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DESCRIPTIONS OP THE SHRUBS 



(267) or Fire Thokn — Cotonefeter Pyracintha (Pyracantha 

 cocc(nea). 

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

 and more glossy; fruit orange-red, Pyracantha crenulata 

 (Crataegus crenuUta). 



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



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



Cotone4ster. The Cotoneasteks 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- 



