452 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
u 3. C.sapo’nica Pers, The Japan Quince Tree. 
Identification. Pers. Syn., 2. p. 40.; Dec. Prod., 2 p. 638.; Don’s Mill., 2 p. 650. é ‘ 
Synonymes. ? Pyrus japinica Thunb. Fl. Jap. 207., and Bot, Mag. t. 692.; Chenoméles jap6nica 
Lindl. Lin. Trans. 13. p. 98. . : 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t.'692.3 Morris Fl. Consp., t.1.; oursig. 809. ; and jig. 810. showing the fruit. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 
oval, somewhat cuneated, 
crenately serrated, gla- 
brous upon both surfaces. 
Stipules kidney-shaped, 
and serrated. Flowers 
mostly 2—3 together, 
rarely solitary. Calyx 
glabrous ; its lobes short, 
obtuse, entire. Stamens 
in two rows. (Dec. Prod.) 
A rambling deciduous 
shrub, Japan and China. 
Height 5 ft. to 6 ft.. Introd. in 1815. Flowers scar- 
let ; produced the greater part of the year. Fruit 
green, very fragrant, but not eatable ; ripe in Oct. 
810. U. japonica. 
809. C. japénica. 
Varieties. 
% C. j. 2 flore dlbo has cream-coloured, or very pale red, flowers, and 
forms a very distinct kind when in blossom. 
% C. 7.3 ff. semi-pléno has red flowers, somewhat semidouble. There 
are plants of this kind in the Kensington Nursery. 
One of the most desirable deciduous shrubs in cultivation, whether as a 
bush in the open lawn, trained against a wall, or treated as an ornamental 
hedge plant. It has also been trained up with a single stem as a standard; 
and, in this character, its pendent branchés and numerous flowers, give it a 
rich and striking appearance, especially in early spring. It is difficult to unite 
with its congeners by grafting ; but, if it could be grafted standard high on the 
pear, the hawthorn, or even on the common quince, it would form a most de- 
lightful little tree. Readily propagated by layers or suckers, and it also grows 
by cuttings. 
Orpver XXVII. CALYCANTHA'CEZ, 
Orb. Cuar. Calyx coloured, many-parted. Segments in many series, unequal. 
Corolla none. Stamens indefinite, in several series, Anthers adnate, ex- 
trorse. Styles exserted. Carpels 1-seeded, enclosed within the fleshy tube 
of the calyx. Albumen none. Agrees with Rosacez in fruit, and Granatee 
in leaves, but differs from both in the absence of petals (G. Don.) 
Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, deciduous ; feather-nerved, rough. 
Flowers axillary. — Deciduous shrubs, natives of Asia and America. 
Catyca’ntuus. Stamens 12, deciduous. 
Cuimona’ntuus. Stamens 5, persistent. 
Genus I. 
CALYCA/NTHUS Lindl. Tue Catycantuus, or AMERICAN ALLSPICE. 
Lin. Syst. Tcosandria Polygynia. 
Identification. Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t.404.; Nees Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. Bonn., 1]. p. 107.3; Dee. 
Prod., 3. p, 2.3; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 652. 
