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53682. CoTONEASTER HOBizoNTALis Decaisne. 



An evergreen Chinese shrub three times as broad as it is tall. 

 The foliage is very small, dark green, and shiny. The white or 

 light-pink llowers are pretty, but the glory of the shrub is in its 

 bright-red berries during the early winter months. (Adapted from 

 Pacific Garden, vol. 5, p. 11.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43681. 



53683. COTONEASTEE LINDLEYI Steud. 



A large shrub or small tree, with young branches downy, later 

 bare, and dark brown. The partially evergreen leaves are dark 

 green above and covered with a grayish felt beneath. The white 

 flowers are produced 5 to 10 in a corymb and are succeeded by bluish 

 black fruits. Native to the northwestern Himalayas. (Adapted 

 from Schneider, Ilandhueli dcr Lanhholzkunde, vol. 1, p. 151.) 



53684. CoTONEASTER LUCiDA Schlecht. 



A beautiful deciduous shrub of bushy habit, 6 to 8 feet high, with 

 hairy young wood which becomes smooth in a year. The bright- 

 green leaves are whitish green beneath, and the rose-colored flowers 

 are followed by black fruits. Native to Siberia and other parts of 

 northern Asia. (Adapted from Schneider, Handbuch der Lauhholz- 

 kunde, vol. 1, p. 750.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 29967. 



53685. COTONEASTER MELANOCAEPA LAXIFLOEA (JaCq.) C. Schncld. 



A shrub with spreading branches, reaching a height of 6 feet 

 The dark-green leaves are grayish white tomentose beneath, and 

 the flowers, 12 or more in elongated pendulous corymbs, are fol- 

 lowed by black roundish fruits. Native to northern Europe and 

 Siberia. (Adapted from Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticul- 

 ture, vol. 2, p. 866.) 



53686. CoTONEASTER MICEOPIIYLLA Wall. 



A dwarf, dense, usually procumbent shrub with small shining 

 dark-green leaves pubescent beneath. The white solitary flowers, 

 one-third of an inch in diameter, are foUow^ed by globose bright-red 

 fruits. Native to China and the temperate Himalayas. (Adapted 

 from Collett, Flora Simlensis, p. 113.) 



53687. CoTONEASTER MICEOPHYLLA THYMIFOLIA (LOUd.) Koehue. 



A very dwarf, particularly elegant high alpine form with smooth 

 green leaves pubescent beneath and small white flowers, solitary or 

 in twos. These and the bright-red fruits are smaller than in the 

 species itself. This variety can be grown from cuttings. Native 

 to Nepal, Simla, and the eastern Himalayas. (Adapted from 

 Schneider, Handbuch der Laubholskunde, vol. 1, p. 160.) 



53688. COTONEASTER MOUPiNENSis Franch. 



The common cotoneaster in the thickets and margins of woods 

 throughout western Szechwan at altitudes of 4,000 to 7,000 feet. 

 It is 6 to 15 feet high, with white flowers and jet-black fruits. 

 (Adapted from Sargent, Plantae Wilsonianae, vol. 1, p. 163.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 36739. 



53689. CoTONEASTER PANNOSA Franch. 



A graceful, Chinese evergreen shrub 10 feet high with small 

 grayish green leaves and round, deep-red fruits, considered one of 

 the best winter-fruiting shrubs. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40169. 



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