108 ROSACEAE. 
EriosoTryA. Loquat. 
(Family Rosaceae). 
Small tender trees: evergreen. 
Twigs stout, fluted: pith large, 
angular, continuous. Buds _ soli- 
tary, sessile, indistinguishable in 
the pubescence, the terminal ovoid 
with many paired acute very hairy 
stipular scales. lLeaf-scars alter- 
nate, crowded toward the tip, 
narrowly crescent-shaped or 
triangular, low: bundle-traces 3: 
stipule-scars forming linear pro- 
longations of the leaf-scar. Leaves 
large, oblanceolate, serrate. 
Though grown under glass only, 
in the North, the loquat or nes- 
pera is one of the frequent fruit 
trees in some of the warmer parts 
of the world and its acid fruits 
are much liked by those who 
have come to know them. As a 
decorative plant, it has nothing to 
commend it. 
Very rusty-hairy, the leaves glabrous above. E. japonica. 
