1305 



COTONEA^TER* laxifldra. 

 Loose-clustered Cotoneaster. 



ICOSANDRIA DI.TRIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Pomaces. 



COTONEASTER. — Supn-i, vol. 13. foL 1114. 



§ Folia decidua. 

 C. laxiflora ; cymis paniculatis pilosis, foliis oblongis utrinque obtusis subtiis 



lanatis deciduis. 

 C. laxiflora. Jacq. fil. in litteris. Lindley, supra, fol. 1229. 



Rami fusco purpurei, epidermide cinered deglubente. Folia oblonga, 

 V. ovata, obtusa, supra glabra, subtus albo lanata. Pedicelli, oculo armato, 

 pilis tenuissimis raris deciduis vestiti. Calyces glaberrimi. 



A hardy shrub, raised in the Garden of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, from seeds sent by Professor Jacquin, under 

 the name which is adopted. We have not been able to 

 trace it in any work upon the European Flora, and are 

 unacquainted with its native place. Flowers in April. 

 Our drawing was made last year in the Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society. 



Branches brownish purple, with an ash-coloured cuticle, 

 which peels off. Leaves oblong or ovate, obtuse, smooth 

 above, white with down beneath. Pedicels, if viewed with 

 a lens, seen to be covered with very thin, deciduous, silky 

 hairs. Caliixes quite smooth. 



J. L. 



* See fol. 1187. 



