XXVI. 



COTONEA'STER. 



405 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves with the disk oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, distantly serrated, six times 

 longer than the petiole, which is red. The pani- 

 cle, in this species, is not corymbose. (Dec. 

 Prod.} An evergreen shrub or low tree. Cali- 

 fornia. Height 10 ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 

 1796. Flowers white; July and August. Fruit?. 



A very desirable evergreen for walls, hitherto 

 comparatively neglected in British gardens. Horti- 

 cultural Soci- 

 ety's Garden. 



754 P. arbutifoiia. 



3. P. INTEGRIFO^LIA Lindl. 

 entire-leave;! Photinia. 



The 



Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Trans., 13. p. 103. ; 



Don's Mill., 2. p. G02. 

 Synonyme. Pyrus integerrima Watt, ex D. Don 



Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 237. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 735. from a specimen in the 



Linnsean herbarium. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves elliptic, acu- 

 minated, quite entire. Panicle dif- 

 fuse. Pedicels bractless. Ovary 

 3-ce!led ; cells biovulate. (Don's 

 Mill.} An evergreen tree. Nepal. 

 Height 20 ft. Introduced in 1820. 

 Flowers white ?. 



Requires the protection of a wall, 

 which it well deserves, on account of 

 the beauty of its foliage. 



735. P. integrtfblia. 



f 4. P. DU V BIA Lindl. The doubtful Photinia. 



Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Trans., 13. p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 602. 



Synonymes. Mespilus bengalensis Roxb. ; M. tinct6ria D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 238. : Cratse'gus 



sr.icola Ham. MSS. 

 Engravings. Lin. Trans., 13. t. 10. ; and our fig. 736. 



Sjiec. Char., fyc. Leaves lanceolate, distantly ser- 

 rated. Panicle corymbose, pilose. Fruit 2-celled. 

 Seed 1, large, and clothed with a loose testa. 

 Fruit sometimes 1-celled from abortion, and 2- 

 seeded. (Don's Mill.} An evergreen tree. Nepal. 

 Height 20ft. Introduced in 1821. Flowers 

 white ?. 



It appears nearly allied to Raphiolepis. Hamil- 

 ton states that the bark is used, in Nepal, to dye 

 cotton red. Culture and management as in the 

 preceding species. 



GENUS XVII. 



736. P. dfcbia. 



COTONEA'STER Mod. 



Lin. Syst. Icosandria 



THE COTONEASTER. 

 Di-Pentagynia. 



, p LmdL in Lin ' Soc ' Trans " ia p " 10L; Dec - Prod -> 



Vespilus sp. Lin. ; Neflier cotonneux, Fr. ; Quitten-Mispel, Ger. ; Cotognastro Ital 

 Derivation. Cotoncaster, a sort of barbarous word signifying quince-like. The nuince was palled 

 Cotonea by Plmy : and ,/, a corruption of ad instar, is used occasionally to express similitude 



D D 3 



Synmyu-es. 



