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DESCRIPTIONS OP THE SHRUBS 



(267) or FiKE Thorn — Cotone^ter Pyracintha (Pyraoantha 

 coocfnea) . 

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

 and more glossy; fruit orange-red. Pyraoantha crenulata 

 (Cratsegus crenulata). 



Fig. 268. — Small-leaved Cotoneaster. Fig. 269. — Evergreen Cotoneaster. 



Fig. 270. — Eound-leaved Cotoneaster. ' Fig. 271. — Common Cotoneaster. 



Cotonedster. The Cotoneasters 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- 



