Tas. 8425, 
COROKIA CoToNEASTER. 
New Zealand. 
CornacEak. Tribe CorRNEAr. 
Corox1a, A. Cunn.; Benth. et Hook. J. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 949. 
Corokia Cotoneaster, Raoul in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1844, vol. ii. p- 120 et in Chota 
Pl. N. Zé. p. 22; Hook. f. Flor. N. Zeal. vol. i. p. 98 et in Handb. N. Zeal. 
Fl. p. 238; De Wild. Ic. Hort. Then. vol. ii. p. 140, t. 83; species C. budd- 
leoidi, A. Cunn., affinis, sed ramis paucifloris abbreviatis, foliisque facile 
distinguenda. 
Frutex 1-2 m. altus, ramosissimus; rami abbreviati, plerumque 2-3 em. longi, 
rigidi, atro-rubri, divaricato-tortuosi, juniores flores et folia gerentes, 
seniores plus minusve attenuati, nudi. Folia alterna, secus ramos 
abbreviatos in fasciculos 3-folios disposita, brevissime petiolata, spathulata, 
apice emarginata vel interdum apiculata, 10-12 mm. longa, 5-7 mm. lata, 
supra nitida, infra albo-tomentosa, juniores supra pubescentia, nervis 
obscuris. Flores axillares solitarii, pedunculis 3 mm. longis albo-tomen- 
tosis. Sepala 5, triangularia, 1 mm. longa, albo-tomentosa, persistentia. 
Petala 5, oblonga, 6 mm. longa, apice acutiuscula, basi squamula ciliato- 
fimbriata instructa, persistentia. Stamina 5, petalis alterna; filamenta 
3 mm. longa, glabra; antherae 2 mm. longae. Discus carnosus, glaber, 
integer, apice planus, aurantiacus. Receptaculum turbinatum, albo- 
tomentosum. Ovarium 1-loculare, 1-ovulatum; stylus 2°5 mm. longus, 
glaber; stigma capitatum, obscure 2-lobum. Fructus drupaceus, ruber, 
10 mm. longus, 7 mm. diametro, sepalis petalisque persistentibus coronatus. 
—J. Huroninson. 
The Corokia here figured, C. Cotoneaster, is a native of 
New Zealand, where it is found both in the North and in 
the South Islands, A familiar plant in gardens, especially 
in the south and west of England and in Ireland, it is 
scarcely hardy in the open ground at Kew; it will survive 
a mild winter, but is injured or killed by a few severe frosts. 
On a south wall, however, it thrives excellently and flowers 
freely every May. ‘The material from which our figure has 
been prepared was obtained from a plant grown by Canon 
Ellacombe at Bitton, near Bristol, which forms a bush in a 
sheltered corner of his remarkable garden, but otherwise is 
not protected. This specimen is now a shapely plant five 
or six feet high and shows the remarkably interlaced 
branches with their tiny leaves and bright yellow, starry 
flowers to excellent advantage. C. Cotoneaster will grow 
Marcu, 1912, 
