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Arbutus mucronata. Sharp-pointed 

 Arbutus. 



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Class and Order. 

 Decandria Monogvnia. 



( Nat. Ord.— ERicEiE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus inferus. Cor. urceolata, limbo 5-dentato, 

 reflexo. Antherts dorso biaristatae. Bacca 6-locularis, pla- 

 centis laminas polyspermas sistentibus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Arbutus * macronata ; caule lignoso difFuso, foliis ovatis 

 cuspidatis denticulato-serrulatis rigidis utrinque niti- 

 dis,, pedunculis axillaribus folia subaequantibus brae- 

 teatis 1-floris cernuis. 



Arbutus mucronata. Linn. fil. Suppl. 239. Forst. Com- 

 ment. Goett. 9. p. 31. Lam. III. t. 366. f. 2. Willd. 

 Sp. PL v. 2. p. 619. Spreng. Syst. Vegei. v. 2. p. 287. 



Descr. Shrub much branched from the root ; branches 

 diffuse, round ; bark brown and cracked, younger branch- 

 es reddish, sparingly pubescent, the hairs flexuose, sub- 

 ulate, arising from red glands, at first white and soon 

 becoming yellow. Leaves (eight lines long, four lines 

 broad) on short petioles, scattered, turned towards the light, 

 flat, naked and shining, dark green in front, pale behind, 

 coriaceous, with a distinct middle rib, but obscure veins, 

 excepting on the old leaves, which are faintly reticulated, 

 ovate or lanceolato - ovate, denticulato- serrulate, and ter- 

 minated 



* So named from ar, rough or austere, and boisc, a bush, in Celtic. 



