COTONE ASTER 411 



of the still persisting leaves of the previous year ; stamens twenty, with purple 

 anthers ; calyx and flower-stalks hairy. Fruit brownish crimson, egg-shaped, 

 j in. long. 



Native of Central China ; introduced by Wilson in 1901. A handsome and 

 distinct evergreen, and probably the largest - leaved of Cotoneasters with 

 persistent leaves. Allied to C. salicifolia. 



C. HORIZONTALS, Dccaisne. 



(C. Davidiana, Hort.') 



A deciduous shrub of low, flat habit, rarely more than 2 or 3 ft. high in the 

 open, the branches spreading quite horizontally, and increasing but slowly 

 in height ; branchlets covered with a thick brown wool, and produced in two 

 opposite rows. Leaves roundish or broadly oval, from ^ to 4 in. long, three- 

 fourths as wide, shortly and abruptly pointed ; dark glossy green above, 

 smooth, or with a few scattered hairs beneath. Flowers white, suffused with 

 pink, about |- in. diameter, produced during May singly, or in pairs on short 

 leafy twigs springing from the buds of the previous summer's wood ; calyx 

 woolly. Fruit globose, bright red, about i in. 1 diameter. 



Native of China. This is decidedly one of the prettiest and most distinct 

 of Cotoneasters. Its most striking characteristic is the opposite branching and 

 low, horizontal habit. The leaves, although small, are so abundant as to be 

 almost without intervening spaces ; they remain long on the branches, and the 

 shrub is often in full leaf in November. Then the lower ones of each shoot 

 begin to fade off into various shades of orange and red, whilst the terminal 

 part retains them green. By January the shrub, as a rule, has lost all its 

 foliage, and its bare branches present a curious fish-bone-like appearance. 

 The fruits are very bright, and often abundant, although smaller than in most 

 of the species. In the open ground, where it has plenty of space to develop, 

 this Cotoneaster keeps low and flat, but it will grow much higher against a 

 wall. In such a position there is a plant at Kew 10 ft. high spreading over the 

 wall, but keeping from actual contact with it. Increased easily by cuttings. 



C. HUMIFUSA, Duthie. 



(C. Dammeri var. radicans, C. K. Schneider?) 



A prostrate, evergreen shrub, with slender creeping stems keeping close to 

 the ground ; young wood downy. Leaves obovate or oval, f to i J ins. long, 

 to f in. wide ; margins incurved, apex usually rounded, downy on the 

 ower surface when young, ultimately quite smooth on both sides ; stalk 

 to \ in. long ; veins in four to six pairs. Flowers solitary, occasionally in 

 pairs, on downy stalks in. long, pure white, ^ to \ in. diameter.; calyx 

 downy, with broad triangular lobes. Fruit coral-red, globose or rather top- 

 shaped, \ in. wide. 



Native of Central China ; found by Hemy near Ichang, and introduced 

 in 1900 by Wilson from W. Hupeh, where it occurs at 5000 to 7000 ft. altitude. 

 It is quite hardy, and is very distinct among Cotoneasters for its perfectly 

 prostrate habit. Its fruits are brightly coloured, and the plant will no doubt 

 prove useful as an evergreen carpet-shrub, also for covering sunny slopes, as 

 it is very vigorous. It occurs wild on heaths and rocky ground. 



C. INTEGERRIMA, Medicus. COMMON COTONEASTER. 



(C. vulgaris, Lindley.") 



A deciduous shrub, 4 td 7 ft. high, of rounded, bushy habit ; young wood 

 woolly. Leaves | to i^ ins. long, varying in outline from broadly ovate 



