Description of Foreign Shrubs 
70. Evergreen Thorn. (Cotoneaster pyracantha.) 
LEAF: 2'-3', simple, alternate, round-toothed, ovate-lance- 
shaped, glossy, evergreen, not hairy ; young shoots yellow-hairy. 
FLOWER: p. white (petals and styles 5, stamens many), pani- 
cled; May; fruit like peas, scarlet; 4°-6°; thorny. Europe. 
71. Japanese Quince. (Pirus japonica.) 
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LEAF: 2’, simple, alternate, entire, oval to oblong, with 
wedge-shaped base, a little glossy. FLOWER: p. rosy, scarlet, 
to white (petals 5 or more), rather large, handsome, before or 
with the leaves; first of May ; somewhat thorny. 
72. Lycium. (L. barbarum.) 
LEAF : 1%4'-214’, simple, alternate, entire, oblong-lance-shaped, 
base tapering; branches drooping, fine-hairy, often thorny. 
FLOWER: m. purplish-white, rather salver-shaped or funnel- 
form (corolla 5 lobed, 5 stamens, bearded at base); summer 
Northwestern Africa. 
73. Evergreen Buckthorn. (Rhamnus alaternus.) 
LEAF: 2'-3', simple, alternate, serrate, oblong to elliptical, 
dark, glossy, leathery, evergreen. FLOWER: p. white, small 
(petals and stamens 4-5, latter standing on a disk), in lateral 
clusters ; often thorny. 
74. Chinese Aralia. (A. chinensis.) 
LEAF: twice or thrice pinnate, opposite; leaflets, 5-7, oval, 
pointed, serrate; stem fine-hairy. FLOWER: p. whitish (petals 
and stamens 5, styles 5 or 2), small, in large compound clusters ; 
August, September; 6°-9°; thorny. (PI. IV.) 
75. Barberry. (Berberis Fortunei.) 
LEAF: pinnate ; leaflets, 7-9, small, lance-elliptical, dark green 
above. FLOWER: much as in 69, but crowded, short-stemmed ; 
June; thorny. North China. 
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