412 COTONEASTER 



to almost round ; sometimes pointed, sometimes rounded at the apex ; 

 smooth or nearly so above, always densely grey-felted beneath ; stalk J in. 

 or less long. Flowers white, rose-tinted, produced two to four together 

 in short nodding clusters. Fruit round, J in. across, red. 



Native of Europe and N. Asia, and interesting as the only Cotoneaster 

 truly native of Britain. In 1783 it was discovered on the cliffs of Great 

 Orme's Head, near Llandudno, by Mr J. W. Griffith. This appears to be 

 its only habitat in the British Isles, and even there it is now reduced to very 

 few plants. I have spent a good deal of time wandering over the Head, 

 but have never seen it there. The species flowers in April and May, but 

 has little garden value. From its immediate allies, C. laxiflora and 

 C. tomentosa, this differs in its short, few-flowered inflorescence and glabrous 

 calyx respectively. 



C. LAXIFLORA, Jacquin. 

 (Bot. Reg., t. 1305.) 



A deciduous shrub, 4 to 8 ft. high, of bushy habit ; young wood downy. 

 Leaves broadly oval or ovate, blunt or rounded at the apex, up to i^ or 

 2 ins. long, dark green and often hairy above when young, always greyish 

 woolly beneath. Flowers pinkish white, borne in gracefully pendulous cymose 

 panicles I to 2 ins. long, some of the larger panicles carrying twenty to 

 forty flowers ; calyx smooth. Fruit J in. across, globose, black. 



Native of Siberia ; introduced to England from Vienna in 1826. Among 

 the black-fruited Cotoneasters this is distinguished by its comparatively 

 large panicles of blossom, which give it' quite a pretty aspect in May, and 

 render it the most attractive of this group. 



C. LINDLEYI, SteudeL 



(C. arbor escens, Zabel ; C. nummularia, Lindley?) 



A deciduous shrub, 10 ft. or more high, with long", slender young branches 

 covered with down when young, but becoming bare towards the end 

 of the summer, and of a very dark brown. Leaves roundish oval, or 

 broadly ovate, i to 2^ ins. long, f to if ins. broad, rounded at the base ; 

 the apex pointed, rounded, or even notched, but nearly always ending in 

 a short bristle-like tip ; dark green and sparsely hairy above when young, 

 covered with pale greyish felt beneath ; stalk J in. or less long. Flowers 

 white, in corymbs of five to twelve ; calyx covered with a grey felt. Fruit 

 black, roundish, about j in. diameter. 



Native of the north-western Himalaya ; introduced in 1824. This is one 

 of the taller and stronger-growing species, and is often grown in gardens as 

 C. nummularia. There is considerable confusion in books in regard to the 

 name C. nummularia (g*v.}, owing to its having been given to two, perhaps 

 three, distinct plants. The true C. nummularia of .Fischer has smaller leaves 

 and red fruits. 



C. LUCIDA, Schlechtendal. 



(C. acutifolia, Lindley not of 



A deciduous shrub of bushy habit, up to 6 or 8 ft. high ; young wood hairy. 

 Leaves polished green and quite smooth or nearly so above, sparsely hairy and 

 paler beneath, ovate or oval, pointed ; f to 2 ins. long, ^ to I in. wide. Flowers 

 rosy white, produced from three to ten together in short corymbs with slightly 

 hairy stalks ; calyx woolly at the edges of the triangular teeth. Fruit black, 

 globose, \ to \ in. wide. 



