XXVI. ijosA'cEiE : cotonea'ster. 



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Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves with the disk oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, distantly serrated, six times 

 longer than the petiole, which is red. The pani- 

 cle,in this species, is not corymbose. {Dec. 

 Prod.) An evernreen shrub or low tree. Cali- 

 fornia. Height lo ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 

 1796. Flowers white; July and August. Fruit?. 

 A very desirable evei-green for walls, hitherto 

 comparatively neglected in British gardens. Horti- 

 cultural Soci- 

 ety's Garden. 



p. orbutifolla. 



3. P. INTEGRIFO^LIA Lindl. 



entire-leaved Photinia. 



The 



p. 103. 



Identmcation. Lindl. in Lin. Trans., 13. 



Don's Mill., 2. p. 602. 

 Synonyme. Pyrus integerrima Wall, ex D. Bon 



Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 237. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 735. from a specimen m the 



Linnsan herbarium. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves elliptic, acu- 

 minated, quite entire. Panicle dif- 

 fuse. Pedicels bractless. Ovary 

 3-celled ; cells biovulate. (Dmis 

 Mill.) An evergreen tree. Nepal, 

 Height 20 ft. Introduced in 1820. 

 Flowers white ?. 

 Requires the protection of a wall, 



which it well deserves, on account of 



the beauty of its fohage. 



f 4. P. DU^BIA Li7ldl. 



735. P. integriftlia. 



The doubtful Photinia. 



Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Trans., 13. p. 104. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 602. 



Synonymes. A/espilus bengalensis Roib. ; M. tinctbria D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 238. ; Crataj'gus 



Skicdla Ham. MSS. 

 Engravings. Lin. Trans., 13. t. 10. ; and owe fig. 736. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves lanceolate, distantly ser- 

 rated. Panicle corymbose, pilose. Fruit 2-celled. 

 Seed 1, large, and clothed with a loose testa. 

 Fruit sometimes 1-celled from abortion, and 2- 

 seeded. {Doll's Mill.) An evergreen tree. Nepal. 

 Height 20 ft. Introduced in 1821. Flowers 

 white ?. 



It appears nearly allied to Raphiolepis. Hamil- 

 ton states that the bark is used, in Nepal, to dye 

 cotton red. Culture and management as in the 

 preceding species. "" ^' '''''''* 



Genus XVII. 



COTONEA'STER Aled. 



The Cotoneaster, Lin. Syst. Icosandria 

 Di-Pentagjnia. 



Xdentijicntion. Med. Gesch. Bot, 1793. : Lindl. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p. 101.: Dec. Prod., 2. p.632.i 

 Don's Mill., 2. p. G03. . i > 



'ynonymes. J/espilus sp. Lin. ; Neflier cotonneux, Fr. ; Quitten-Mispel, Ger. ; Cotognastro, Ital. 



Derivation. Cotoneaster, a sort of barbarous word sipnifving quince-like. The quince was called 

 CoUmea by Pliny : and aster, a corruption of ad instar, is used occasionally to express similitude. 



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