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COTONEASTER* microphylla ; var. Uva Ursi 



Beai'berry-leaved Nepal Cotoneaster. 



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ICOSANDRIA DI^TRIGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Pomaces. Lindl. 

 COTONEASTER.— Supr^, vol 13. foL 1114 



C. niicrophylla ; foliis oblongis obtusis lucidis coriaceis, petalis patentibus 



Supra J L c. • 



fi. Uva tirsi ; foliis majoribus, floribus subternis, caule vegetiore. 



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For this distinct variety we are indebted to Mr. John 

 Miller, of the Nursery, Bristol, by whom specimens were 

 sent to us in the course of the last spring. It differs from 

 the genuine Cotoneaster microphylla in being a plant of a 

 more vigorous growth, having somewhat larger and flatter 

 leaves, and bearing flowers more frequently in twos or 

 threes than singly. % / 



Like that species, it is a hardy evergreen shrub, of 

 great beauty, striking readily from cuttings or layers, and 

 flowering in April and May. To what height either may 

 attain, we have no means of judging. At present the 

 original species does not exceed 2 feet in any place in 

 which we have seen it : that now represented appears to 

 have a tendency to acquire a stature of 3 or 4 feet. 



J. L. 



* A sort of barbarous word, signifying Quince-like. The Quince was 

 called cotonea by Pliny ; and aster^ a corruption o( ad instar^ is used occa- 

 sionally to express similitude. 



