COTONEASTER VULGARIS. COMMON COTO-
NEASTER OR DWARF MESPILUS.
COTONEASTER vulgaris ; foliis ovalis basi rotundatis, calycibus pedunculisque nudis. Lin d l.
COTONEASTER vulgaris, L m d l .m L i n n . Trans, vol. 13. p . M l. ^ . . „ « . 14.
MESPILUS Cotoneaster. Linn. Sp. P i. p .6 S 6 : { Rp SHÜ8H De-
Willd. S t. PI. vol. 2. p. 101S. Hoffm. Germ. eel. 3. vol. \. Jr. i l . it.
cand.Pl. Pr. ed. 3. vol.4t.p. 485. FI. Gall. Syn. p. 931. Pers. Syn. P ■
p. 39. Ait. Hort. K m . ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 206.
MESPILUS inermis, foliis ovatis integerrimis, subtus tomentosis. Hall. Helv. n. 1093.
Class and Ord e r . ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.
[Natural Ord e r . ROSA.CEÆ, Juss., Decand., Hook.]
Frutex parva valde ramosa, cortice rugosa fusca nitida
tecta, ramis junioribus tomentosis. _. '
Folia in fasciculis disposita, breve petiolata, elliptica vel
rotundato-elliptica, nunc acutiuscpla, plerumque
obtusa, omnino integerrima, rigidiuscula, subco-
riacea, supra viridia nudiuscula, subtus albido-
tomentosa. Ad basin petiolorum stipulas plu-
rimæ, imbricates parvoe fuscæ.
Flores axillares, çolitarii vel bini, nutantes. Pedun-
culus florum longitudine, glaber vel pilosiusculus.
Calyx urceolatus, glaber,flavo-viridis,quinquedentatus,
dentibus obtusis erectis.
Corolla quinquepetala, petalis rotundatis subconcavis
erectis albis, dentibus calycis paululum brevi-
oribus. . . .
Stamina, ore tubi calycis inserta, subviginti, brévia.
Antheræ subrotundæ. _ *
P ist il la tria: Gertnina dorso cum basi calycis tubi
accreta, superne hispida, ovulis duobus erectis.
Styli infra apicem germinis inserti, filiformes.
Stigma obtusum.
Pe r ica r p ia (Achenopsides vel nuces) tria, dorso con-
vexo cum calycé unita, intus libera, plana, sul-
■ cata, stylo persistente.
Semen unicum, obovatum, basi insertum, erectum.
Albumen nullum. Embryo cotyledonibus plano-con-
vexis. Radicula inféra.
ASnR0B,small and much branched,covered with a rough
brown shining bark, the younger branches downy.
Lew e s fasciculated, on short petioles, elliptical or
roundish-elliptical, sometimes rather acute, generally
obtuse, altogether entire, somewhat rigid
and coriaceous,■ above green naked, beneath
i clothed with a whitish down. At the base of
the petioles are many imbricated small brown
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, short. Anthers roundish.
P istils three: Germens united by their back with the
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.
Se ed single, obovate, inserted at the base, erect.
Albumen none. Embryo with the cotyledons planoconvex.
Radicle inferior.
■ T7|mvpr K , a Petal Fig. 3. Flower cut through, and the pistils spread open: Fig. 4. Germen cut
the abortive ovule. Fig. 10. Embryo. - b u t fig. 5. more or less magnified. lW^BÊBSÊÊÊKÊIÊBÊBSÊÊBÊB^^^m^
tabular, but broken into gentle undulations, and for: the .most: part very ste*p.aB gSJ smaU
west extremity is a perfect precipice, with a perpendicular face. Near g rt J wtl;ch
hamlet inhabited by miners) is the only practicable ^ s. “ P “ J 0‘al°een t“Vmetal. A vein of sulphuret
is the New Mine, very rich in carbonate of copper, yielding from 15 to 25 per cent o f erlv „Vorked
of copper has lately been discovered 120 yards below- the surface. I t "PP1-»; y
this mine, some of their tools and also human bones having been discovered n it not long. sl" “ \ , , . .
B ü l l m almost wholly confined to three ranges of cliffs in P H H B B B Th“ yTie
growing upon the hedges or shelves of the rocks, which but liaT
almost S.W. of the mine. I have also met with a single B H g H H H B Ü B J neighbourhood, though
not been able to discover it in any other place, nor does it occui in any other part g s
1 is liable'.toTe\nuchTiTien and injured by sheep : hence it is rather stunted, hardly ever exceeding eighteen
inches in height, and it is not easy to gather good specimens of any size, from the same cause.
Our flowering specimens were gathered in the months of May and Ju n e ,-th o se with ripe fruit in July,
. This «count Mr. Wilson t a obligingly »ccompanicd will, m excellent sketch *of Omteshe.d end the »«rounding country.