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5120 ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA, — Rosa, 
districts east and north east of Silhet, while the plants 
are young the leaves are deeply lobate, the fruit round 
and smooth, a little concave at the base, from one to 
two inches in diameter; the taste is harsher than ihe - 
common crab-apple of Europe. 
6. P. tomentosa. R. waned 
Tender parts tomentose. Leaves oblong, obtuse, ob- _ 
tusely serrate ; stipules scarcely any. 
This is the Quince tree of Hindoostan, and most like-_ 
ly that which furnishes the Quince seed brought from 
Muscat to Bengal for sale, where they are much used for 
medical purposes under the name Beheeke beej. 
SPIRAEA. Schreb. gen. n. 862, c 
Calyx five-cleft. Petals five. Capsules five, superior, 
many-seeded. fis 
S. corymbosa. R. ae 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves lanceolate, serrate. — Comme 
terminal, globular. ; 
A native of China and of the mountains north of Iniay 
in the Botanic garden at Calcutta; it blossoms more orless 
the whole year, but most cainienaeln during the hot and 3 Las 
rainy season, but never ripens its seed. 
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ICOSANDRIA POLYGYN IA. 
ROSA. Schreb. gen. n. 863. 
Calyx ee, Rew fleshy, contracted _ the 
neck, tley 4) ay 
‘Seeds numerous wispia, affixed to the’ interior site oe 
