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* ARBUTUS procéra. 
Tall Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Ericacex, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p.182.) 
ARBUTUS.—Supra, vol. 2. fol. 113. 
_ A. procera ; foliis oblongis serratis serrulatis integrisque glabris, petiolis calvis, 
racemis terminalibus paniculatis secundis, 
A. procera, Douglas Herb. 
Rami juvenes glaucescentes, adulti rufo-castanei, glabri, salvis vegetissi- 
mis gui hispidi sunt; epidermide firmá non deglubente. Folia in ramis 
surculosis oblonga, utrinque angustata, duplicato-serrata, petiolis hispidis ; 
ramulorum oblonga, nunc cordata, integra vel irregulariter serrulata ; pe- 
tiolis ferč unciam longis. Racemi tomentosi, paniculati, terminales, secundi ; 
bracteis ovatis, concavis, glabris. Corolle albe, leviter herbacee, ovate, 
medio paululům constricte, basi obtuse et obscurě decem-gibbose ; limbo 
revoluto. Fructus juniores subrotundi, leviter obovati, tuberculati more 
Unedonis. 
A small tree found by the late unfortunate Douglas in 
the mountainous woody parts of the North West Coast of 
North America, and introduced by the Hortieultural Society 
in 1825. 
In the Gardens it forms an evergreen bush, with a fine 
broad glossy foliage, and a very vigorous appearance; but 
* The Arbutus of Virgil and Horace was undoubtedly the modern Strawberry 
Tree. De Théis says the word has been formed from the Celtic ar rough, and 
` boise a bush, in consequence of the astringency of its fruit. He considers that 
the term horrida, applied by Virgil to his Arbutus, has equally, in this case, the 
signification of austere. 
