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1 E. quinquerLorus (Lour. 
coch. p. 276.) stem shrubby ; 
flowers 5-6 together at the tops 
the branches. h.G. Native of 
the south of China. Andr. rep. 
102. Ker. bot. reg. 201. Sims, 
bot. mag. 1649. Lodd. bot. 
cab. 1101. E. reticulatus, Lindl. 
bot. reg. 883. Flowers pink, 
or the calyx is red and the co- 
rolla nearly white. 
Five - flowered Enkianthus. 
Fl. Feb. Sept. Clit. 1812. 
Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 
2 E. sirtorus (Lour. coch. 
p- 276.) stem shrubby; flowers 
twin, terminal. h.G. Nativeof 
the south of China. Flowers red. 
Two-flowered Enkianthus. Shrub. 
Cult. Elegant green-house plants while in blossom, but rather 
difficult of culture. The best soil for them is said to be an 
equal mixture of sandy loam and peat, but care must be taken 
not to over-water them when not growing freely. Cuttings 
taken from ripened wood are found to strike root freely, if 
planted in sand, with a hand-glass placed over them. When 
they grow to a considerable size, they are the greatest orna- 
ments for a green-house or conservatory. 
FIG. 138. 
XXXIV. A’RBUTUS (4r boise, Celt., austere bush; rough 
fruit). Camer. epit. p. 168. Gærtn. fruct. 59. Tourn. inst. 368. 
Juss. gen. 160. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 279. 
Adans. fam.— Andrachne, Clus.—A’rbutus species, Lin. gen. 
no. 750. Schred. gen. 750. 
Lin. syst. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 
globose, or ovately campanulate: limb 5-cleft, reflexed. Sta- 
mens 10, inclosed; anthers compressed on the sides, dehiscing 
by 2 pores at the apex, fixed by the back beneath the apex, 
where they are furnished with 2 reflexed awns. Ovarium seated 
on a hypogynous disk, or half immersed in it, 5-celled; cells 
many-seeded. Style 1; stigma obtuse. Berry nearly globose, 
granular.—Trees and shrubs, with alternate laurel-like leaves. 
Racemes terminal, panicled. Flowers pedicellate, bracteate. 
Corollas white or flesh-coloured. 
1 A. U'NeEpo (Lin. spec. 366.) arboreous; branchlets clothed 
with glandular hairs; leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, serru- 
lated ; peduncles smooth, nodding. h.H. Native of the south 
of Europe, as of Spain, Italy, Greece; Palestine, and many other 
parts of Asia. It is also found in the west of Ireland, in the 
County of Kerry, near the Lake of Killarney, on barren lime- 
stone rocks, where the country people eat the fruit. Mill. 
fig. t.48, Cam. epit.1681. Barrel. icon. t. 674. Smith, engl. bot. 
2377. The common 4’rbutus, or Strawberry-tree, rises to the 
height of 20 or 30 feet, but rarely with an upright stem. It is 
one of the greatest ornaments in the month of October and No- 
vember, that being the season when it is in flower; and the fruit of 
the former year is ripe. When there is plenty both of fruit and 
flowers upon the trees, they make a handsome appearance at a 
season when most others are past their beauty. The fruit is 
said to have constituted part of the food of mankind in early 
ages. That it was not in any esteem among the ancients, we 
may suppose from the name U‘nedo, if Pliny’s reason for that 
name be the true one,—‘‘ cui nomen ex argumento fit unum 
tantum edendi.” Virgil recommends the twigs as good for goats 
in winter :—‘‘ Jubeo frondentia capris Arbuta sufficere ;” and for 
baskets,—‘‘ Arbuteze crates et mystica vannus Iacchi.” Horace 
1 
ERICACEA. XXIII. Enxiantuus. XXXIV. Arsutus. 
celebrates the shade of it:—“ Nunc viridi membra sub Arbuto 
stratus.” The tree is named, in Greek, Kopapoc, and the fruit 
M. puuxviov; in Latin, A’rbutus, and the fruit U‘nedo; in 
Italian, Arbuto, Albato, Albatro, Corbezzolo; in French, L'Ar- 
bousier commun. The Greek name is almost preserved at Con- 
stantinople, in Komaria. 
Var. a, alba (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 71.) flowers white. 
Var. B, rùbra (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 71.) flowers reddish. 
Var. y, plèna (Ait. 1. c.) flowers semi-double. 
Var. 6, schizopetala ; petals cut. ° 
Var. e, integrifolia ; leaves entire. Sims, bot. mag. 2319. 
Var, &, crispa; leaves curled and cut. 
Var. n, salicifoha; leaves narrow. 
Unedo or Common Strawberry-tree. 
Tree 10 to 20 feet. 
2 A. Canarir’nsis (Lam. dict. vol. 1.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
serrated, glaucous beneath; panicles erect, clothed with hispid 
hairs. h. G. Native of the Canary Islands. Sims, bot. mag. 
1577. Flowers greenish white. 
Canary-Island Strawberry-tree. 
Shrub 8 to 10 feet. 
3 A. uy’sripa (Ker. bot. reg. 619.) leaves oblong, acute, 
serrated, glabrous; branchlets pilose; panicle terminal, pen- 
dulous, downy; calyx glabrous. h.H. Native country un- 
Fl. Sept. Dec. Ireland. 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1796. 
known. A. andrachnoides, Link. enum. 1. p. 395. Flowers 
white. 
Hybrid Strawberry-tree. Fl. Feb. May. Clt.? Shrub 8 to 
12 feet. 
4 A. serratiroria (Nois. ex Lodd. bot. cab. t, 580.) leaves 
serrated, narrower than those of Æ. Andrdéchne; flowers dis- 
posed in terminal clusters. h. H. Native country unknown. 
Flowers yellowish. Perhaps only a variety of the following. 
Serrated-leaved Strawberry-tree. Fl. Feb. March. Shrub 6 
to 10 feet. - à 
5 A. Anpra’cune (Lin. spec. 566.) leaves oblong, bluntish, 
quite entire, and a’ little serrated, glabrous; panicles terminal, 
erect, clothed with viscid down. h. H. Native of Greece, 
Asia Minor, Tauria. Belon says it is common in Crete, and 
between Aleppo and Antioch. Wheeler observed it near Athens, 
and saw the fruit in the market of Smyrna. About Magnesia it 
is so plentiful, that it is used as the principal fuel by the in- 
habitants. Ehret, act. angl. vol. 57. p. 114. t. 6. Ker. bot. reg. 
113. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2024. A. integrifdlia, Lam. Andrachne 
Theophrasti, Clus. hist. 1. p. 48. Andrachne, Park. theatr. 
1490. f. 2. Flowers greenish-white. Fruit like that of the 
common sort. This is the ’Adgadyvn of Theophrastus, and is 
called ’Aépaxdka in modern Greek. It is a fine ornamental 
tree; the largest of the kind in Britain is growing in the botanic 
garden at Edinburgh. Tournefort enumerates three varieties of 
it which he observed in the Levant; one with serrated leaves ; 
a second with a large oblong fruit; and a third with large com- 
pressed fruit. 
Andrachne Strawberry-tree. 
Tree 10 to 14 feet. 
6 A. LAURIFÒLIA (Lin. syst. 407. suppl. 238.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated at both ends, acutely serrated, glabrous; racemes 
axillary, secund, sessile, solitary. h. H. Native of North 
America, but what part is unknown, as nothing can be found 
respecting it in the Linnean herbarium. 
Laurel-leaved Strawberry-tree. Tree. ; 
7 A. Menzies (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 282.) arbores- 
cent ; leaves broad-oval, quite entire, glabrous, on long petioles ; 
racemes axillary and terminal, panicled, dense-flowered, h - H. 
Native of the north-west coast of America, where it was col- 
lected by Mr. Menzies. Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. 
p- 143. 
Fl. March, April. Clt. 1724. 
