ROSACEA 



An evergreen tihrub, 3-4 ft., or 8-10 ft. on a wall, dense, spreading, some- 

 what trailing; Stems wiry. 



Native of Nepaul ; introduced 1824. Specific name from Gr. micros, 

 little, and phyllon, a leaf. 



MONEYWORT-LEAVED COTONEASTER, Cotoncaster Num- 



mtdaria. 



Gardens. April, May. 



Floicers white, in an axillary cyme, 2-5 flowered, very short, woolly ; 

 Calijx Avhite, woolly ; Fricit a drupe, small, numerous, black, ripe in 

 September. 



Leaves alternate, orbicular or obovate, entire, flat, mucronate, somewhat 

 emarginate, tomentose in young state, glabrous on upper side when older, 

 distantly placed. If in. diam., petioles hairy when young. 



A sub-evergreen shrub, or small tree, 10-15 ft. ; round-headed, spreading ; 

 Brancklcts slender, twiggy, hairy when young; Buds hairy. 



Native of Kashmir, Nepaul, and Thibet; introduced 1824. 



ROUND-LEAVED COTONEASTER, Cotonecistcr rofumiifo/kt. 



Gardens. April, May. 



Floxcers white, solitary and terminal, on short lateral branches, subsessile ; 

 backs of Petals often pinkish ; Fruit a drupe, oblong, glabrous, bright scarlet ; 

 ripe in August, frequently persistent till March. 



Leaves alternate, orbicular or broadly ovate, obtuse or slightly mucronate, 

 coriaceous, glabrous or sparsely hairy, and deep glossy green above, pilose 

 beneath, somewhat sparse, I in. long, I in. diam. 



A sub-evergreen shrub, 3-4 ft., dense ; Shoots spreading, rigid, distichous. 



Introduced from Nepaul, 1825. 



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