POMACES. V. ERIOBOTRYA. VI. COTONEASTER. 



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in a border of rich soil, it will add FIG. 81. 



to the variety of the dessert. Sir 

 Joseph Banks (Hort. trans, vol. 1.) 

 considers it as equally good with 

 that of the mango. Lord Bagot, 

 who has fruited the plant in a very 

 superior manner for several years, 

 at Blithfield, gives the following 

 outline of his practice. " The plan 

 I have usually followed has been 

 to give it a winter (out of doors) 

 during the months of July, Au- 

 gust, and September, and about 

 the middle of October, to replace 

 it in a very warm situation in the 

 tan. This summer, however, I was 

 obliged to alter my mode ; for 

 just at the moment when I was 



going to put it out for its winter, it became covered with at least 

 twenty bunches of the finest flowers possible. I was therefore 

 obliged to let it remain where it was. The present year's treat- 

 ment, therefore, is an exception to the former practice ; under 

 that, it usually breaks into flower about the end of December, 

 and the fruit becomes ripe in March or April. The last time 

 my plant was in fruit, Sir William Coke, who had resided many 

 years in Ceylon, says, that he was in the constant habit of eating 

 very large quantities of the fruit daily in that island, but that he 

 had never tasted any so good, and with so much flavour, as those 

 produced in my garden." 



Japan or Common Loquat. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1787. Tree 10 

 to 20 feet. 



2 E. ELLI'PTICA (Lindl. 1. c.) leaves flat, elliptic, obscurely 

 toothed, naked above, and clothed with deciduous tomentum be- 

 neath, rounded at the base ; thyrse compound, terminal, cloth- 

 ed with fulvous tomentum ; calycine lobes oblong. Tj . F. Na- 

 tive of Nipaul. Mespilus Cuila, Hamilt. mss. in D. Don, prod, 

 fl. nep. p. 238. Flowers white. Fruit downy, yellow. 



Elliptic-leaved Loquat. Clt. 1823. Tree 30 feet. 



3 E. CORDA'TA (Lindl. 1. c.) leaves cordate, obtuse, serrated, 

 fj . F. Native of Peru. Mespilus lanuginosa, Ruiz et Pav. fl. 

 per. t. 425. f. 1. Crataegus ferruginea, Pers. erich. 2. p. 372. 

 Leaves clothed with rusty villi beneath. Fruit round, glabrous. 



Cordate-leaved Loquat. Tree. 



4 E. OBTUSIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 632.) leaves ovate, ob- 

 tuse, serrated, glabrous, glaucous beneath ; flowers corymbose, 

 pubescent. Tj . F. Native of Peru. CratEe'gus obtusifolia, 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 37. 



Obtuse-leaved Loquat. Tree. 



5 E. ? CHINE'NSIS ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, serrulated, 

 rather villous on the middle nerve beneath ; peduncles axillary, 

 crowded, villous ; calyxes villous ; flowers pentagynous. J? . F. 

 Native of China. Mespilus Chinensis, Blum, bijdr. 1102. 



China Loquat. Tree. 



Cult, See Raplnolejns for culture and propagation. 



VI. COTONEA'STER (from Cotoneum, the Quince-tree, 

 and aster, an affixed signification, like ; similar downy leaves). 

 Medik. gesch. bot. 1793. Lindl. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 101. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 632. 



LIN. SYST. Icosandria, Di-Trigynia. Flowers polygamous 

 from abortion. Calyx turbinate, bluntly 5-toothed. Petals short, 

 erect. Stamens length of the teeth of the calyx. Styles gla- 

 brous, shorter than the stamens. Carpels 2-3, parietal, biovu- 

 late, inclosed in the calyx. Shrubs, with simple quite entire 

 leaves, which are generally woolly beneath. Corymbs lateral, 



spreading, furnished with deciduous subulate bracteas. Petals 

 small, permanent. 



* Leaves deciduous. 



1 C. YCLGA'RIS (Lindl. 1. c.) leaves oval, rounded at the base, 

 tomentose beneath ; calyxes and peduncles glabrous ; peduncles 

 dichotomous, few-flowered. fj . H. Native of Europe and 

 Siberia, on hills. In North Wales, upon the cliffs of Llandudno, 

 at Ormeshead. Hook, in engl. bot. suppl. t. 2713. Mespilus 

 Cotoneaster, Lin. spec. 686. Fl. dan. 112. Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 14. 

 Flowers reddish. Fruit first green, then yellow, then red, and 

 finally black. 



Vur, a, crythrocdrpa (Led. fl. alt. 2. p. 219.) fruit red when 

 mature. 



Var. /3, melanocarpa (Led. 1. c.) fruit black when ripe. Mes- 

 pilus Cotoneaster, Pall. fl. ross. 1. p. 30. t. 14. Mespilus mela- 

 nocarpa, Fisch. in litt. 



Var, y, dcprcssa (Fries, nov. suec. p. 9.) shrub rather thorny ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acutish ; fruit of 4 carpels. I? . H. Native 

 of Sweden, on rocks near Warberg. 



Common Cotoneaster. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1656. Shrub 

 3 to 5 feet. 



2 C. UN1FI.6RA (Bunge in Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 269.) leaves 

 oblong, attenuated at both ends, glabrous above, and pubescent 

 beneath ; peduncles very short, 1 -flowered, and are, as well as 

 the calyxes, glabrous. J? . H. Native of Siberia, in subalpine 

 places. Uva-ursi. Pall. itin. 2. p. 568. Petals greenish white. 

 Styles 3. Pome globose, red. 



One-flowered Cotoneaster. Fl. June. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 C. MULTIFLORA (Bunge in Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 274.) 

 leaves roundish-oval, attenuated at the base, rounded at the 

 apex, emarginate or with a mucrone, rather puberulous beneath, 

 quite glabrous above ; peduncles dichotomous, many-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves, and are, as well as the calyxes, glabrous. 

 J; . H. Native of Siberia, in the Soongarian desert, among rocks 

 on the mountains of Tschingis-tau and Dschigilen. Pome ob- 

 long, purple, 2-3-seeded. 



Many-flowered Cotoneaster. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



4 C. TOMENTOSA (Lindl. 1. c.) leaves elliptic, obtuse at both 

 ends, tomentose beneath; calyx and peduncles woolly. H . H. 

 Native of the south of Europe, on the Alps. Mespilus tomen- 

 tosa, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1012. but not of Lam. Mespilus erio- 

 carpa, D. C. fl. fr. synop. and suppl. no. 3691. 



Tomentose Cotoneaster. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



5 C. AFIINIS (Lindl. 1. c.) leaves ovate or obovate, mucronu- 

 late, attenuated at the base, woolly beneath, as well as the pe- 

 tioles, peduncles, and calyxes ; peduncles lateral, corymbose, 

 twice- forked, many-flowered. Jj . H. Native of Nipaul, about 

 Chitlong. Mespilus integrrima, Hamilt. mss. Mespilus afFi- 

 nis, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 238. 



Allied Cotoneaster. Fl. Ap. May. Clt. 1 828. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



6 C. ACUMINA'TA (Lindl. 1. c. t. 9.) leaves ovate, acuminated, 

 pubescent on both surfaces ; calyxes and peduncles pubescent ; 

 peduncles usually 3-flowered. fj . H. Native of Nipaul. Pe- 

 duncles shorter than those of the preceding species, 1-2, some- 

 what reflexed. Mespilus acuminata, Lodd. bot. cab. 919. 



Acuminated-\ea.\eA Cotoneaster. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



7 C. BACILLA'RIS (Wall. ined. Lindl. bot. reg. no. 1229.) leaves 

 obovate, drawn down into the petiole, glabrous ; cymes many- 

 flowered, divaricate, and are, as well as the branches, pilose. 

 Jj . F. Native of Kamaon. 



Rod Cotoneaster. Shrub. 



8 C. OBTU'SA (Wall. ined. ex Lindl. bot. reg. no. 1229.) leaves 

 ovate or obovate, glabrous beneath ; cymes crowded, many- 



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