XXVI, ROSA'CEH: COTONEA’STER. 405 
Spec. Char, §e. Leaves with the disk oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, distantly serrated, six times 
longer than the petiole, which is red. The pani- 
cle, in this species, is not corymbose. (Dec. 
Prod.) An evergreen shrub or low tree. Cali- 
fornia. Height 10 ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 
1796. Flowers white; July and August. Fruit ?. 
A very desirable evergreen for walls, hitherto 
comparatively neglected in British gardens, Horti- 
cultural Soci- 
ety’s Garden. 
734, P. arbutifolia. 
¢ 3. P.intecriro'tia Lindl. The 
entire-leaved Photinia. 
Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Trans., 13. p. 103. ; 
Don’s Mill., 2, p. 602. 
Synonyme. _P¥rus integérrima Wall. ex D. Don 
Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 237. 
Engraving. Our fig. 735. from a specimen in the 
Linnzan herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic, acu- 
minated, quite entire. Panicle dif- 
fuse. Pedicels bractless. Ovary 
3-celled ; cells biovulate. (Don’s 
Mill.) An evergreen tree. Nepal. 
Height 20 ft. Introduced in 1820. 
Flowers white ?. 
Requires the protection of a wall, 
which it well deserves, on account of 
the beauty of its foliage. 
2 4. P. pu‘sia Lindl. The doubtful Photinia. 
Identification. Lindl. in Lin. Trans., 13. p. 104. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 602. 
Synony Méspilus b lénsis Rorb.; M. tinctdria D, Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 238.3; Crate‘gus 
Shicdla Ham. MSS. 
Engravings. Lin. Trans., 13, t. 10.; and our fig. 736. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate, distantly ser- 
rated. Panicle corymbose, pilose. Fruit 2-celled. 
Seed 1, large, and clothed with a loose testa. 
Fruit sometimes 1-celled from abortion, and 2- 
seeded. (Don’s Mill.) An evergreen tree. Nepal. 
Height 20ft. Introduced in 1821. Flowers 
white ?. 
It appears nearly allied to Raphidlepis. Haiil- 
ton states that the bark is used, in Nepal, to dye 
cotton red. Culture and management as in the 
preceding species. 736. P. dubia. 
Genus XVII. 
falelalel. 
COTONEA’STER Med. Tue Cotoneaster. Lin, Syst. Icosdndria 
Di-Pentagynia. 
Identification. Med. Gesch. Bot., 1793. ; Lmdl. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 13. p.101.; Dec. Prod., 2. p.632.; 
Don’s Mill., 2. p. 603. in 
Synonymes. Méspilus sp. Lin. ; Néflier cotonneux, Fr.; Quitten-Mispel, Ger.; Cotognastro, Ital. 
Derivation. Cotoneaster, a sort ot barbarous word signifying quince-like. The quince was called 
Cotonea by Pliny: and aster, a corruption of ad instar, is used occasionally to express similitude. 
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