Description of Foreign Shrubs 



70. Evergreen Thorn. (Cotoneaster pyracantha.) 



Leaf : 2-3', simple, alternate, round-toothed, ovate-lance- 

 shaped, glossy, evergreen, not hairy ; young shoots yellow-hairy. 

 Flower: p. white (petals and styles 5, stamens many), pani- 

 cled ; May ; fruit like peas, scarlet ; 4°-6° ; thorny. Europe. 



71. Japanese Quince. (Pirus japonica.) 



Leaf : 2', simple, alternate, entire, oval to oblong, with 

 wedge-shaped base, a little glossy. Flower : p. rosy, scarlet, 

 to white (petals 5 or more), rather large, handsome, before or 

 with the leaves ; first of May ; somewhat thorny. 



72. Lycium. (L. barbarum.) 



Leaf : i>^'-2_^', simple, alternate, entire, oblong-lance-shaped, 

 base tapering ; branches drooping, fine-hairy, often thorny. 

 Flower : m. purplish- white, rather salver-shaped or funnel- 

 form (corolla 5 lobed, 5 stamens, bearded at base) ; summer 

 Northwestern Africa. 



73. Evergreen Buckthorn. (Rhamnus alaternus.) 



Leaf : 2-3', simple, alternate, serrate, oblong to elliptical, 

 dark, glossy, leathery, evergreen. Flower : p. white, small 

 (petals and stamens 4-5, latter standing on a disk), in lateral 

 clusters ; often thorny. 



74. Chinese Aralia. (A. chinensis.) 



Leaf : twice or thrice pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 5-7, oval, 

 pointed, serrate ; stem fine-hairy. Flower : p. whitish (petals 

 and stamens 5, styles 5 or 2), small, in large compound clusters ; 

 August, September ; 6°-9'' ; thorny. (PI. IV.) 



75. Barberry. (Berberis Fortunei.) 



Leaf : pinnate ; leaflets, 7-9, small, lance-elliptical, dark green 

 above. Flower : much as in 69, but crowded, short-stemmed ; 

 June ; thorny. North China. 



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