parts of old plants 



^jiiijg J, ^^^*^^^ with white wooUy tom^^^ " « - -- — - * i ^^ 



laiddl ^ °?^' "^^th prominent arched nerve 



^ooll Pf^^^® slender, \-\ in. Flowers 1-1 J in. diam., shortly pedicelled, densely 

 ^ y- Calyx-iuhe pyriform ; lobes narrowly lanceolate. Petals spreading. FUa- 

 neariJ^^f ' blender. Styles slender, united at the base into a woolly cone. Fruit a 

 longer ^^']*^^^ y^llo^ green apple, with orange spots, 1-1 J in. diam., and rather 

 cell '{ ^^-^^^<i at the base and crowned with the broken sepals, usually 5-celled ; 

 toce'fl ; seeds quite like those of apple— it is rather austere with a slight 



*^ navour and forms a good stew.— i>. Griffiikiana from Bhotan is onlyD. indica. 



ofii' **• Sookeriana, Dc7ie. Mem. Fam. Pom. 131, t. 15; leaves oblong 

 confJ 5 , ^^^*^^te lonff-acuminate serrate, fruit between fusiform and ellipsoid 

 ^^^ below the sepals. 



Ven^'t -^^^^ ^^^- ^^00 ft-, at Myrong, J. B. R i T. T. 

 in w^-^^^.^s^ allied to P. indica, but the leaves are larger (4-5 in.') and narrower 



troad. T 1^°' and the fruit is of a wholly different shape and not half as long as 



4)tibt in ^^^^ fruiting specimens ; these show no trace of wooUiness, but no 



younger state the branches and leaves are as woolly as those of D. 



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