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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



GENUS XXI. 



CYDCTNIA Tourn. THE QUINCE TREE. Lin. Syst. Icosandria 

 Di-Pentagynia. 



Identification. Tourn. Inst., 632. t. 435. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 638. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 650. 

 Synonymes. Pyrus sp. Lin. ; Coignassier, Fr. ; Quittenbaum, Ger. ; Cotogno, Ital. 

 Derivation. From its native place, Cydon, in Candia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals orbicular. Stamens erect. Styles 5. Pome 

 closed, 5-celled ; cells cartilaginous, many-seeded. Seeds covered with mu- 

 cilaginous pulp. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; serrated or entire. Flowers 

 large, solitary, or few together in a kind of umbel. Low deciduous trees or 

 shrubs, natives of Europe and Asia ; easily propagated by layers, or by graft- 

 ing on the common thorn. Common soil, rather moist than dry. 



*t 1. (7. VULGA'RIS Pers. The common Quince Tree. 



Identification. Pers. Syn., 2. p. 40. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 638. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 650. 



Synonymes. Pyrus Cydonia Lin. Sp. 687., Jacq. Austr. t. 342. ; C. europze^a Sav. Alb. Tosc. 1 . p. 90. 



Engravings. Jacq. Austr., t. 342. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and our Jig. 807. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves ovate, obtuse at the base, entire, tomentose beneath. 

 Calyx tomentose ; its lobes serrulated, and a little leafy. Stamens in one 

 row. (Dec. Prod.) A low tree. South of Europe, in rocky places and 

 hedges; and by some considered indigenous in Britain. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. 

 Cultivated in 1573. Flowers white; May and June. Fruit large, of a fine 

 orange yellow ; ripe in November. 

 Varieties. 



^ C. v. 1 pyrifbrmis Hort. Fruit pear-shaped. 

 ^ C. v. 2 maliformis Hort. Fruit apple-shaped. 



