510 ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA, Pyrus. 
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
MESPILUS.. Schreb. gen. n. 857. 
Calyx five-cleft. Corol five-petalled. | Germ inferior, 
five-celled ; cells two-seeded, attachment the base of the 
axis. Berry few-seeded. Embryo ercct, no perisperm. 
1. M. japonica. Banks. Icon. Kempf. tab. 18. Willd. 2. 
1010. 
Arboreous, Leaves sessile, lanceolar, very acute, ser- 
rate, downy underneath ; panicles terminal, tomentose- 
Fruits obovate, villous, 
Chin. Loquat. 
From China it was introduced into Bengal where itis 
much cultivated on account of its excellent fruit, the 
beauty of the tree, and the exquisite fragrance of its flow- 
ers. In the Botanic garden at Calcutta it blossoms 
twice in the ait but bears fruit only once, viz. in Febra- | 
ary and March. 
2. M. bengalensis. R. 
- Arboreous. Leaves petioled, lanceolar, remotely serrate, 
hard, smooth and glossy except while very young. Pa- 
nicles terminal. Fruit obovate, from one to two-s 
A large timber tree, a native of Chittagong. F 3 
ing time December and January, the fruit, a is no 
eaten, ripens in June and July. ae 
PYRUS. Schreb. gen. n. 858. 
Calyx five-cleft. Petals five. Pome inferior, five: ceeds 
many-seeded, 
5 Bee oe communis. ‘Willd. 2. 1016. = 
Leaves ovate, serrate. Peduncles corymbed. 
