olO ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. FijrUS. 



ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



MESPILUS. Schreb. gen. n. 857. 

 Calyx five-cleft. Corol five-petalled. Germ inferior, 

 five-celled ; cells two-seeded, attachment the Jjase of the 

 axis. Berry few-seeded. Embryo erect, no perisperm. 



1. M. japonica. Banks. Icon. Kcempf. 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 it is 

 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 year, but bears fruit only once, viz. in Febru- 

 ary and March. 



2. M, bengalensis. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves jfetioled, lanceolar, remotely serrate, 

 hard, smooth and glossy except while very young. Pa- 

 nicles terminal. Fruit obovate, from one to two-seeded. 



A large timber tree, a native of Chittagong. Flower- 

 ing time December and January, the fruit, which is not 

 eaten, ripens in June and July. 



PYRUS. Schreb. gen: n. 858. 

 CaZyjc five cleft. Petals five. Pome inferior, five celled, 

 many-seeded. 



1. P. communis. Willd. 2. 1016. 



Leaves ovale, serrate. Peduncles corymbcd. 



