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Cheenomeles Maulei hort. gall, ex Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 

 III. p. 408 ; Schneid. 111. Handb. Laubholzk. I. (1906) p. 731, 



fig. 406 c. 



Chasnomeles japonka var. Maulei Lav. 



Cydonia Sargenti Lemoine. 



Nom. Jap. Kusa-hoke, No-boke, Ko-boke, Shidomi, Shidome, 

 Dzi-nasbi, Chiku-ume. 



Hab. Japan, spontaneous, never cultivated. 



This species is found wild in Japan, often dwarf but some- 

 times attaining about Im. in height. Cydonia japonica of 

 Persoon is Thunberg's Pirus japonica, though this name was 

 usually used hitherto for the next variety {Buke of Kaempfer) 

 it should be transferred to Pirus Maulei of Masters. 



var. /5. Lagenaria (Loisel.) Makino. 



Cydonia Lagenaria Loisel. ' Herb. Amat. II. tab. 67, et in 

 Duham. Arb. ed. nov. VI. p. 255, tab. 76 '. 



Cydonia speciosa Sweet, 'Hort. Suburb. Lond.- (1818) p. 113'. 



Malus japonica Andr. * Bot. Repos. VII. tab. 462 (1807) '. 



Pirus japonica Sims in Curtis's Bot. Mag. tab. 692 (1803) ; 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, III. (1811) p. 209 ; Koch, Dendrol. 

 I. (1869) p. 222 ; Hemsl. Handb. Hardy Trees, Shrubs, a. 

 Herbac. PI. (1873) p. 173, fig. 94 ; Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXIII. p. 257 (1887), non Thunb. 



Pirus japonica Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. (1866-67) p. 228, pro 

 parte, non Thunb. 



Chsenomeles japonica Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Boreal. (1832) 

 p. 101 ; Decne. in Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Par. Ser. 1, X. (1875) p. 

 129 ; Koehne, Gatt. Pomac. (1890) p. 28, tab. 2, fig. 23 d ; 

 Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. HI. (1893) p. 407; Schneid. 111. 

 Handb. Laubholzk. I. (1906) p. 730, fig. 406 b, non Lindl. 



Chsenomeles japonica a. genuina Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. 

 p. 163 (1873) ; Franch. PI. David. (1884) p. 119. 



Cydonia japonica Sieb. Syn. PI. Oecon. Jap. in Verh. Batav. 

 Gen. XII. (1830) p. 66, n. 354; Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 

 in Abhandl. Akad. Muench. IV. 2 (1846) p. 131 ; Moritzi, 

 Syst. Verz. Zoll. (1845-46) p. 8 ; Hoffm. et Schult. Noms Ind. 

 PI. Jap. in Journ. Asiat. (1852) p. 288, et Nouv. ed. (1864) p. 



