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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



(267) or Fire Thorn — Cotoneaster Pyracantha (Pyracantha 

 coccfnea). 

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

 and more glossy; fruit orange-red. Pyracantha crenulata 

 (Crataegus crenulata). 



Fig. 2G8. — Small-leaved Cotoueaster. Fig. 2G9. — Evergreen Cotoneaster, 





Fig. 270. —Round-leaved Cotoneaster. Fig. 271. — Common Cotoneaster. 



Cotoneaster. The Cotoxeasters are low shrubs with alternate small 

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

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



