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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



810. C'.javonica. 



flfe 3. C. JAPO'NICA Pers. The Japan Quince Tree. 



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



Synonymes. ? P$ru& japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. 207., and Bot. Mag. t. G92. ; ChsenomSles japonica 



Lindl. Lin. Trans. 13. p. 98. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t..G92. ; Morris Fl. Consp., 1. 1. ; our/%. 809. ; andy?g. 810. showing the fruit. 



Spec. Char., 8?c. Leaves 

 oval, somewhat cuneated, 

 crenately serrated, gla- 

 brous upon both surfaces. 

 Stipules kidney-shaped, 

 and serrated. Flowers 

 mostly 2 3 together, 

 rarely solitary. Calyx 

 glabrous ; its lobes short, 

 obtuse, entire. Stamens 

 in two rows. (Dec. Prod.) 

 A rambling deciduous 

 shrub. Japan and China. 



Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. Introd. in 1815. Flowers scar- 

 let ; produced the greater part of the year. Fruit 

 green, very fragrant, but not eatable ; ripe in Oct. 



Varieties. 



& C. j. 2 flore dlbo has cream-coloured, or very pale red, flowers, and 



forms a very distinct kind when in blossom. 



Sfe C. j. 3 fl. semi-plena has red flowers, somewhat semidouble. There 

 are plants of this kind in the Kensington Nursery. 



One of the most desirable deciduous shrubs in cultivation, whether as a 

 bush in the open lawn, trained against a wall, or treated as an ornamental 

 hedge plant. It has also been trained up with a single stem as a standard ; 

 and, in this character, its pendent branches and numerous flowers, give it a 

 rich and striking appearance, especially in early spring. It is difficult to unite 

 with its congeners by grafting ; but, if it could be grafted standard high on the 

 pear, the hawthorn, or even on the common quince, it would form a most de- 

 lightful little tree. Readily propagated by layers or suckers, and it also grows 

 by cuttings, 



c.jap<jnica. 



ORDER XXVII. CALYCANTHA V CE^E. 



ORD. CHAR. Calyx coloured, many-parted. Segments in many series, unequal. 

 Corolla none. Stamens indefinite, in several series. Anthers adnate, * ex- 

 trorse. Styles exserted. Carpels 1-seeded, enclosed within the fleshy tube 

 of the calyx. Albumen none. Agrees with JZosaceae in fruit, and Granateae 

 in leaves, but differs from both in the absence of petals ( G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; feather-nerved, rough. 

 Flowers axillary. Deciduous shrubs, natives of Asia and America. 

 CALYCA'NTHUS. Stamens 12, deciduous. 

 CHIMONA'NTHUS. Stamens 5, persistent. 



GENUS I. 



CALYCA'NTHUS Lindl. THE CALYCANTHUS, or AMERICAN ALLSPICE. 

 Lin. Syst. Icosandria Polygynia. 



Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 404. ; Nees Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. Bonn., 11. p. 107.; Dec. 

 Prod., 3. p. 2. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 652. 



