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( COTONEASTER* microphylla ; var. Uva Ursi. ) 
Bearberry-leaved Nepal Cotoneaster. 
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-ICOSANDRIA DI-TRIGYNIA. — 
Nat. ord. Pomacex. Lindl. 
COTONEASTER, — Supra, vol. 13. fol. 1114. 
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C. microphylla ; foliis oblongis obtusis lucidis coriaceis, petalis patentibus. 
Supra, l. c. 
8, Uva ursi; foliis majoribus, floribus subternis, caule vegetiore. 
For this distinct variety we are indebted to Mr. John 
Miller, of the Nursery, Bristol, by whom specimens were 
sent to us in the course of the last spring. It differs from 
the genuine Cotoneaster microphylla in being a plant of a 
more vigorous growth, having somewhat larger and flatter 
leaves, and bearing flowers more frequently in twos or 
threes than singly. 
Like that species, it is a hardy evergreen shrub, of 
great beauty, striking readily from cuttings or layers, and 
flowering in Apriland May. To what height either may 
attain, we have no means of judging. At present the 
original species does not exceed 2 feet in any place in 
which we have seen it: that now represented appears to 
have a tendency to acquire a stature of 3 or 4 feet. 
J.L. 
* A sort of barbarous word, signifying Quince-like. The Quince was 
called cotonea by Pliny ; and aster, a corruption of ad instar, is used occa- 
sionally to express similitude. 
