4 1 0 AUBORETUM E T ERU T IC E TÜM BR ITA N N ICUM
Spec. Char., f r . Disk of leaf flat, orbicular, or elliptical, ending in a mucro
in some instances emarginate. Petiole of about the length of the stipules’
which are linear-Ianceolate, membranous, and soon fall off. Bark buds
fiower r lifts . i , stipules ' -----, r- petiole,-—■' - the »f t under **- oui surface i a c cui of the disk of the l e k and
part Ol the lippe*’ «nrfono *______ uieuisKor ». i. • i me •
leat, ana
state i the bark
pai t oi the upper surface of the mitlrib, tomentosely hairy, while in a young
sta te ; the bark, petioles, midrib on its upper surface, and calyx, become
glabrous when old. Flowers in axillary c}mes, few in a cyme. Style and
, t • 1 1 — "— iii<„.7i, itvv 111 a cviiic. i3cvie am
carpel, which has a bony o n v sh shell,fill. mostly mn<5flx7 solitary. Erect, branched in a _ spreading
i
manner; branchlets straight, slender. An elegant low sub-evergreen
tree. Nepal, in the mountainous region. Height 10 ft. to 15 ft. Introduced
m 1824. Flowers white ; April and May. Berries numerous, black ;
ripe in September. ’
A very handsome species, distinguished at first sight from the others bv its
spreading habit of growth and smaller leaves.
§ iii. Zeaves evergreen, leathery. Low Shrubs, with prostrate
Branches i Trailers, hut not properly Creepers.
« . 9 . C . r o t ü n d i f o ' l i a Wall. The round-leaved Cotoneaster.
Identffi cation. Wall. Cat. ; Lindl. Bot. Rejr.. 122D.
Synony»,€S. C. microphylla 8 U'va-tirsi Lindl.
Bot. Reg. t. 1187. ; C. U'va-úrsi llort. ; the
Bearberry-leaved Nepal Cotoneaster.
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1187.; and our Jigs.
746. and 747.
s¡)ec. Char., f r . Leaves roundish, pilose
beneath, evergreen. Peduncles
1-fiowered. Producing its white flowers
in April and May. (Doris MUl.)
An evergreen shrub. Nepal, on
moimtains. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced
in 1825, Flowers wliite,
with the backs of the petals'often 743. C. roiundif/ilia. 747. C. rotundifòlia.
X X V I . . f i O S A ' c E i E : A M E L A 'N C H I E R .
pinkish ; April and May. Fruit bright scarlet; ripe in August, ancl remaining
748. C. (r.) microphylla.
on all the winter.
A most desirable shrub for a small garden, for clothing a naked wall, covering
rockwork, or grafting standard high, so as to form a pendent evergreen tree,
a. 10. C. ( k .) m i c r o p i iy 'h .a Wall. The small-leaved Cotoneaster.
Mcntificalwn. Wall, ex Lindl. Hot. Reg., t. IIH . 1 Do n ’s Mill., 2. p. 604.
E n g rm m ss. Bot. Reg., t. 1114.1 and oury%. 74S.
Spec. Char., f r . Leaves oblong, obtuse,^pubescent
beneath, evergreen. Peduncles usually 1-flowered.
(Don's Mill.) A prostrate evergreen shrub, closely
resembling the preceding species, and in our opinion
only a variety of it. Nepal. Height 2 ft. to 3 ft.
Introduced in 1824. Flowers white; May and June.
Berries bright scarlet ; ripe in August, and remaining
on all the winter.
It is exceedingly hardy, and forms a fine plant on
rockwork, or on a lawn, where it has room to extend
itself. A plant of C. microphylla, at High Clere,
of about 10 years’ growth, was, in 1835, 6 ft. high a f t formed a d e ^ e busft
ooverin« a space 21 ft. in diameter. Another, at Redleaf, was, in 1837, n c a f t
as lar.’c! Grafted standard high on the thorn, or any of its congeners, this
shrub“forms a singular and beautiful evergreen drooping tre e : or it will cover
a n a k e d wall nearly as rapidly as ivy; and it possesses a decided advantage
over that plant, and particularly over the variety called the giant ivy, in its
shoots which may be prevented from extending many inches from the face ot
the wall, and, consequently, being not likely to injure the plants growing nrar
it Were the practice of training trees and shrubs in architectural or sciilp-
tm-al shapes again to come into fashion, there are few plants better adapted for
the purpose than this and the preceding sort of Cotoneaster.
.H. I I . C. ( r .) j i u x i f o ' l i a Wall. The Box-leaved Cotoneaster.
Memtrncation. Wall, ox Lindi. Bot. Reg., t 1229. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 6C4.
Engraving. O m ß g . 749. from a living specimen.
Spec. Char., f r . Leaves ovate, woolly beneato,
everoreen. Peduncles 2—3-flowered, woolly.
Flowers white. (Doris MUL) A native of
NeeU'herry ; introduced in 1824 ; and apparently
a variety of C. .rotundifòlia, from
wliich it differs in having the peduncles 2-
and 3-flowered, but scarcely in any thing
else.
Variety.
C. (b.)
Lindi.,
2 marginata, C. marginata
has rather lai’ger leaves. 749. C. (r.) iuxifülia.
sinat., nas rauiei uu^ci icavxeo, . • r i
which are covered thickly on the under side and margin with a dense
white tomentum. Raised in tlie Horticultural Society’s Garden m
1838, from seeds received from Dr. Falconer of Saharunpore.
G e n u s X V III.
¡m e l a 'NCHIEK Med. T u e A m e l a n o h i e r . Lin. Syst. Icosäudria
Di-Pentagynia.
hlenlißmtion. Med. Gesch., 1793. i Lindi, in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p. 100. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. G82. ;
Don’sMi!l.,2 . p. 004.