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3. Malus, L. (DC. pr. 2, p. 635 .—Roxb. fl. bid. 2, /?. 511 \—J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. dG.) Apple Tree, b Europe. Persia. Assam, &c. Fl. large, 

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



4. spectabilis, Ait. (DC. pr. 2, p. 635 ;— £. M. 8, t. 267 -.—Roxb. H. B. 

 p. 38.) 5 China. Fl. large, deep rose, afterwards pale rose. Intro- 

 duced into H. C. G. in 1812. Fl. } 



5. indica, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 511; — Wall. pi. as rar. 2, t. 173) b 

 Khassya Mountains. Has not fl. here, though cultivated for more than 

 ten years. 



6. lanuginosa, Wall. Nepal. 

 Cydonia, Tournef. {DC. pr. 2, p. 638.) 



1. vulgaris, Pers. (DC. I. c. — Pyrus Cydonia, L. ; — Jacq. austr. t. 342 ; 

 — Roxb. fi. ind. 2, p. 511 ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 66. — P. tomen- 

 tosa, Roxb. 0. c. p. 512; not DC.) Common Quince Tree. 5 Rocky 

 places and hedges of S. Europe, Hindoosthan ? Introduced into H, 

 C. G. in 1794, but had not fl. up to 1814. 



2.Japonica, Pers. (DC. pr. 2, p. 638. — Pyrus japonica, Thunb. ; — B. M. 

 18, t. 692;~~Roxb. H. B. p. 38.) Japan Quince Tree, b FI. large 

 crimson. In H. C. G. fl. H. S. (Roxb.) 



StranvcEsia glaucescens, Lindl. ; B. Reg. 23, t. 1956. b Nepal, Kamaon. 

 — Rhaphiolepis Phaostemon, Lindl ; (Rhaphiolepis indica, B. Reg. 6, 

 t. 468, not Lindl). B China.— i?. rubra, Lindl. ; B. Reg. 17, t. 1400. B 

 China. — R. salici/olia, Lindl. ; B. Reg. 8, t. 652. B China. — Chamceme- 

 les coriacea, Lindl. ^ Madeira. — Photinia serrulata, Lindl. (Crataegus 

 glabra, Thunb.; B. M. 47, t. 2105.) 5 Japan, China. — P. pustulata, 

 Lindl. Canton. — P. integrifolia, Lindl. Nepal. — P. Lindleyana, W. 

 and A.; Wight, icon. 1, t. 228. b Neelgherries. — P. Notoniana, Wall. 

 Wight, ill. 1, t. 85. b Neelgherries. — Eriobotrya elliptica, Lindl. 



Nepal, b. — Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Lindl. B Sandwich Islands 



Pyrus crenata, Don. ; B. Reg. 20, t. 1655. b Nepal. — P. baccata, L. 

 b Kamaon. — P. foliolosa. Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, t. 189. b Nepal. — Cy- 

 donia sinensis, Thouin. ; B. Reg. 11, t, 905. b China. 



SUB-ORDER.— AM YGDALE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 146. 



THE ALMOND TRIBE. 



Trees or shrubs, by Lindl. referred to 6 genera. Of these, DC. pr. 

 assigns about 16 to N. America ; 14 to Europe ; 7 to S. America, Mexico 

 and the W. Indies ; 7 to Japan ; 3 to the Levant ; 1 to Siberia ; 1 to 

 Kalmukia ; 1 to Caucasus ; 1 to Arabia ; 1 to Persia ; 1 to China ; and I 

 to N. Africa. In the E. Indies, (mostly exclusive of Java) have been dig- 



