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MEZEREON. COTONEASTER 



-T- 4- Twigs bright red-brown, pubescent 

 at tips. Leaves broad oval, white- 

 tomentose beneath, and nearly ses- 

 sile. Flower s pink, rosaceous. Fruit 

 berry -like, red. 



Fig. 126. Daphne Mezereum, Mezereon. 1, flowering shoot ; 2, 

 vertical section of flower enlarged ; 3, fruiting branch (Wo). 



Cotoneaster vulgaris, L. Cotoneaster. A more or less 

 procumbent, rare shrub up to 6 feet in height. Shoots 

 soon become smooth, round, polished, and pass through 

 shades of olive to brown, or silvery grey-green. 



Jf$ Twigs and branches pale in colour, 

 greenish-grey to yellowish- grey. 



