COTONEASTER 413 



Native of Siberia and other parts of N. Asia. Long known in gardens, 

 this species is but little cultivated now, although it is one of the handsomest of 

 the black-fruited Cotoneasters. From C. acutifolia, Turczaninow^ it differs in 

 its glossy green leaves, its generally less hairy or downy character, and in its 

 sturdier habit. 



C. MICROPHYLLA, Wallich. 



An evergreen shrub of low, spreading, or even prostrate habit, rarely more 

 than 2 to 3 ft. high unless trained. Branches often slender but rigid, woolly 

 when young. Leaves to \ in. long, half or less than half as wide ; ovate or 

 obovate, deep glossy green ~above, grey and woolly beneath, pointed, rounded 

 or notched at the apex. Flowers white, \ in. across, generally solitary (occasion- 

 ally two or three). Fruit round, scarlet-red, J in. in diameter. 



Native of the Himalaya up to 11,000 ft. ; introduced in 1824. This pleasing 

 evergreen is nearly related to C. buxifolia on one side, and C. thymaefolia on 

 the other. They may be forms of one species, but from buxifolia this and 

 C. thymaefolia are distinguished by fewer flowers in the cluster, and the dwarf 

 habit. The present plant makes a very pretty covering for sloping banks, 

 forming eventually a dense low thicket. Single plants make a pretty evergreen 

 furnishing for the rock garden, but C. thymaefolia and C. congesta are to be 

 preferred. 



Var. GLACIALIS. See C. congesta, Baker. 



C. MULTIFLORA, Bunge. 



(C. reflexa, Carriere^) 



A deciduous .shrub or small tree, 10 to 12 ft. high ; branches slender, 

 pendulous or arching, and smooth except when quite young. Leaves thin in 

 texture, varying in shape from ovate and oval to roundish ; f to 2\ ins. long, 

 \ to i J iris, wide ; usually blunt or rounded at the end, hairy when quite young, 

 but soon becoming smooth above ; pale and often smooth, never permanently 

 woolly beneath ; stalk \ to \ in. long. Flowers white, produced in branching 

 clusters of three to twelve or more, not pleasantly scented. Fruit round or 

 pear-shaped, red. 



Native of Soongaria and other parts of the north-western borders of 

 China ; introduced in 1837. This is one of the most elegant of Coton- 

 easters. There is a specimen at Kew with a single well-formed trunk 

 supporting a crown of pendulous or arching branches ; the whole 10 to 12 ft. 

 high. When the branches are wreathed with the abundant blossom in May 

 and June, this tree makes a most charming picture. The same or a closely 

 allied shrub has recently been introduced by Wilson from W. China, but 1500 

 or more miles to the south-west of the first habitat. 



Var. GRANATENSIS, Wenzig (C. granatensis, Boissier). On the slopes of 

 the Sierra Nevada, in Spain, is found a variety of C. multiflora. It differs 

 chiefly in its more lax corymbs, somewhat hairy calyx, and more downy 

 leaves. 



C. NUMMULARIA, Fischer. 



A deciduous shrub up to 6 or 8 ft. high, with slender branches, grey-felted 

 when young, becoming smooth and reddish brown later. Leaves oval or 

 ovate, sometimes roundish, tapering towards the base, ^ to ij ins. in length, 

 dark green and ultimately smooth above ; grey-felted beneath. Flowers white, 

 in clusters of four to twelve or more on felted stalks. Fruit roundish, 

 bright red. 



