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ts BAAMa)piamilo sci. 
Merspiwws Lopata. Cut-Leavep Mepiar. 
. Class and "order. 
IcosanDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rosacez, ) 
Generic Character. | "hh | i 
Cal. 5-fidus, laciniis foliaceis. Pet. suborbiculata. Dis- 
cus magnus mellifluus. Styli 2—5, glabri. Pomum tur- 
binatum apertum 5-loculare, endocarpio osseo. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Mespixvs* lobata ; inermis, foliis obovato-ellipticis acutis 
serratis apice lobatis supra glabris nitidis subtus pubes- 
centibus, stipulis deciduis semicordatis, hine auricu- 
latis incisis, hloribiis 1—5 corymbosis digynis. a 
Mespitus lobata. Poir. Encycl. Bot. Suppl. v. 4. p.71. — 
Mespixus Smithii. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 633. 
Mespitus grandiflora. Smith, Ex. Bot. v. 1. p. 33. t. 18. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 505. 
This interesting species of Medlar, handsome in its 
foliage, as well as in its blossoms, (which latter too yield a 
fragrance similar to that of the Hawthorn,) seems to have 
been Jong cultivated in our gardens and shrubberies, though 
we are wholly unacquainted with its native country. Sir 
James Smirn first described it in the Exotic Botany, and 
named it M. grandiflora, an appellation which it scarcely 
merits: for the flowers are not larger than that of the only 
other true Mespitus, namely, M. Germanica, neither are 
they so small as to be “ only half the size,” of the latter, 
as stated by De Canpoxtz, who changed the name to M. 
Smithii, without being aware that it was the M. lobata of 
Poirer, who described it from plants growing in the French 
nurseries. 
Descr. 
* Micman, the Greek name for the Medlar. 
