Tas. 8854. 
COTONEASTER SERoTINA. 
Western China. 
RosackakE. Tribe Pomgag. 
CorongasTER, Medik ex Lindl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 627. 
Cotoneaster serotina, Hutchinson; species nova affinis C. turbinatae, Craib, 
et ©. glaucophyllae, Franch., ab illa foliis ellipticis infra mox glabres- 
centibus stipulis deciduis, fructibus globosis glabris, ab hac foliis infra 
haud glaucis breviter acuminatis, receptaculis subanthesin dense villosis, 
calycis lobis subulato-triangularibus difiert. 
Arbor parva; ramuli hornotifi sericeo-pubescentes, annotini glabri et nitidi, 
cortice brunneo longitudinaliter rupto obtecti. Folia elliptica vel obovato- 
elliptica, apice acute et abrupte apiculata, basi breviter cuneata, 4-7 cm. 
longa, 2°5-4 cm. lata, chartacea, utrinque tenuiter reticulata, supra fere 
glabra, infra molliter pubescentia sed mox glabrescentia; nervi laterales 
utrinsecus circiter 8, a costa media sub angulo 45° abeuntes, infra 
prominentes; petioli circiter 1 cm. longi, supra dense hirsuti, infra 
glabrescentes ; stipulae lineari-subulatae, 5 mm. longae, fere glabrae, mox 
deciduae. Injflorescentia multiflora, late corymbiformis, villosa ; pedicelli 
ultimi usque ad 3 mm. longi, bracteae setosae, 2°5 mm, longae, mox 
deciduae. Receptaculum turbinatum, dense villosum. Sepala subulato- 
deltoidea, pilosa. Petala albida, rotundata, crenulata. <Antherae rubro- 
brunneae. Carpella 2, demum glabra. Fructus globosus, ruber, circiter 
7 mm. diametro, glaber.—C. glaucophylla, Hort. ex Gard. Chron. vol. Ixy. 
p. 34 (1919) ; non Franch.—J. HutcHrnson. 
The Cotoneaster here figured was raised in the garden 
of Mr. G. H. Cave, Rodway Hill House, Mangotsfield ; 
it was collected by Mr. G. Forrest in Western China and 
distributed under his number 6754. A plant given by 
Mr. Cave to Mr. G. H. Wollaston, Flaxley Cottage, Flax 
Bourton, flowered in the garden of the latter in 1918 
and yielded the fruiting spray shown in our plate, which 
was sent to Kew in January, 1919. The flowering spray 
figured came from one of Mr. Cave’s plants in July, 1919. | 
Mr. Wollaston was of opinion that this plant might be a 
form of (. turbinata, Craib, figured at t. 8546 of this 
work, only differing from the type in having smooth in 
- place of hairy fruits. On the other hand, a spray from 
one of Mr. Cave’s plants was certificated at an exhibition 
JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1920. 
