COTONEASTER VULGARIS. COMMON COTO-
NEASTER OR DWARF MESPILUS.
COTONEASTER vulgaris; foliis ovatis basi rotundatis, calycibus pedunculisque nudis. Lindl.
COTONEASTER vulgaris. Lindl. in Linn. Trans, vol. 13. p . 101.
MESPILUS Cotoneaster. Linn. Sp. PI. p . 686. (Ed. Dan. 1. 1 1 2 . Pall. FI. Ross. vol. \ .p .S . 1.14.
TVilld. Sp. PI. vol. 2. p. 1012. Hoffm. Germ. ed. 2. vol. 1 . P . II. p. 225. De-
cand. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. vol. 4s. p . 435. FI. Gall. Syn. p. 331. Pers. Syn. PI. vol. 2 .
p. 39. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2 . vol. 3. p . 206.
MESPILUS inermis, foliis ovatis integerrimis, subtus tomentosis. Hall. Helv. «.1093.
Class a nd Ord e r . ICOSANDRIA PENTÀGYNIA.
[Natural Ord er . ROS ACE2E, Juss., Decand., Hook.]
Gen. Char. Flores polygami. Calyx turbinatus, obtuse quinquedentatus. Petala brevia, erecta. Stamina
dentium longitudine. Styli glabri, staminibus breviores. Achenopsides parietales, calyce incluste.__Lindl.
Gen. Char. Flowers polygamous. Calyx turbinate, obtusely five-toothed. Petals short, erect. Stamens as long
as the teeth. Styles glabrous, shorter than the stamens. Achenopsides parietal, contained in the calyx.__Lindl.
Frutex parva valde ramosa, cortice rugosa fusca nitida
tecta, ramis junioribus tomentosis.
Folia in fasciculis disposita, breve petiolata, elliptica vel
rotundato-elliptica, nunc acutiuscula, plerumque
obtusa, omnino integerrima, rigidiuscula^subco- -
riacea, supra viridia nudiuscula, subtus albido-
tomentosa. Ad basin petiolorum stipulé plu-
rimæ, imbricatæ parvte fuscæ.
Flores axillares, solitarii vel bini, nutantes. Pedun-
culus florum longitudine, glaber vel pilosiusculus.
Calyx urceolatus, glaber, flavo-viridis, quinquedentatus,
dentibus obtusis erectis. s >■ ..... \
Corolla quinquepetala, petalis rotundatis subconçavis
erectis albis, dentibus calycis paululum brevi-
oribus.
Stamina, ore tubi calycis inserta, subviginti, brevia. j
Antheræ subrotundæ.
Pistilla tria: Germina dorso cum basi calycis tubi
accrela, superne bispida, ovulis duobus erectis.
Styli infra apicem germinis inserti, filiformes.
Stigma obtusum.
Pericarpia (Achenopsides vel nuces) tria, dorso con-
vexo cum calyce unita, intus libera, plana, sulcata,
stylo persistente.
Semen unicum, obovatum, basi insertum, erectum.
Albumen nullum. Embryo cotyledonibus plano-con-
yexis. Radicula inféra.
A Shrub, small and much branched,covered with a rough
• brown shining bark, the younger branches downy.
L eaves fasciculated, on short petioles, elliptical or
roundish-elliptical, sometimes rather acute, generally
obtuse, altogether entire, somewhat rigid
and coriaceous, above green naked, beneath
clothed with a whitish down. At the base of
the petioles are many imbricated small brown
v j stipules.
Flowers axillary, solitary, or two together, nodding. '
Peduncle as long as the flowers, glabrous or
slightly hairy.
Calyx urceolate, glabrous, yellow-green, five-toothed,
with the teeth obtuse, erect.
Corolla five-petaled, petals rounded, subconcave, erect
white, a little shorter than the teeth of the calyx!
Stamens inserted into the mouth of the calyx, about
twenty in number, shorts Anthers roundish.
P istils three: Germens united by their back with the
v base of the tube of the calyx, hispid above, having
each two erect ovules. Styles inserted below the
apex of the germen, filiform. Stigma obtuse.
Pericarps (Achenopsides or nuts) three, with the back
of them convex,- united with the calyx, within
free, plane, furrowed, the style persistent.
Seed single, obovate, inserted at the base, erect.
Albumen none. Embryo with* the cotyledons planoconvex.
Radicle inferior.
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? ensl?w 9 Cambridge was so obliging as to give me the information, in 1826, of this interestins
» lld Wales by W. Wilson, E s,., of Warrington; and this account was sooafof-
■ ?peT enVfrom whlch W B W M have been taken. Since that period
veréd H E H S l me.'vlth other sPe™ens, and a full and interesting account of the spot where he disco-
f r o ^ h l“ dco^ 0l hX 7 “ ° fr | " ith Mr. John Roberts, surgéon, of Z & r : and’
new apprehend, can be entertained of its being really a native. “ The habitat of this
naturalist! b u t^ ab om d b a 'w fthTm i't^ '^V “ ^ 1''6'1 “ T " °f Cael:na>vocishii-e, hitherto .Seldom visited by the
which will b e f o u n d f o n ? SÎ Î ? P1™ 15 pa™liar to limestone disdcts ; some account of
is an isolator) mob }.LlIV ey s Tour through North Wales. The promontory or Headland of Great Ormeshead *
tabular, but b rokenfut^nZ^mH0!1^ 116 i l l I ® l half in length> and one miie broad : its surface is not strictly
west extremity is a perfect n Y e i w Z ' H S111S ™ost Part steeP and craggy at the sides. The north-
hamlet inhahitorl P é p i t e , with a perpendicular face. Near the village o f Llandudno (a very small
is the New Mine very Z h incarho”^ pr Jctlcable as.c“ \ t for horses, up a sort of dingle, in the upper part o f which
of Conner has t e S i l l S ? 5- carbonate of copper, yielding from 15 to 25 per cent of metal. A vein of sulphuret
this mine some o/theZ 12i° yards, below the surfaee- 11 appears that the Romans formerly worked
« Th J A Z l ; ■ lPols and also human bones having been discovered in it not long since,
growing upon th?hedges m°!î, ^bolly c° nfined t0 three ranges of cliffs in the immediate vicinity o f the mine;
a h n o stIT of the £ I of the H diP or incline downwards towards the north. They lié
not been able to discover'it (■& met. Wlth a Sln§le bush o f 11 on the N -w - extremity of the Head ; but have
I have searched fZ it wTth s Z e ca r e61" P “°r d° eS U °CCur in any 0ther part of the neighbourhood, though
inches in heiph/0'!^ J”Vcb bitten and injured by sheep : hence it is rather stunted, hardly ever exceeding eighteen
Our flowenne Z J L l n T Ü 9 Ï S f g0od sPecimens of SI ■ from the same cause.” 8 °
ë P were gathered in the months of May and June,—those with ripe fruit in July.
This account Mr. Wilson has obligingly accompanied with an excellent sketch of Ormeshead and the surrounding country.