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(a) Branches spiny [except C. sinensis), Is. toothed 



(CHAENOMELES) 



C. cathayensis. lo. March-April. D. Ls. lane, 4, sharply toothed at outer 

 end, downy and reddish below. Els. i^, white. Fruit round, 6, yellowish 

 green, stalkless. China. (Fig. 88 e.) 

 C. japonica {C. Maulei). Dwarf Quince. 3. April-May. D. Branchlets very 

 downy when young. Ls. ov., obov., 2, hairless. Fls. i|, orange-red or 

 scarlet, in clusters on previous year's wood. Fruit i|, yellow stained with 

 red. Japan. (Fig. 88 c.) 

 Variety alha. Fls. white. 

 C. lagenaria (Pyrus japonica). Japonica, Japanese Quince. 10. January- 

 May. D. Ls. ov., 3^, evenly toothed, dark glossy green above, hairless, 

 Fls. 1^, red, on old wood. Fruit round, 2^, greenish yellow speckled 

 with small dots. China and Japan. (Fig. 88 d.) 

 Variety alba. Fls. white tinged with rose. 

 Variety sulphurea. Fls. yellowish white. 

 Variety versicolor. Fls. rose and salmon. 

 C. sinensis. Chinese Quince. 20. May. D. Like C. ohlonga (see below), but 

 Is. toothed and fruit oblong and woody. China. (Fig. 88 F.) 



(h) Branches spineless, Is. entire 



C. ohlonga (C. vulgaris). Common Quince. 20. May. D. Bark peeling on 

 older trees; young branchlets covered with grey wool. Ls. ov., 3, downy 

 below. Fls. 2, pink or white, solitary. Fruit golden yellow, about size 

 and shape of pear. West Asia. (Fig. 117 l.) 



DocYNiA (Eriolobus) Delavayi. 30. April-May. E. Ls. alternate, ov., 

 lane, 3, glossy green above, white-felted below, entire. Fls. i, white, in clusters. 

 Fruit I, egg- or pear-shaped. China. (Fig. 119 c.) 



* Eriobotrya japonica. Loquat. 30. Autumn. E. Branchlets thick, woolly. 

 Ls. alternate, ov., lane, 12, crowded at end of shoot, coarsely and evenly toothed, 

 wrinkled above, brown wool below, prominently parallel-veined. Fls. f , yellowish 

 white, _in stiff terminal panicles, stalk and sepals covered with brown wool, C5, 

 A20, G (3-5). Fruit i', yellow, oblong or pear-shaped. China and Japan. 

 (Fig. 88 K.) 



MALUS. Apple. Buds with few scales. Ls. simple, alternate, with lateral 

 veins curved at ends except when lobed; leaf-scars narrow. Fls. white, pink, or 

 red, solitary or in small, usually unbranched clusters, styles united in lower half. 

 Fruit indented at junction with stalk, flesh mealy. 



M. [Pyrus) haccata. Siberian Crab Apple. 40. May. D. Ls. rolled in bud, 

 ov., 3^, evenly toothed, slender-stalked. Fls. i^, white, slender-stalked. 

 Fruit \, red or yellow. Himalaya to Japan. (Fig. 94 d.) 

 M. [Pyrus) coronaria. American Crab Apple. 30. May-June. D. Ls. folded 

 in bud, ov., 4^, often 3 -lobed, deeply and unevenly toothed, stalk slender 

 and downy. Fls. i\, pinkish, fragrant. Fruit i, orange-shaped, yellowish 

 green. East North America. (Fig. 94 E.) 



Variety ionensis [Mains ionensis). Prairie States Crab Apple. Ls. 

 thicker, woolly below. 



