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Arbutus canariensis. Teneriffe 



Strawberry-Tree. 



Oafs and Order. 

 Decandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Col. 5-partitus, Cor, ovata : ore 5-fido, bafi pellucida. Bacca 

 §-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms, 



ARBUTUS camrienfis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis ferratis, pani- 

 culis verticalibus hifpido-glutinofis. Lam. EncycL Metb. 

 Sup. v. 1. p. 419. Duhamel Arb. edit nov. 1. p. 80. 



ARBUTUS procera ,• caule arboreo, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 ferratis hirfutis. Solander MJf. apud Mufeum Bank/. 



MADRONOS Hifpanis injularum canarien/mm, ex autt.Maffonu 



The fpecimen of this plant, preferved in the Bankfian Her- 

 barium, was difcovered by the late Mr. Francis Masson, 

 growing in the woods in the Ifland of Teneriffe, where it forms 

 a tallifh tree. 



M. Lamark has inferted it in the Supplement to the Ency- 

 clopedic, under the article Arboufier de Canarie, and records that 

 it was found in the Canary Iflands by M. Riedle. 



The colour of the flowers, as in Arbutus Unedo, varies from 

 greenifli-white to red. The fpecimen from which our drawing 

 was made, was communicated by Mr. Whitley, from Font- 

 hill, laft May. It flowered alio at the fame time at Meflrs. 

 Malcolm and Sweet's Nurfery, at Stockwell-Common, but 

 did not produce any fruit. 



Mr. Mass on obferves, that in the Canary Ifles the berries 

 are made into a fweet-meat. 



Cultivated in the confervatory. Propagated by cuttings or 

 layers* 



