was raised from a cutting received from the editor of the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, to whom it had been submitted by 
a correspondent for identification. The precise history of 
its introduction to horticulture is therefore unknown. 
C. virgata is undoubtedly very nearly allied to C. Cotone- 
aster, but is distinguishable at a glance by its slender 
straight branches and its larger leaves. Another differential 
character which appears to be constant is to be found in 
the scales at the base of the petals; these organs in our 
plant are divided almost to the base into a few narrow 
segments, in C. Cotoneaster they are delicately fimbriate on 
the margin but have a broad undivided base. As grown 
at Kew C. virgata is now a shrub about eight feet high, 
which thrives well and flowers freely in the Himalayan 
section of the Temperate House. But although this situation 
is necessary at Kew, it is probable that in the warmer parts 
of the British Isles, where the other species of Corokia are 
known to thrive, this species also may be found hardy out 
of doors. 
Descriprion.—Shrub, about 8 ft. high, virgately branched; 
twigs terete not divaricately twisted, when young white- 
tomentose, but soon glabrous and dark brown. Leaves 
very shortly petioled, alternate, oblong-spathulate, acute, 
up to 1? in. long, 2 in. wide, shining above, closely 
adpressed white - tomentose beneath, pubescent above 
when young; veins indistinct. Flowers in terminal and 
axillary 3-flowered racemes, 2-bracteolate ; peduncles 1 lin. 
long or less, adpressed white-tomentose. Sepals 5, trian- 
gular under 1 lin, long, adpressed white-tomentose outside. 
Petals 5, spreading, oblong, 24 lin. long, with shortly 
acuminate incurved tips, yellow, each with a basal scale 
completely divided into 3-5 segments. Stamens 5; fila- 
ments glabrous, 1 lin. long; anthers rather shorter than the 
filaments. Disk fleshy, glabrous, entire, orange-yellow. 
Receptacle turbinate, white-tomentose, Ovary 1-celled ; 
ovule solitary; style 13 lin. long; stigma capitate, faintly 
3-lobed. Fruit not seen. 
Fig. 1, a flower; 2, a hair ; 3, vertical section of calyx and pistil; 4, petal, 
showing basal scale; 5, a scale ; 6 and 7, anthers:—all enlarged. 
