Lindleya
(named after John Lindley, 1799-1865, a celebrated English botanist). ORD. Rosaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a half-hardy, evergreen, much-branched, glabrous tree, with the habit of Pyrus Malus. It has follicular or capsular fruits and winged seeds, and has its five ovaries consolidated. It thrives in a well-drained loam, and would probably do best in a chalky soil. Propagated by ripened cuttings, placed under a glass, in bottom heat; or by grafting on the Hawthorn.
L. mespiloides (Mespilus-like).* fl. white, sweet-scented, hermaphrodite, bracteate, axillary or at the tips of the branchlets, solitary; calyx persistent; petals orbiculate, large; peduncles bibracteolate. July. l. coriaceous, scattered, simple, crenulated, petiolate. h. 20ft. to 30ft. Mexico, 1843. (B. R. 1844, 27.)