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ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PUNGENS. SHARP-POINTED 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS, Or BEAR-BERRY. 
KKK EEE EE EEE EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA MonoeyniA. 
_ (Nat. Ord.—Enricacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus persistens. Corolla ovato-urceolata, ore 
5-dentato revoluto brevi. Stamina 10 inclusa, filamentis 
basi subdilatatis sepids piloso-ciliatis, antheris compressis 
apice biporosis lateraliter biaristatis, aristis reflexis. Ova- 
rium globoso-depressum squamis 3 carnulosis cinctum. 
Stylus brevis. Stigma obtusum. Bacca (seu drupa bac- 
cata) globosa, 5 rarius 6—7 imo 10-locularis, loculis 1- 
spermis !—Suffrutices fructicesve. Folia alterna sepius 
persistentia, integra aut denticulata. Racemi terminales 
bracteati. Corolle albe aut rubre. Fructus rubri aut 
nigrt. ier 
- ‘Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ARrcTosTAPHYLOS pungens ; erecta, ramulis racemis foliisque 
junioribus tenuissime velutinis, foliis ovalibus oblon- 
gisve coriaceis mucronato-pungentibus utrinque acu- 
minatis coriaceis integerrimis, racemis brevibus termi- 
nalibus, bracteis acuminatis. ~ 
Arcrostapuytos pungens. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. 3. p. 
836. tab. 259. De Cand. Prodr. 7. p. 584. Benth. 
Pl. Hartw. n. 91. Andr. Pl. Exsicce. n. 261. Hart- 
weg, Pl. Mexic. n. 91. — 
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Seeds of this plant were sent from Mexico by Mr. Bratr, 
to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, and the plants raised from 
them produced flowers in February, 1841, from — our 
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