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A Catalogue of Trees and Shrubs, 
Lemies, and are of an anomalous Figure, fime of ibe ‘Petali bemgjbafi libe a 
Fan, and otbers are of a conicaI Sbape. 
The Species are; 
i. Mdianthus; Africanus. H. L. 4 14. Meliaulbns, Africanus, pimpinellee 
filiis amplijfimis, glaucii. Mor. Hifl. j. 517. The Larger Hokev TreE j 
vulgS. 
1. Mdianthus; Africanus, minor, fceridus. Com. Rar. 4. Meliaulbns, Afri¬ 
canus, minor, filiis viridantibus. Mor. Hifl. 5.518. The smai.ler Stikrikg 
Honet Tree ; vulgfl. 
Thcfc Piant! are commonly pteferved in 
to grow abroad, if plantcd in a dry Soil, 
Froft doth noc dcftroy the main Hcads, wh 
Rooli by Frolt ^' 
Grcen-houfci, but \vc find them hardy cnough 
thole prdcrv'd in Green-houlcs, providcd the 
lich in very hard Wintcrs often happens : but 
kiird to the Surface, fur wc rarcly haec loft the 
'ITic Smallcr Sort produces very bcautiful Flowers, which are of a ycllowifti Colour, 
fpottcd with Searlct. TbU Sort hath ripcn’d Sccd» In the open Gtound, in the Gardcn of 
Cbac/es Dubolje, E% at Mitcbam. 
Mcfpilus; The Medlar Tree. 
The Characlcrs are ; 
The Leaves are eitber nvbole, (andJbap'd /ibe tbe TaureI) as in the Mannrd 
Sort, or Inciniatcd, as is tbe Wild Sort : tbe Flomers confifl of five Leaves, •wbicb 
open in Form of a Rofi : tbe Frnit is nmbilicaled, and is mt e at alie till tbey 
decay, and bave five hard Seeds growing in eaeb Frnit. 
The Species are ; 
1. Mefpilus; Germanica, folio Laurino, non ferrato, five Mcfpilus fylvcllris. 
C B. P. 455. Mefpilus, vulgaris, five minor. Parb.Tbedt. 1422. Mefpilus, 
vulgaris. "/. B. Pol. I. Pars I. 69. The Common Medlar. 
2. Mefpilus; folio Laurino, major. C B. P. 455. Mcjpilus, Domcflica. 
Icib. Icon. 3. 166 . Mcjpilus, maxima, fitiva. ParLTbeal. 1433. TheGreat 
Dutch Medlar ; vulg6. 
5. Mefpilus ; Apii folio, SylvelVis, fpinofa, five Oxyacantha. C. B. P. 454. 
Spina, appendix vulgaris. Parb. The at. 1035. Oxyacantba, vulgaris,feu fpinus 
nlbtis. J. B. Pii. I. Pars II. 49. The Common HasvThorn. 
4. Mcfpilus; fpinofa, five Oxyacantha, flore pleno. Tourn. <41. Oxyacantba, 
five fpina alba, flore pleno. Fiunt. H. 18ri. The Double-ploweri \g 
Hawthorn i vulgo. 
5. Mcfpilus; Apii folio ladniato. C. B. P. 455. Mcjpilus, Aronia, five 
Neapolitana. Parb. Theat. 143;. Mcjpilus, Aronia, Veterum. J. B. Pol. i. 
Pars I. 67. Aznrolus. Ceejitlp. The Asarola, or Neapolitae 
Medlar, 
6. Mefpilus ; 
