Tas. 8128. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS Manzanita. 
‘California. 
 Ericacear, 
ArctostaPHytos, Adans.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 581. 
Arctostaphylos Manzanita, Parry in Bull. Calif. Acad. vol. ii. p. 491; 
Sargent in Garden & Forest, vol. iv. p. 565, fig. 90, p. 571; Rehder in 
Cycl. Amer. Hortic. vol. i. p. 91; ab A. pungente, H. B. K., quacum saepe 
confusa, foliis latis obtusis, inflorescentia elongata, fructu majore, et 
tempore florendi differt. 
Frutex vel arbor ad 10 m. alta, coma perlata; truncus et rami vetusti cortice 
laevi rabra in squamas amplas soluta; rami juniores magis minusve 
pubescentes, pube cinerea vel nigricante glandulis intermixtis, deinde 
glabrati. Jolia ovata vel ovato-elliptica, obtusa vel acuta, 3°5-4 cm. 
longa, 1°5-3'5 cm. lata, coriacea, primo pubescentia, mox glabrata, nervis 
tenuibus; petiolus 5-8 mm. longus, pubescens. Panicula brevis, ovoidea 
vel corymbosa, multiflora, cum pedunculo brevi ad 4 cm. longa, pedicellis 
plerumque glabris exceptis undique glanduloso-pubescens; bracteae per- 
sistentes, e basi ovata longe acuminatae; pedicelli ad 6 mm. longi. 
Calyx albo-roseus, segmentis 2 mm. longis. Corolla urceolata, ovoidea, 
7 mm. longa, alba vel carnea, lobis minutis. Filamenta e basi lata subu- 
lata, pilosa; antherae purpureae, elliptico-globosae uti aristae recurvae 
papilloso-asperae. Baccae depresso-globosae, 6 mm. altae, 8-12 mm. 
diametro, primo albidae, demum fusco-rubrae. 
** Manzanita’’ is the Californian vernacular for Arcto- 
staphylos generally. Of the ten or eleven species of that 
genus found in California, this is no doubt the handsomest. 
It is a common and characteristic plant from the foothills 
of the coast ranges near the Bay of San Francisco, north- 
wards to the high Sierras on both sides of the Sacramento 
Valley. Within this great altitudinal range it varies con- 
siderably in height and general appearance. At high levels 
a low shrub, it attains the dimensions of a tree at low 
altitudes and in good and well-watered soil; but more 
commonly it might be described as a tall, sprawling shrub. 
A photograph of a particularly fine specimen was repro- 
duced by Prof. Sargent in ‘‘ Garden and Forest,” lc. It 
ineasured between 20 and 25 ft. in height, with a trunk 
nearly 13 ft.in girth near the ground anda crown more 
than 66 ft. in diameter. The specimen at Kew, which was 
raised from seeds purchased from an American nursery- 
man in 1897, measures at present a little over 3 ft. in 
Aprit Ist, 1907. 
