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MESPILU S. japonica. 
Japan Mespilus, or Loquat. 
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ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosacem. Jussieu gen. 334. - Div. I. Germen simplex infe- 
rum, polystylum. Pomum calycino limbo umbilicatum, multiloculare. 
Arbores aut frutices. PomMAcE®. 
MES PIL US. Cal. 5-fidus.» Pet..5... Stam. 20. Styli 2-5. Pomum 
sphericeum 2-5-spermum, seminibus.osseis. Folia simplicia, indivisa aut 
lobata, pedunculi sepiis multiflori, corymbosi terminales et interdim solitartt 
pe Flos M, germanice terminalis sessilis ut in (Pyro) Cydonia. Juss, 
M. japonica, inermis; foliis obovatis apice serratis, subtds tomentosis, race- 
mis paniculatis terminalibus. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1010. 
Mespilus japonica. Thunb. jap. 206. Icon Koempfer. t. 18. Hort. Kew. ed. 
2, 3.205: Venten. malmais. 19. hs 
Bywa. Kampf: ameen. 800. ap apc. , 
Caulis cylindricus, ramosus, cortice cinereo-fuscescente rimato: rami in- 
Jerne nudiusculi, subcicatrizati s ramuli sparsi, proximi, patentes, ferrugineo- 
tomentosi, Fol. magna, sparsa, approximata, recurvo-patentia, summa sub- 
rosaceo-disposita, peliolata, stipulata, ovali-oblonga, acuminata, superne versits 
acuté et distantivs dentata, inferneé versus attenuata margine wilegro reflexo 
nervo medio utrinque ramoso subliis prominente, supra glabra, subtus tomento 
Serrugineo-cinerascente') obtecta: . petiolus  crassws, brevissimus: stipules 2, 
petiolo egquales, ovales, acuminate, pubescentes. Panicula terminalis, brevis, 
bracteata, spiculis alternis, horizontalibus, bracteatis, ferruginco-tomentosis : 
flores sessiles, confertiusculi, bracteati, albi, Cratrmet Oxyacanthi majores, 
odori. Bracteve ovales} acul@, concave, extis ferrugineo-tomentose, panicu- 
larum fasciculate, spicularum horizontales  solitaria, florum trine, calyci 
appress@. Cal, crassus campanulatus, dimidio brevior corolla, inferne ferry- 
gineo-pubescens, germini adnatus, superné viridis glaber, stellato-patens. Pet.* 
rosaceo-patentia, obovata, unguicilata, margine crenulata, intus striata villosa, 
Germ. “hirsutum. 'Bacca v. Pomum flacum, subtomentosum pulposum, 1-5- 
loculare, 1-5-spermum. r tos 
We are told by-Thunberg that this is a very common 
tree in Japan, where it grows to a vast size, and bears a 
fruit which is much esteemed. With us it was introduced 
by Sir Joseph Banks in 1787. In France it was received 
from Canton in 1784. It will live here in the open air when 
planted against a warm wall; but we have never scen it in 
such perfection as in the form of standard, in the border ofa 
spacious conservatory. Flowers in October and November, 
and ripens the fruit about May or June. We have been en- 
abled to give a representation of the fruit by the kindness of 
Sir Joseph Banks, who rise us with a drawing for that 
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