Tas. 8571. 
COTONEASTER FRANCHETII. 
Western China. 
RosaceazE. Tribe Pomear. 
CoTonEASTER,-Medik; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 627. 
Cotoneaster Franchetii, Bois in Rev. Hort. 1902, p. 879, figs. 159, 160, 161, 
164; 1907, ,p. 256 cum icon. fig. 1 et p. 257, fig. 90; Vilmorin et Bois, 
Frut. Vilmorin. p.117 cum icon.; Rehder et Wils. in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 
p. 165; species C. pannosae, Franch., affinis foliis paulo majoribus petalis 
erectis roseo-tinctis fructibus oblongis aurantiaco-rubris differt. 
Frutex 1-3-metralis, ramis albo-pannosis, deinde glabrescentibus cortice atro- 
fusco tectis. Folia ovata vel ovato-elliptica, basi acuta vel subacuta, 
apice acuta vel breviter acuminata, mucronulata, 2-3 cm. longa, 1-1°6 cm. 
lata, supra saturate viridia pilisque tenuissimis longis conspersa, subtus 
albo-pannosa, nervis lateralibus obliquis utrinque circiter 4 supra impressis 
infra prominentibus; petiolus 8 mm. longus, tomentosus; stipulae subu- 
latae, ad 8 mm. longae, rubescentes, pilosae. Injflorescentiae corymbosae, 
ramulos foliatos 15-4 cm. longos interdum ramulo subcorymbo orto pro- 
longatos terminantes, 15-25-florae, 1°5-2 cm. latae, densiusculae, griseo- 
tomentosae; bracteae filiformes; pedicelli brevissimi vel ad 8 mm. longi. 
Receptaculum sub anthesi turbinatum, laxe griseo-tomentosum, 2°5 mm. 
diametro. Calycis dentes triangulari-ovati, apiculati, eodem indumento 
ac receptaculum induti. Petala rotundata, 83 mm. diametro, amoene 
roseo-tincta, sub anthesi erecta. Stamina circiter 20. Styli 2-3; carpella 
2-8 in vertice villosa. Fructus aurantiaco-rubri, oblongo-ellipsoidei vel 
turbinato-oblongi, circiter 1 cm. longi, 6-7 mm. diametro.—O. Starr. 
The striking Cotoneaster which is here figured first 
became known in European collections through plants 
raised by Mr. M. L. de Vilmorin in his garden at Les 
Barres from seeds communicated to him by his corre- 
spondent the Abbé Souli¢é. Where the Abbé collected 
these seeds is not exactly known, but the plant has since 
been met with by Mr. E. H. Wilson in various localities 
in Western Szechuan at altitudes of from 6500-9500 feet 
above sea-level. According to Mr. Bois the species also 
extends into Yunnan in which province 1t was collected 
by the Abbé Delavay at Hee-chan-men at an altitude of 
8500 feet. C. Franchetii is a very graceful shrub which 
reaches a height of eight to ten feet, its branches arching 
and elegant. The plant from which the material for our 
plate has been obtained is one which was presented to 
Kew by Mr. M. L. de Vilmorin in 1901. It bears fruit 
August, 1914. 
