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* ARBUTUS laurifolia.. 
Laurel-leaved Strawberry tree. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. ERICACEZ. 
ARBUTUS. Botanical Register, vol. ii. fol. 113. 
A. laurifolia ; foliis petiolatis oblongis obtusis glabris serrulatis, racemis compo- 
sitis pilosis, bracteis infimis squameformibus imbricatis, pedicellis glabrius- 
culis, corolla medio constrict dimidià inferiore corrugatá membranacea. 
A. laurifolia, Linn. Suppl. 238, fide Dom. Lambert. 
This plant was introduced from Mexico by the last Lord 
Napier, and given to Mr. Lambert, who is of opinion that 
it is the true A. laurifolia of Linneus' Supplement, a very 
obscure plant, said to inbabit North America, concerning 
which no one seems to have much information. Pursh sup- 
posed that it was from the North-west Coast, if so it must 
be the A. Menziesii of that Botanist, and the A. procera of 
this work, fol. 1753. Sir William Hooker concurs in the 
opinion that it was from the West Coast, because no true 
Arbutus has been seen on the east side of the Rocky moun- 
tains; but he distinguishes it from A. Menziesi. 
For my own part it seems more likely that Linneus 
should have seen some Mexican specimen, than that any 
north-west American should have come under his inspection, 
and if so, this is probably the plant he intended. 
Be this as it may, the present species is certainly LI 
distinct from A. Andrachne, although it also has a bark 
which peels off when old; the much less coriaceous and 
smaller leaves, and the very peculiar form of the corolla 
affording abundant marks of discrimination ; the contraction 
* See folio 1753. 
