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DESCRIPTIONS < >K THE SHRUBS 



(267) or FIRE THORN Cotoneaster Pyracantha (Pyracantha 

 coccfnea). 



H. Young twigs rusty -pubescent ; leaves somewhat longer, narrower 

 and more glossy; fruit orauge-red. Pyracantha crenulata 

 (Cratsegus crenulata). 



FIG. 268. Small-leaved Cotoueaster. FIG. 269. Evergreen Cotoueaster. 



FIG. 270. Round-leaved Cotoneaster. FIG. 271. Common Cotoneaster. 



Cotoneaster. The COTONEASTERS are low shrubs with alternate small 

 entire-edged thick leaves usually white-hairy below. The flowers, usually 

 clustered, arc small, five-petalled, white or flesh-colored, in spring, sta- 



