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ARCTOSTAPHYLOS nitida.. 
Shining-leaved Bearberry. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ERICACEE. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Adans. Calyx quinquepartitus. Corolla hypo- 
gyna, globoso-v. ovato-campanulata, limbo quinquefido, reflexo. Stamina 10, 
imæ corolle inserta ; filamenta brevia ; antheræ a latere compresse, dorso 
infra apicem affixee et reflexo-biaristatæ, apice biporosæ. Ovarium disco 
hypogyno cinctum, quinqueloculare, loculis uniovulatis. Stylus simplex ; 
stigma obtusum. Drupa subglobosa, pentapyrena, pyrenis osseis, mono- 
spermis. Semina inversa. Frutices v. suffrutices, in Europa media et 
boreali crescentes ; foliis alternis, racemis terminalibus, pedicellis bracteatis. — 
Endl. gen. no. 4327. 
À. nitida; erecta, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis arguté 
et inæqualiter cartilagineo-dentatis basi integerrimis angustatis utrinque 
ramisque glaberrimis suprà nitidis, racemis paniculato-ramosis, rachi 
pedicellisque hispidis, filamentis basi pilosis.— Bentham Plante Hartweg. 
p. 66. no. 483. Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. no. 69. 
Mr. Hartweg found this shrub in Mexico, on the moun- 
tains called Carmen; but it was not raised from his seeds. 
The existence of the plant in our collections is owing to 
George Frederick Dickson, Esq., who obtained seeds of it 
from ‘Mexico, for the Horticultural Society, in whose gardens 
the annexed drawing was made in May 1844. It usually 
flowers for a second time, in the autumn. 
Mr. Bentham observes that it is near Arctostaphylos 
arguta, from which it principally differs in having branched 
hispid racemes. It forms a handsome evergreen shrub, five 
or six feet high, growing readily in any good loamy soil, 
and capable of enduring a mild winter in the open border. 
It would be a fine plant for the climate of Devonshire or 
Cornwall. 
It is increased by seeds, or by budding on the common 
Arbutus. 
Fig. 1 represents an ovary divided transversely, with one 
stamen standing on the left; 2, is the upper end of the style 
and the stigma ; 3, is a perpendicular section of a ripe fruit ; 
4, isthe ripe fruit itself; 5, its transverse section. 
