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styles 2-5 ; stigmas capitate ; ovules 2 in each ovary. Fruit drupe- 
like, containing 2-5 bony, 1- seeded nutlets, the upper part of each 
free from the calyx-tube. \ 
C. multiflora, Bunge , is recorded in the FI. Br. Ind. ii. 386, from Kashmir 
and Garhwal, Further material received since the publication of that work 
has, however, proved that this species does not extend to the Himalaya. 
Leaves 1-3 in. ; margins flat. 
Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate ; upper surface gla- 
brous or nearly so. Cymes stalked, many-flowered. 
Fruit globose, nearly black when ripe . . . 1. C. bacillaris. 
Leaves narrowly lanceolate ; upper surface hairy. 
Cymes nearly sessile, few-flowered. Fruit oblong, 
red when ripe 2. C. acuminata. 
Leaves in. ; margins recurved . . . . . 3. C. microphylla. 
1. Cotoneaster bacillaris, Wall . ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 384. A large 
shrub with long, slender branches. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceo- 
late, 1-3 in., obtuse or acute, both surfaces glabrous or nearly so, 
Fig. 48. Cotoneaster bacillaris. 
lower often hairy along the nerves, margins flat. Flowers white, 
^ in. diam., in large, hairy or pubescent, stalked, loosely branched 
cymes on short, lateral, leafy branchlets. Fruit globose, \ in. 
diam., red at first, nearly black when ripe. (Fig. 48.) 
Simla, Mushobra ; May, June. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-8000 ft. 
The wood is used for walking sticks, whence the name (Latin, bacillum). 
C. rosea, Edgeworth , occurs on the Chor and on Marali ; it differs from the 
above, to which it has been reduced as var. ajflnis in the FI. Br. Ind., in the 
leaves being more or less hairy on the upper surface and tomentose on the 
lower, especially when young, in its tomentose calyx, smaller pink flowers and 
red fruit. This species was formerly, in part, referred to C. multiflora. 
