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FIG. 584. MEDLAR (Mespilus germanica). 



The fruit ys a pome like that of the Apple, consisting of the ovary and swollen receptacle, crowned by t. 



lobes whi-h surround a demised area. The tree, which is a native of Greece Asia Minor and I .-. . , h 



naturalized in the he 1-erows of the Midlands and South of England, also m the Channel Inlands. 



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