450 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Genus XXI. 
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CYDO'NIA Tourn, Tue Quince Trez. Lin. Syst. Icosdndria 
Di-Pentag nia. 
Identification. Tourn. Inst., 632. t.435.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.638.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 650. 
Synonymes. Pyrus sp. Lin. ; Coignassier, Fr.; Quittenbaum, Ger. ; Cotogno, Ital. 
Derivation. From its native place, Cydon, in Candia. 
Gen. Char, Calyx 5-cleft. Petals orbicular. Stamens erect. Styles 5. Pome 
closed, 5-celled ; cells cartilaginous, many-seeded. Seeds covered with mu- 
cilaginous pulp. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; serrated or entire. Flowers 
large, solitary, or few together in a kind of umbel.— Low deciduous trees or 
shrubs, natives of Europe and Asia ; easily propagated by layers, or by graft- 
ing on the common thorn. Common soil, rather moist than dry. 
¥ 1. C. vuuea‘ris Pers. The common Quince Tree. 
Identification. Pers. Syn., 2. p. 40.; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 638. ; Don’s Mill., 2. B 650. 
Synonymes. Pyrus Cydonia Lin. Sp. 687., Jacq. Austr. t. 342. ; C. europe‘a Sav. Alb. Tose. 1. p. 90. 
ngravings. Jacq. Austr., t. 342.; the plate in Arb. Brit., lst edit., vol. vi. ; and our fig. 807. 
807. Cydonia vulgaris. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves ovate, obtuse at the base, entire, tomentose beneath. 
Calyx tomentose; its lobes serrulated, and a little leafy. Stamens in one 
row. (Dec. Prod.) A low tree. South of Europe, in rocky places and 
hedges; and by some considered indigenous in Britain. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. 
Cultivated in 1573. Flowers white; May and June. Fruit large, of a fine 
orange yellow ; ripe in November. 
Varieties. 
¥ C. v. 1 pyriformis Hort. — Fruit pear-shaped. 
¥ C.v, 2 maliformis Hort. — Fruit apple-shaped. 
