178 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF COTONEASTER 



* Low prostrate plants with small leaves, ^-| inch long, evergreen oi 



nearly so ; pink or white flowers in clusters of 1-3 and bright red 

 berries. Excellent for rockeries. (A. ) 

 A. Leaves round-oval, pointed, i-| inch long ; flowers pink with 



erect petals, in June ; fruit oblong, bright red. ruosTitATK 



CoToxEASTER — Cotoueaster horizont^is. 

 A. Leaves wedge-shaped, shining above and densely hairy below; 



flowers (i-^ inch long) white with spreading petals, May, June. 



Small-leaved Cotoneaster (208) — Cotoneaster microphylla. 

 A. Similar to the last but with rather dull oval leaves i-| inch long. 



Box-LEAVED Cotoneaster — Cotoneaster buxifolia. 

 A. Similar to the last but of more upright growth ; leaves more 



rounded, hairy below ; the bright red fruit remaining on through 



the winter. Evergreen Cotoneaster (269) — Cotoneaster 



rotundif51ia. 



A. Leaves roundish to obovate, |-f inch long, grayish or whitish 

 beneath, smooth above ; flowers white in 3-6-flowered clusters 

 with spreading petals. May, June. Round-leaved Cotoneaster 

 (270) — Cotoneaster nummulkria orbicularis. 



* More or less erect shrubs reaching the height of 4 or 6 feet. (B. ) 



B. Leaves white-hairy beneath ; flowers with erect petals ; fruit 

 red. (C.) 



C. Flowers pale-pinkish in small nodding clusters, May, June ; 

 leaves smooth, dark green above, thick, oval (|-2 inches long) ; 

 fruit globular, bright red. Common Cotoneaster (271) — 

 Cotoneaster vulgciris. 



C. Flowers 3-12 in cluster, white, June ; leaves dull green above 

 (1-2| inches long), oval, blunt ; fruit bright brick-red. Woolly 

 Cotoneaster (272) — Cotoneaster tomentosa. 



B. Leaves green both sides ; flowers with spreading white or pinkish 

 petals in 2-5-flowered clusters; (D.) 



D. Leaves small — ^-I inch, roundish, pointed, nearly evergreen; 

 fruit bright red. Simond's Cotoneaster — Cotoneaster 

 Simonsi. 



D. Leaves larger — 1|-3 inches long; flowers nodding; fruit deep 



red, oblong. Pointed-leaved Cotoneaster — Cotoneaster 



acuminata, 



B. Leaves whitish beneath (^-H inches long), deciduous; flowers 



with spreading petals in erect many-flowered (3-20) clusters; 



fruit red. (E.) 



