ROSACEAE 199 



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ov., I, glossy above, nearly hairless below. Fls. pinkish. Berry red, 



3-seeded. Himalaya. (Fig. 118 c.) 

 C. integerrima. 7. May. D. Ls. roundish ov., i^, glossy above, grey-felted 



below. Fls. pinkish, sepals hairless. Berry red, 2-seeded. Mountains of 



Europe. (Fig. 118 d.) 

 C.moupinensis. 15. June. D. Like C. ^w/Zflfa, but Is. smaller. Berry black. 



China. 

 C. nitens. 6. June. D. Like C divaricata, but berry purplish black. China. 

 C. rotundifolia. 8. June. \ E. Stiff upright branches, with branchlets often 



in two opposite rows. Ls. roundish ov., |, in two opposite rows. Fls. 



solitary. Berry red. Himalaya. (Fig. 118 l.) 

 C. Simonsii. 12. June, h E. Branches rigid, both erect and spreading. Ls. 



ov., I, dark green above, downy below. Fls. white. Berry scarlet. 



Himalaya. (Fig. 118 h.) 

 C, tomentosa. 12. June. D. Like C. integerrima, but Is. larger and sepals 



hairy. Mountains of Europe. 



{h) Fls. with spreading petals 



C. hacillaris. 40. May-June. D. Like C. frigida (see below), but berry 



purplish brown. Himalaya. 

 C. buxifolia. 2. June. E. Ls. ov., obov., \, dull green above, tawny down 



underneath. Berry \, pear-shaped, red. Nilgiri Hills, South India. 



(Fig. 118 G.) 

 C. Dammeri. Prostrate. May-June. E. Branches long, traihng and rooting. 



Ls. ov., 2, glossy dark green above, pale green below, hairless. Fls. |, 



white with purple stamens. Berry |, bright red, 5-seeded. China. 

 C. frigida. 40. June. D. Branchlets becoming hairless. Ls. ov., lane, 5, 



often rounded at end, dull green and hairless above, paler and at first 



woolly below. Fls. white, in flattish downy clusters. Berry red, 2-seeded. 



Himalaya. (Fig. 118 p.) 

 C. Harroviana. 6. June. E. Branchlets turn almost black on side exposed to 



sun. Ls. ov., obov., 2|, dark green above, pale yellowish wool below. 



Berry red. China. (Fig. 118 j.) 

 C.Henryana. 12. June. E. Branchlets purple, drooping. Ls. lane, 4, pointed, 



veins in grooves, grey down beneath becoming tawny. Fls. white with 



purple stamens. Berry dark red. China. (Fig. 118 n.) 

 C. hupehensis. 8. June. D. Very like C. nummularia (see below), but Is. 



mostly rounded at base, pointed, white-felted below and not so broad. 



China. 

 C. Lindleyi. 10. June. E. Ls. roundish ov., 2\, rounded base, dark green 



above, grey-felted below. Fls. white, sepals grey-felted. Berry black. 



Himalaya. 

 C. microphylla. 3. June. E. Branches rigid, spreading, very leafy. Ls. ov., 



\, glossy dark green above, grey and downy below. Fls. white with 



purple stamens. Berry red. Himalaya. (Fig. 118 E.) 

 C. multiflora. 12. May. D. Branches slender, arching or drooping, purplish. 



Ls. ov. to roundish, 2, blunt-ended, becoming hairless below. Fls. white 



in many-flowered branching clusters. Berry red. China. (Fig. 118 o.) 



