Tas. 8694. 
COTONEASTER SALICIFOLIA, var. RUGOSA. 
Central China. 
Rosackak, Tribe PomEAR. 
Cotoneaster, Medik; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 627. 
Cotoneaster salicifolia, Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, sér. 2, vol. viii. 
p. 225 (1886); var. rugosa, Rehd. et Wils. in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. vol. i. 
p- 172 (1912); Bean, Trees d Shrubs, vol. i. p. 414 (1914); a planta 
typica foliis latioribus colore hebetioribus subtus novellisque indumento 
. densiore magis lanuginoso indutis. . 
_Frutex decorus, 2-3-metralis, ramis patentibus, ramulis gracilibus primum 
indumento deciduo lanuginoso pallide brunneo dense obtectis, demum 
glabris cortice rubescente insignibus. J'olia rigide coriacea, persistentia, 
ovata vel subobovata, acuta, basi cuneata, margine integra, 4-7'5 cm. 
longa, 1:2-4 cm. lata, supra rugosa, glabrescentia, saturate viridia, subtus 
primum dense lanuginosa, demum albo-cinerea costa nervisque lanuginosis 
exceptis glabrescentia; nervi utrinsecus 9-11, supra impressi; petiolus 
2-6 mm. longus, lanuginosus. Corymbi 2°5-5 cm. lati, ramulos 
2-4-foliatos terminantes. Flores sordide albi, aestivales, 6 mm. lati. 
Calyx lanuginosus, infundibularis, 5-lobus ; lobi breve triangulares, erecti, 
acuti. Petala 5, suborbicularia. Stamina circiter 20; antherae rubes- 
centes. Fructus globosus vel subovoideus, 6 mm. lattis, laete corallinus ; 
pyrenae 2, compresso-hemisphaericae, dorso suleatae.—C. rugosa, E. Pritzel 
in Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxix. p. 385 (1900) ; Schneider in Ill. Handb. Laubh 
vol. i. p. 758 (1906).—W. J. Bean. 
This variety of Cotoneaster salicifolia was discovered by 
Mr. E. H. Wilson on the mountains of Western Hupeh 
at altitudes of 5,000 to 6,000 feet both to the north and 
south of Ichang. From seed collected by him in October, 
1907, and received at Kew through the agency of the 
Arnold Arboretum the following spring, the plant now 
figured was raised. Since its introduction the winters 
have been mild and it has proved evergreen, but it is 
possible that, as with some other ordinarily evergreen 
Cotoneasters, its foliage may prove deciduous in our 
hard winters. It likes a sunny position and a loamy 
_ soil, and being very amenable to cultivation promises to 
_ develop into one of the finest members of the genus in 
gardens. It is easily increased by seed or by cuttings. — 
January, 1917. 
