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Shrubs WITH Alternate Stipulate Simple Leaves. 



Cotoneaster bacillaris, 



Reu*, kherbaha, 



ROSACE.E. 



F. B. I. ii. S84. 

 Sale range, 1,500-2,500 ft. 

 Himalayn, 4-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra. (Col- 



lett. ) 

 Murree. 

 Hazara. (Barrett.) 



Cotoneaster acumin- 

 ata. 



Uev-rnts, rauns. 

 Rosacea. 

 F. B. I. ii. 385. 

 Himalaya, 4,500-12,000 ft. 

 Haitu (Colleit). 

 Ohor Peak. 



Petals Ununited. 



large, bark bluish-grey, branches long slender, used 

 for walking-sticks, hence the specific name ; leaves 

 1-3^ by f-1 J ins., ovate or oblong-lanceolate, sharp or 

 blunt-pointed, narrowed into the stalk, smooth above, 

 downy beneath, margin flat, stalk i in., stipules min- 

 ute, bristle-like, very soon falling off ; flowers white, 

 ^ in. diam., in large hairy or downy branched-clus- 

 ters on short lateral leafy branchlets, calyx smooth, 

 5 toothed, petals 5, round, stamens 20, styles 2-5, free ; 

 fruit round, } in. diam,, two-celled, dark brown to 

 black, crowned by the calyx. Variety — C. affinis or 

 rosea like the above, but woolly under the leaves and 

 on the calyx, petals pink. 



large, bark shining, dark bluish-grey, branches 

 long, slender ; leaves 1-2| by j-| in., ovate-lanceolate, 

 long pointed, silky beneath, margin hairy, flat, sti- 

 pules minute, bristle-like, soon falling off ; flowers 

 white, \ in. diam,, solitary or in hairy small, 

 nearly sessile clusters on short lateral leafy branch- 

 lets, calyx 5-toothed, reddish inside, petals 5, round, 

 stamens 20, styles 2-5 ; fruit top shaped, 5 in. long, 

 bright red when ripe, crowned by the calyx. 



Cctoneaster 



miliaria. 



KOSACEiE. 



F.B.I, ii. 386. 

 Kashmir, 6-11,000 ft. 



Cotoneaster 

 pliylla, 



Sida spinosa, 



aiim- small, straggling, nearly prostrate, branches thick, 

 woody, dividing widely ; leaves ^-1^ ins., round or 

 with the blade wider at the tip, white or densely 

 woolly beneath, falling off in the winter, stipules 

 minute, bristle-hke, soon falling off ; flowers white, 

 small, 'n crowded very short woolly two to five- 

 flowered clusters, calyx usually woolly, petals 5, 

 round, stamens 20, styles 2-5 ; fruit small, round, 

 black, crowned by the calyx. 



micro- see Prostrate. Shrubs. Alternate, Stipulate, Simple. 



Petals United. 



see Herbs. Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple 

 Toothed. 



Sida ^rewioides, 



see Herbs, 

 Entire. 



Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Simple 



