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of Jura, and in other parts of the Alps of Switzerland ; and in cultivation 

 in British gardens since 1759. 



& 3. C. (v.) LAXIFLO^RA Jacq. The loose-flowered Cotoneaster. 



Identification. Jacq. ex Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1305. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 604. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1305. ; and our figs. 739. and 740. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves oblong, obtuse at both 

 ends, smooth above, and woolly beneath. 

 Cymes panicled, pilose. Calyxes quite 

 smooth. Flowers pink. (Don's Mill.} 

 Branches brownish purple, with an ash- 

 coloured cuticle, which peels off. A de- 

 ciduous shrub, flowering in April, and having 

 the same general appearance and habit as C. 

 vulgaris, but differing from it in having large 

 loose racemes,and in the colour of its flowers, 

 and their greater number. It was raised in 

 the Garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 from seeds sent by Professor Jacquin of 

 Vienna, in 1826. Its native country is 

 unknown. 



73'J. C. (v.)la*iflor 



Variety. 



m C. (v.) 1. 2 uniflora Fischer, 

 Garden. 



740. c. ( 



-Flowers solitary. Horticultural Society's 



& & 4. C. DENTICULA V TA. The toothed-leaved Cotoneaster. 



Identification. H. et B., vol. vi. p. '214. 



Engravings. H. et B., vol. vi. t. 566. ; and our fig. 741 . 



Spec. Char. , $c. Leaves elliptic, or obovate-elliptic, 

 rounded on both sides, mucronate-cuspidate, den- 

 ticulate at the apex, coriaceous, smooth above, 

 tomentose, pubescent and hoary beneath. Co- 

 rymbs simple. Flowers sub-dodecandrous, with 

 1 2 stigmas. Calyx woolly tomentose. (H. et 

 B.) A shrub, apparently sub-evergreen, and very 

 like C. vulgaris. Mexico, on elevated plains 

 near Actopa, at the height of 6000 ft. Height 

 ?5ft. to 6ft. Introduced in 1839. Flowers 

 white ; September. Fruit ?. Raised in the Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Garden from seeds sent home 

 by M. Hart w eg. 



741. C.Uenticulfc 



ii. Sub-evergreen or deciduous. Tall Shrubs or low Trees. 

 m 5. C. FRI'GIDA Wall. The frigid Cotoneaster 



Identification. Wall, ex Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1229. ; nd Don's Mill., 2. p. 604. 



Synonyme. Pyrus Nussia Ham. in Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 237., Dec. Prod. 2. p. 634. 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1229. ; the plate of this species in Arb. Brit., vol. vi. ; and ourfig. 742. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branchlets woolly. Leaves elliptical, mucronate, coriaceous, 

 crenulated, glabrous, woolly beneath when young. Corymbs paniculate, 

 terminal, white, and woolly. Pomes spherical. {Dec. Prod.} A sub-ever- 

 green shrub or low tree. Nepal, on the higher mountains of the northern 

 region. Height 10ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 1824. Flowers of a snowy 

 white, produced in great abundance ; April and May. Fruit crimson, or 

 bright red ; ripe in September, and generally remaining on the trees great 

 part of the winter. 



A remarkably robust-growing, sub-evergreen, low tree, producing shoots 3 or 

 4 feet long every season, when young ; and, in 3 or 4 years from the seed, 

 becoming very prolific in flowers and fruit. As the fruit, with the greater part 



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