512 ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. JlOSa. 



districts east and north east of Silhet, while the phints 

 are young the leaves are deeply lobaie, the fruit round 

 and smooth, a little concave at the base, from one to 

 two inches in diameter ; the taste is harsher than the 

 common crab apple of Europe. 



6. P. tomentosa. R. 



Tender parts tomentose. Leaves oblong, obtuse, ob- 

 tusely serrate; stipules scarcely any. 



This is the Quince tree ol Hindoostan, and most like- 

 ly that which furnishes the Quince seed brou.ht from 

 Muscat to Bengal for sale, w here they are much used for 

 medical purposes under the name Beheeke beej. 



SPIRAEA. Schreb. gen. n. 862. 



Calyx five-cleft. Petals five. Capsules five, superior, 

 many-seeded. 



S. corymhosa. R. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves lanceolate, serrate. Corymbs 

 terminal, globular. 



A native of China and of the mountains north of India, 

 in the Botanic garden at Calcutta; it blossoms more or less 

 the whole year, but most copiously during the hot and 

 rainy season, but never ripens its seed. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



ROSA. Schreb. gen. n. 863. 



Calyx pitchered, five-cleft, fleshy, contracted in the 

 neck. 



Seeds numerous, hispid, affixed to the interior side of 

 the calyx. 



