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Levant ; 3 in N. Africa ; 2 in Tauria and Caucasus ; 2 in Persia ; 1 about 

 Astrachan ; 1 in Madeira ; and 1 in the Sandwich Islands. In the E. In- 

 dies, excluding Java, 29 species have been discovered, viz. 1 of Cratagus ; 

 (Nepal.) 1 oi StranvcEsia ; (Nepal.) 1 of Rhaphiolepis ; (China; scarcely 

 found in India,) 6 of Photinia ; (Nepal. Khassya Mountains, Neelgherries,) 

 1 of Eriobotrya ; (Nepal,) 8 of Cotoneaster ; (Nepal, 1 from the Neel- 

 gherries,) 10 of Pyrus ; (Himalayas, Khassya Mountains, Taong-Dong, 

 Assam.) and 1 of Cydonia, (Nepal.) Cydonia vulgaris, Pers. is only cul- 

 tivated in Hindoosthan. 



" The fruit is an article of food, and the flowers for their beauty, are 

 the chief peculiarities of this order, which consists exclusively of trees 

 and bushes, without any herbaceous plant." (Lindl.) 

 CRATiEGUs, L. (DC.pr. 2, JO. 626.) 



1. crenulata, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 509; — DC. I. c.) S Nepal, Kemaon, 



Fl. largish, white, April and May ; fr. Aug. 

 Rhaphiolepis, Lindl. (DC. pr. 2, p. 630 ; — Lindl. B. Reg. under t. 1956. 

 1. indica, Lindl. (DC. I. c— Crat^gus indica, L. ? B. M. 42, t. 1726; 



—Roxb. H. B. p. 38.) B China. Fl. smaU, white, March and 



April ; fr. 0. 

 Photinia, Lindl. {DC.pr. 2, p. 631 ^—W. and A. pr. 1, p. 302 ,— Lindl. 



B. Beg. under t. 1956.) 



1 . bengalensis, Wall. (P. } dubia, Lindl. ; — DC. I. c. — Mespilus benga- 

 lensis, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 510.) L. 5 Chittagong. Assam. Khassya 

 Mountains. Nepal. Fl. small, white, Dec. and Jan. ; fr. June and 

 July. Bark used in Nepal for dyeing scarlet. (DC.) 



2. eugenifolia, Lindl. (B. Reg. under t. 1956.) b Khassya Mountains. Fl. 

 small, white, R. S. 



Eriobotrya, Lindl. (DC. pr. 2, p. 631 ;— ^F. and A. pr. 1, j>. 302;— 



Lindl. B. Reg. under t. 1956.) 

 l.japonica, Lindl. (DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — B. Reg. 5, /. 365; 



— Wight, icon. 1, t. 226; — J. Graft. Cat. B. pi. p. 65.— Mespilus ja- 



ponica, Thunb. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 510.) Loquat. 5 Japan, China. 



Cultivated in gardens. Fl. smallish, white, fragrant, R, S. ; fr. 



Dec. Jan, Feb, and March. 

 CoTONKASTER, Mcdik. (DC. pr. 2, p. 632.) 



1. afline, Lindl. (DC. I. c.) b Nepal, Shreenagur. Has not fl. here, 

 though cultivated for many years. 



2. obovatum. Wall. Nepal. 

 Pyrus, L. (DC.pr. 2, p. 633.) 



1. communis, L. (DC. I. c. ; — E. B. 25, t. 1784.) Wild pear-tree. Europe. 

 y. sativa, (Roxb. fl ind. 2, p. 510.) Cultivated pear-tree. Fl. large, 

 white, fragrant, Feb. and March ; fr. 0. 



2. sinensis, Lindl. (B. Reg. 15, t. 1248. — P. chinensis, Roxb. fl. ind. 

 2, p. 511.) Sandy Pear. China Pear, b China. In H. C. G. Fl ? 

 Introduced there before 1794, but had not fl. up to 1814. 



