Tap.: 8249, 
ARBUTUS MENZIESH. 
Western North America. 
ERICACEAE. Tribe ARBUTEAE. 
Arsutvus, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. ii. p. 581. 
Arbutus Menziesii, Pursh, I'l. Am. Sept. vol. i. p. 282; DC. Prodr. vol. vii. 
p. 582 ; Hook, Fl. Bor.-Am. vol. ii. p. 86; Hook, & Arn. Bot. Beechey’s Voy. 
p. 143; Gray, Brewer & Wats, Bot. Calif. vol. i. p. 452, partin; Gray, 
Synop. Fl, N. Am. vol. ii. p. 27, partim ; Surgent, Silva, vol. v. p. 128, t. 231 ; 
Elwes & Henry, Trees of Great Brit. & Ireland, vol. ili. p. 565; species 
A, Andrachne, Linn., similis, sed foliis amplioribus subtus pallidioribus et 
connectivo antherarum loculos leviter superante differt. 
Arbor 6-15, rarissime ultra 30 m. alta; truncus 0°3-1°25 interdum ad 2 m. 
diametro, omnino vel partim ut rami vetusti cortice deglubente deinde 
laevissimus, cinnamomeus; coma latissima; ramuli primo pallide rubri, 
virides vel aurantiaci, glabri vel interdum pilis conspersis cito evanescenti- 
bus vestiti, Jolia elliptica vel oblonga, 7-18 em. longa, 4-8 em, lata, apice 
rotundata vel brevissime cuspidata, basi rotundata, subcordata vel cuneata, 
integerrima vel interdum (praecipue plantarum juvenilium) serrata, 
coriacea, supra saturate viridia, nitida, subtus g’auca; petioli crassi, 
1-2°25 em. longi, supra canaliculati. /ores in paniculis erectis termina- 
libus puberulis 12-15 em. longis latisque dispositi; pedicelli 4-5 mm. 
fructiferi ad 1 em. longi, bracteis scariosis ovatis brevioribus subtendentes. 
Calyx albidus, parvus, scariosus, 5-lobatus. Corolla urceolata, alba, 
circiter 5 mm. longa. Staminum filamenta pilosa, basi dilatata; antherae 
recurve biaristatae, connectivo loculos leviter superante. Ovarium 
glabrum, 5-loculare, loculis pluriovulatis. Fructus drupaceus, granulatus, 
saepius subglobosus, lucide aurantiacus, ad 12 mm. longus. A. prvcera, 
Dougl. ex Lindl. Bot. Reg. vol. xxi. t. 1753; DC. Prodr. vol. vii. p. 582; 
Paxt. Mag. Bot. vol. ii. p. 147 cum tab. col. A. laurifolia, Hook. FI. Bor.- 
Am. vol. ii, p. 36, non Lindl.—S. A. SKaN. 
Under the name of Arbutus procera this handsome 
evergreen tree was introduced into this country by the 
Horticultural Society of London through their collector, 
David Douglas, in 1825. It appears never to have become 
common, and the specimens usually seen have not reached 
any considerable size. Mr. Elwes, however, records some 
fine trees known to him, the largest being that in the 
gardens of Mr, J. R. Anderson, at Bassetwood, near 
Southampton, which is 50 ft. high. 
Aprin, 1909. 
