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Vaccinium ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. MADEIRA 
W HORTLE-BERRY. 
Jed ESE bai ise 
Cla/s and Order. 
OcTANDRIA MonocyYNIa. 
Generic Charafer. 
Cal. fuperus. Cor. 1-petala. Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
Bacca 4-locularis, poly{perma. 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
VACCINIUM Ar&oftaphylos ; floribus racemofis, foliis ére- 
nulatis ovatis acutis, caule arboreo. Sp. Pi. 
500. Reich. 2. 106. Willd. 2. 353. Hort. 
Kew. 2. p. 13. Mart. Mill. Di. a. 21. Bot. 
Repof. t. 30. Ejufdem Recenf. p. 20. Pall. 
Roff. v.41. part. 2. p. 45- & 
VITIS IDEA orientalis maxima, cerafifolio, flore variegato. 
Tourn, Cor, 42. it. 2. 223. c. icone. 
A handfome greenhoufe fhrub, native of Madeira, the Levant, 
and Mount Caucafus. Flowers from May to July. Introduced 
by Mr. Francis Masson, in 1997. “Phe sioetleges from 
which our drawing was taken was communicated by Mr. 
LoppicEs, in whofe garden there appears to be two varieties ; 
but as the other has not yet flowered, we can fay nothing 
certain with regard tosethem. This is one of the {pecies which 
has ten ftamens and the calyx and corolla divided into five 
fegments. The berries are black, five-celled, with feveral 
feeds in each, 
TourNeEFortT ima 
gines this fhrub may be the Aréofaphylos 
or Bear’s-berry of Garten, and hence this name was adopted 
by LInNa&us. : 3 
= Yr poclitotinnn Sou, we Ragga He-BE. 
