(Cours, ed. 2, vol. v. p. 429), is, on the authority of 
Decaisne (Nouv. Arch. du Mus. vol. x. p. 154) the same 
as Pyrus spectabilis, Ait. 
There are no wild specimens of C. sinensis in the Kew 
Herbarium, and the only Chinese specimen was presented 
by Dr. Shearer in 1875. His label runs thus: ‘‘ Mul 
Kwa=woeden cucumber, from its solidity and shape, 
now fruiting, June, 1872. The large, fragrant fruit is 
said to be used for scenting tea and flavouring wine. 
The bark is olive-green, with bald patches, and the trunk 
thick and contorted. Growing in tubs, it is indeed a very 
handsome shrub.” 
The only other species of Cydonia figured in this 
Magazine is the well-known, rich-coloured C. japonica, 
Pers. (t. 692). 
Descr.—A shrub or small, tortuously-branched tree. 
Leaves petiolate, becoming leathery and glabrous, lan- 
ceolate on the flowering branches, obovate and larger on - 
the barren branches, three to four inches long, glandular- 
toothed as well as the petioles; stipules falling early, 
pedate, glandular on the margin; basal lobes very small. 
Peduneles short, one-flowered, furnished at the base with 
numerous, oblong bracts. lowers about one inch and a 
half in diameter. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, three to 
four lires long, acute, recurved, glandular on the margin, 
woolly on the upper surface. Petals obovate-oblong, 
rounded, seven to eight lines long, pink, white at base, with 
a zone of a deeper red. Stamens half as long as the petals, 
and slightly longer than the styles. Ovary five-celled ; 
styles glabrous, consolidated to the middle; stigmas 
capitate. Iruit oblong-ovoid, about six inches long, deep 
yellow. Seeds very numerous, nearly triangular, with 
one obtuse angle, flattened, three inches to four inches 
and a half long, dull brown.— W. P. H. 
Fig. 1, section of a flower from which the petals have been removed, showing 
the numerous ovules:—enlarged. — 
