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MEZEKEON. COTONEASTER 



-=- -^ Tings bright red-brown, pubescent 

 at tips. Leaves br<xid oval, vhite- 

 txymentose beneath, and nearly ses- 

 sile. Floicers pink,rosaceou8. Fruit 

 Iterrif-liJce, 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 w 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. 



JJ J Twigs and branches pale in colour, 

 greenish-grey to yelloicish- grey . 



