Docynia] 



XLVI. ROSACEA 



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8. DOCYNIA, Decaisne; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 369. 



Small or middle-sized deciduous trees. 1. simple, stipules small. Fl. white 

 s ilitary, or iu few-fld. umbels. Calyx-tube clavate, petals 5, with long woolly 

 claws. Ovary 5 celled, styles 5, connate and woolly below the middle, ovules 

 3 in each cell. Species 2. 



1. D. indica, Due 

 F. Fl. i. 441. 



Young shoots and un- 

 derside of leaves densely 

 white-woolly, leaves ovate- 

 1 a ii ceol a to, indistinctly 

 i ii \ bed, blade 2 ■(, petiole 

 .', -| in. long : "ii young 

 sin "its gla brous, larger and 

 Lobed, often pinnatifid. 

 Fl. white, calyx densely 

 white-woolly. Fr. yellow, 

 OVOid, 1 .1 -2 in. long, 

 crowned by the persistent 

 calyx-limb, edible. 



Sikkim 3-6,000 ft., Bhutan, 

 Khnsi hills, Manipur. Hills 

 of Upper Burma. PI. Feb. 

 March. — China. 2. D. Hook 

 eriana, Dne., Khasi hills, I. 

 glabrous, 1-5 in. long, ob- 

 long la n late, fr. bel h een 



fusiform and ellipsoid. 



Syn. Pyrus 



Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 173 : Kurz 



121. — Docynia indica, T »i n-. 



9. CYDONIA, Toum. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 368. 



Deciduous shrubs or trees, 1. simple, stipules large, oblique. Fl. solitary '<v 

 iu Eew-fld. umbels. Ovary 5-celled, stjdes 5, in tin' lower part connate and 

 woolly, nvules numerous in each cell. Species 1, Mediterranean region and 

 ( 'hina. 



I. C. vulgaris, Pers. — Syn. Pyrus Cydonia, Finn.: Brandis F. Fl. 205. 

 Quince. Vern. Bihi, 1 1 i ml. 



A large slirub, liranehleis, underside of leaves, peduncles and calyx whit. - 

 toinentose. Leaves ovate from an obtuse base, entire, petioles short, stipules 

 oblong, obtuse, glandular- serrate. Fl. white, 2 in. across. Calyx-lobes leafy, 

 glandular-serrate, Longer than tube. Fr. large, clothed with grey woolly 

 tomentum, 5-celled, endocarp cartilaginous. Seeds many, testa mucilaginous. 

 Probably wild in Western A - i . i . cultivated in X. \V. India. Fl. March- April. 

 2. C. Cathayensis, Eemsl. in Hunk. [o. Plant, tt. 2657, 2658. Kyinzanga, Burm., hills 



eo I of Bhi cultivated in Cachin villages mi account of it> fruit. China, A large 



squat tree, armed with 3 tout wood] spines ; in. long. Leave labrous when mature, 



lot late, serrate, blade •_' I. [sorrowed into petiole | '. in long, stipules leafy, semi- 



oordate, serrate, serration "t I. and stipules i Calyx-tube glabrous outside, 



continued beyond ovarj into a campanulate cup, lobes short, ob rj within. Fr. 



i j lindric ovoid or aearn cylindric. 'J in. long, edible, - I- numerous. 



10. ERIOBOTRYA, Liudl. : Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 370. 



Small or large trees, leaves simple very coriaceous, usually serrate. Fl. white, 

 pentamerous, in terminal mostlj denser) tomentose panicles, calyx-lobes smi 

 persistent. Ovarj 2 5-celled, adnate to calyx-tube, ovules 2 in each cell, styles 



woolly below. Fr, a dry or suceident lienv, generally one-seeded, endocarp 



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