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Account of the Lo-quat. 



firm, in taste resembling an Apple kernel, but rather more 

 bitter. The outer substance of the fruit is a soft pulpy pale 

 yellow flesh, juicy, and having a sharp malic acid flavour, 

 but not particularly sweet or rich. 



Monsieur Ventenat, in his Figures (tab. 19.) of the 

 Plants of the Garden at Malmaison, has given a coloured 

 representation of the Mespilus Japonica in flower. Mr. 

 Hooker's drawing of a branch in fruit, from one of the spe- 

 cimens sent by Lord Bagot to the Society, is a beautiful re- 

 semblance of it in that state. 



