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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



102191 to 102213— Continued. 



1.02192. Cassiope mertensiana (Bong.) 

 Ion. 



A low evergreen heathlike shrub 12 

 to 18 inches high, native to northwest- 

 ern America from Alaska south to 

 California. The thick glabrous oblong 

 leaves, one-fourth of an inch long, are 

 not furrowed on the back, and the 

 c a m p a n u 1 a t e rose-white flowers, 

 slightly longer than the leaves, are 

 solitary and nodding on erect naked 

 pedicels. 



102193. Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. 

 Don. 



An arctic evergreen shrub 1 to 2 

 feet high, similar to C. mertensiana, 

 but the leaves are finely pubescent and 

 ciliate and are deeply furrowed on the 

 back. 



102194 to 102213. Cotoneaster spp. 

 Malaceae. 



102194. Cotoneaster buxifolia Wall. 



An evergreen shrub eventually 

 about 10 feet high, of spreading up- 

 right habit, with elliptic or obovate 

 dark-green leaves almost half an inch 

 long, tomentose on the undersurface, 

 and white flowers, one-third of an 

 inch across, in small corymbs. The 

 globular or ellipsoid red berries are 

 one-fourth inch in diameter. Native 

 to the Nilghiri Hills in India. 



102195. Cotoneaster buxifolia vel- 

 laea Franch. 



A variety characterized by a pro- 

 cumbent habit, with slightly smaller 

 leaves, conspicuously pubescent above 

 while young. Native to western 

 China. 



102196. Cotoneaster miorophylla 

 glacialis Hook. (G. congesta 

 Baker). 



A variety differing in its low com- 

 pact habit, with the leaves only 

 sparingly pubescent beneath and the 

 flowers slightly smaller and pinkish 

 white. Native to the Himalayas. 



102197. Cotoneaster excellens Hort. 



A very small evergreen shrub with 

 small gray leaves and masses of pink- 

 red berries that are retained well into 

 the winter. 



102198. Cotoneaster farreri Hort. 



A name for which a place of pub- 

 lication and a description have not 

 been found. 



102199. Cotoneaster prigida Wall. 



Himalayan cotoneaster. 



Variety Vicarii. Said to be a hand- 

 some small tree bearing masses of 

 large scarlet berries in clusters. 



102200. Cotoneaster glabrata Rehd. 

 and Wils. 



An evergreen upright shrub ulti- 

 mately about 15 feet high, with spread- 

 ing branches, leathery oblong-lanceolate 

 bright-green leaves up to 3 inches long, 

 slightly rugose above, and white flow- 

 ers in dense corymbs about an inch 

 ft cross. Native to western China and 

 closely allied to C. salicifolia. 



102201. Cotoneaster henryana (C. 

 Schneid.) Rehd. and Wils. 



102191 to 102213— Continued. 



A stout deciduous or half-evergreen 

 shrub about 10 feet high, with pen- 

 dulous branchlets, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate dark-green leaves from 2 to 

 over 4 inches long, covered beneath 

 with grayish tomentum, and white 

 flowers in loose pubescent corymbs 2 

 inches across. The ovoid red berries 

 are one-fourth of an inch in diameter. 

 Native to western China. 



102202. Cotoneaster hupehensis 

 Rehd. and Wils. Hupeh cotoneaster. 



A graceful deciduous shrub up to 7 

 feet high, with ovate or elliptic, obtuse 

 or acute, mucronulate, deep-green 

 leaves up to 1% inches long, sparingly 

 gray tomentose beneath, and bright-red, 

 subglobose berries one-fifth of an inch 

 in diameter, in numerous corymbs. It 

 is closely related to G. multiflora and 

 native to central China. 



102203. Cotoneaster microphylla 

 thymifolia (Loud.) Koehne. 



Thyme rockspray. 



A variety that differs from the type 

 in being generally smaller throughout 

 with narrowly oblong-obovate leaves 

 and berries one-fifth of an inch in 

 diameter. Native to the Himalayas. 



102204. Cotoneaster nitens Rehd. and 

 Wils. 



A rather low rambling deciduous 

 shrub up to 5 feet high, densely 

 branched, with broadly oval, obtuse, 

 dark-green leaves one-half inch long. 

 The fruits, globose or nearly so, are 

 purplish black and one-third of. an 

 inch in diameter. It is native to 

 Szechwan, western China. 



102205 and 102206. Cotoneaster 

 pannosa Franch. 



Silverleaf cotoneaster. 



102205. An evergreen or half-ever- 

 green shrub 3 to 10 feet high, 

 with gracefully arching branches, 

 elliptic or ovate-lanceolate dull- 

 green leaves up to 1 inch long, 

 white tomentose beneath, and 

 dull-red roundish fruits one-fourth 

 inch in diameter, in rather dense 

 corymbs. Native to southwestern 

 China. 



102206. Said to be different from 

 the type. 



102207. Cotoneaster rhytidophylla 

 Rehd. and Wils. 



A stout half-evergreen shrub about 5 

 feet high, with leathery, oblong-elliptic 

 or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate leaves 

 up to 3 inches long, densely white or 

 yellow tomentose beneath, and pear- 

 shaped, orange-red berries one-fourth 

 of an inch long, in small dense 

 corymbs. Native to western China. 



102208. Cotoneaster rotundifolia 

 Wall. Roundleaf cotoneaster. 

 A deciduous or half-evergreen shrub 



4 to 8 feet high, with stiff more or 

 less two-ranked branches and roundish 

 or broadly oval, dark-green, mucronate 

 leaves less than an inch long, paler be- 

 neath. The broadly ovate scarlet ber- 

 ries, usually solitary, are one-half inch 

 long. Native to southwestern China 

 and the Himalayas. 



102209. Cotoneaster salicifolia 

 Franch. Willowleaf cotoneaster. 



