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COTONEASTER microphylla. 
Smatl-leaved Nepal Cotoneaster. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rosaczm. §. Pomacez Juss. Lindl. 
COTONEASTER. Flores polygami. Calyx turbinatus, obtusé 5-den- 
tatus. Petala brevia erecta. Stamina dentium longitudine. Styli. glabri 
staminibus breviores. Achenopses parietales calyce incluse. Arbusculse 
(Europe, Americe septentrionalis, et Indie). Folia simplicia integerrima, 
infra lanata. Corymbi laterales patentes. Bractece subulate decidue. 
Petala parva persistentia. Lindl. in Linn, Trans. XIII. 101. 
C. microphylla; foliis oblongis obtusis lucidis coriaceis, petalis patentibus. 
C, microphylla. Wallich in Mus. Soc. Merc. Ind. Or. 
Fruticulus prostratus, ramosus, pedalis. Rami patentes, teretes, atro- 
fusci, pilosi. Folia breviter pedicellata, obovato-oblonga, obtusa, lucida, 
coriacea, subavenia, subtis pilosiuscula. Flores solitarii, pedunculis brevibus, 
pubescentibus. Calyx campanulatus, dentibus brevibus, ovatis. Petala magna, 
alba, concava, patentia, rotunda, tubo calycis longiora. 
This very elegant addition to our hardy shrubs is a 
native of Nepal, whence seeds have, at several different 
times, been sent by Dr. Wallich to the gardens of this 
country. We first remarked it in the Garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society ; it next occurred to us in the Nursery of 
Mr. Miller, of Bristol; and we have since noticed it in 
other collections. 
From specimens communicated by the Honourable Court 
of Directors of the East India Company, it appears to 
be the C. microphylla of Dr. Wallich, whose name we are 
happy in being enabled to adopt. 
It is a beautiful little evergreen shrub, clothed with 
a deep glossy foliage, which no cold will impair, and when 
in blossom strewed with snow-white flowers, which, 
reposing on a rich couch of green, have so brilliant an 
