( 402 .) 
COTON EASTER* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Icosa'ndria f, Di-Trigy'nia. 
Natural Order. Poma'ce.e, Linn. — Lindl. in Tr. of Linn. Soc. 
v. xiii. p. 93. ; Syn. p. 103. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 83. — 
Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p* 597. — Rosa'ce.e ; tribe, 
Poma'ce.e, Juss. Gen. PI. p.333. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. pp. 171 
and 172. — Rich, by Macgilliv. pp. 528 & 530. — Loud. Hort. Brit, 
pp. 512 & 513. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th edit.) p. 405. — Rosales ; 
subtype, Pyrid,e, Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614 & 695. 
Gen. Char, Flowers polygamous, (i. e. some perfect and some 
barren on the same tree). — Calyx (fig. 1.) turbinate, with 5 short, 
egg-shaped teeth. Corolla (see fig. 2.) of 5, small, upright, nearly 
orbicular, concave petals (see fig. 3.), attached to the rim of the 
calyx. Filaments (see figs. 1 & 4.) 16 or more, upright, the length 
of the teeth of the calyx. Anthers roundish, 2-lobed. Germen 
(see fig. 1.) roundish. Styles 2 or 3, sometimes 4, smooth, shorter 
than the stamens. Fruit (see figs. 6 &. 7.) turbinate, or pear-shaped, 
with its nuts (see figs 7 & 8.) adhering to the inside of the calyx, 
but not cohering in the centre. 
The polygamous flowers ; the turbinate, 5-toothed calyx ; the 
corolla of 5, small, upright petals ; and the turbinate fruit, with its 
nuts adhering to the inside of the calyx, but not cohering in the 
centre ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same class 
and order. 
One species British. 
COTONEA'STER VULGARIS. Common Cotoneaster. Dwarf 
Quince-leaved Medlar. 
Spec. Char. Leaves oval, entire, rounded at the base, downy 
beneath, deciduous. Calyx smooth. Peduncles slightly downy. 
Engl. Bot. Suppl. t. 2713. — llook. FI. Lond. t. 211. — Lindt, in Tr. of Linn. Soc. 
v. xiii. p. 101.; Syn. p. 104. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 221. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. 
and Bot. v. ii. p. 603. — Loud. Art), et Frutic. Brit. p. 670. fig. 620.; Hort. Lig. 
Loud. p. 49. ; Mag. Nat. Hist. v. vi. p. 55. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 74. — Irv. 
Lond. FI. p. 251. — Cotoneaster folio rotundo non serrato, Bauti. Pin. p. 452. — 
Cotoneaster, Bauii. Hist. v. i. lib. i. p. 73, with a figure. — Mdspilus Cotoneaster, 
Linn. Sp. PI. p. 686.; FI. Suec. (2nd ed.) p. 169. — FI. Dan. t. 112. — Willd. Sp. 
PI. v. ii. pt. n. p. 1012. — Ait. Hort. Kew. (2nd ed.) v. iii. p. 206. — Sm. Engl. FI. 
v. iv. p. 268. — With. (7th ed. ) v. iii. p. 600' — Mespilus folio subrotundo.fr uctu 
rubro, Engl. Gard. Catal. p. 49. t. 14. — Chamccmespilus, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 
1454, with a figure. 
Localities. — O n limestone roeks in Wales. — Caernarvonshire ; On the lime- 
stone cliffs of the Great Ormshead, in vaiious places; 1825: Mr. W. Wilson. 
Above the village of Llandudno, on the roeks which overhang some copper mines, 
abundantly ; June 12, 183? : Mr, W. Christy, in Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. vi. p. 55. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. A Flower, showing Calyx, Corolla, and Stamens. — Fig. 3. 
A Petal. — Fig. 4. A segment of the Calyx, with 4 of the Stamens. — Fig. 5. A sepa- 
rate Stamen. — Fig. 6. A Fruit. — Fig. 7. A transverse section of do. — Fig. 8. A Nut. 
* A sort of 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. Loudon, f See folio 100, note t. 
