are oval, only those towards the ends of the branches 
being globose or nearly so. Sometimes, however, the 
proportion of globose to oval fruits is reversed, and taken 
generally, globose fruits outnumber those that are oval. 
Few shrubs are better adapted for a poor natural soil, 
such as that of Kew, than the Cotoneasters, and C. pan- 
nosa is no exception to this rule. It is perfectly hardy 
and thrives admirably in loam of good or even moderate 
quality. Propagation is easily effected by means of late 
summer cuttings in gentle heat or, more slowly, by the 
seed of which it produces such plentiful crops. This and 
- other species of the genus are to be recommended for 
gardens situated on calcareous formations. 
Description.—Shrub with deciduous foliage, about 
8 ft. high, of lax graceful habit ; young branches slender, 
clothed at first with a pale brown tomentum, ultimately 
glabrous and dark purple on the side exposed to the sun. 
Leaves ovate to elliptical, cuneate at the base, acute to 
bluntish or rounded at the apex, entire, 1-1! ins. long, 
é-s In. wide, dull green and at first sparingly pilose 
above, clothed beneath with a whitish felt; lateral 
nerves oblique, four to six; petiole up to ' in. long, 
tomentose. Corymbs 1-11 ins. wide, terminal on short 
leafy twigs, 15-25-flowered, opening in late June or early 
July. lowers { to 3 in. wide; calyx-lobes 5, triangular- 
ovate, densely woolly; petals 5, spreading, orbicular ; 
stamens about 20, with pink anthers; styles 2 or 3. 
fruit roundish to oval, 4 in. long, deep red, covered 
more or less with a loose tomentum. Pyrenes usually 2, 
compressed-ovoid, floccose at the broad end. , 
Fig. 1, bud; 2, a flower in vertical section; 3 and 4, stamens; 5, a pyrene :— 
all enlarged, 
