566 347. Mespilus. 57. POMACE.E. Pl.ex.cal. 



Woods and hedges ; arborescent; May. 



Brmiches thorny ; leaves bald on both sides ; jiowers 

 white or rose-colour ; herry red or yellow. — Plant excellent 

 for fences; wood hard and tough. 



(3. Glastonhiriensis. Stipules very large, kidneyshape, 

 toothed; flowers large, coming out twice a year. 



Cratsegus Oxyacantha 4, With, Bot.Arr. 561. 

 Glastonhury thorn. 



b. Leaves not cut. 



3. Mespilus Germanicn. German medlar. 



Leaves lanceolate, tomentose beneath ; jiovsers sessile, 

 solitary, terminal ; calyx-lobes long, pointed. 



JMespsius, DUlen in Rcdi Stin. 453, 1 *. 

 Mespilus Germanica, Liii. S. P. 684.' 



Hedges; arborescent; May. 



Brcoiches thorny ; leaves lanceolate ; Jl,oivers white, downy, 

 tip fringed; fringes large. — Fruit, when thoroughly ripe, 

 acerb, astringent. 



/3. saliva. Stem and hranches spineless ; leaves ovate, 

 lanceolate. 



Mespilus sativa, Ger. em. 1453, 1. 

 Mespilus vulgaris, Park. 1422. 



Cultivated for its fruit. 



y. alortiva. Stem spineless ; styles and seed 0. 



Fam. XXIII. 58. ROSACEiE. 



Calyx persisting, pitchersLapc, contracted at the neck, 

 limb divided; lobes sometimes with appendages; petals 5, 

 inserted on the top of the calyx; stamens numerous, inde- 

 finite, inserted on the calyx under the petals ; ovaries free, 

 many, enclosed in the fleshy, persistent calyx ; ovules pen- 

 dulous; styles many, 1 to each ovary, terminal, with a lateral 

 furrow; stigmata oblique; ulieniuvi 1 -seeded; perisperni 0; 

 corculum straight; radicle above. — Stem shrubby, woody, 

 when injured a strong shoot overtopping the original stem 

 is thrown up from the root; leaves pinnate; stipules adhe- 

 rent to the petiole, armed with thorns, or bristles; bristles 

 alw-ays straight and tipped with a gland; plants polymor- 

 phous, species difficultly distinguishable. 



