of this plant have much thicker, broader, and rounder leaves, 
with generally a deep notch at the extremity. The inflo- 
rescence is extremely similar in the two. With us, the 
flowering season is May, when the pendent, reddish blos- 
soms, and the glossy leaves have at first the appearance of 
some Vaccinium, rather than a CoTonEasTeEr. 
Descr.. It forms an upright shrub, from four to five feet 
high, clothed with brown and glossy bark, the young branches 
only having a deciduous down. Leaves shortly petiolate, 
elliptical, or nearly oblong, frequently approaching to ovate, 
almost acute, entire, glabrous and shining above, pale and 
hoary with down beneath, but by no means so much so as 
in the more common species of our gardens. Cymes longer 
than the leaves, the terminating short branches of the pre- 
ceding (as is the case with the C. multiflora, described by 
Lepesour) much divided in a dichotomous manner, grace- 
fully pendulous. Peduncles and pedicels dark greenish-red, 
with minute bracteas, glossy, yet when seen under a micro- 
scope slightly hairy. Calyx glossy, glabrous, red, green 
on the side less exposed to the light. Petals concave, in- 
_ curved, delicately tinged with blush. 
Fig. 1. Flower :—magnified. 
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