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ARBORETUM P:T FHUTICETUM BIUTANNICUM. 



745. C. nummu&ri 



Spec. Char., fyc. Disk of leaf flat, orbicular, or elliptical, ending in a mucro, 

 in some instances emarginate. Petiole of about the length of the stipules, 

 which are linear-lanceolate, membranous, and soon fall off. Bark, buds, 

 flower buds, stipules, petiole, the under surface of the disk of the leaf, and 

 part of the upper surface of the midrib, tomentosely hairy, while in a young 

 state ; the bark, petioles, midrib on its upper surface, and calyx, become 

 glabrous when old. Flowers in axillary cymes, few in a cyme. Style and 

 carpel, which has a bony shell, mostly solitary. Erect, branched in a spread- 

 ing manner; branchlets straight, slender. An elegant low sub-evergreen 

 tree. Nepal, in the mountainous region. Height 10 ft. to 15ft. Intro- 

 duced in 18241. Flowers white ; April and May. Berries numerous, black ; 

 ripe in September. 



A very handsome species, distinguished at first sight from the others by its 

 spreading habit of growth and smaller leaves. 



ill. Leaves evergreen., leathery. Low Shrubs, with prostrate 

 Branches; Ira Hers, but not properly Creepers. 



e_ 9. C. ROTUNDIFO V LIA Wall. The round-leaved Cotoneaster. 



Identffi cation. Wall. Cat. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg., 1229. 

 Synonymes. C. microph^lla ft UVa-firsi Lindl. 



Bot. Reg. t. 1187. ; C. LPva-tirsi Hort. ; the 



Bearberry-leaved Nepal Cotoneaster. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1187- ; and our Jigs. 



746. and 747. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves roundish, pi- 

 lose beneath, evergreen. Peduncles 

 1-flowered. Producing its white flow- 

 ers in April and May. (Don's Mill.) 

 An evergreen shrub. Nepal, on 

 mountains. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1825. Flowers white, 

 with the backs of the petals often 



746. C. rotundifV.lia. 



747. C. rotundif6lia. 



