white, five-toothed, teeth blunt and revolute. Stamens ten, 
arising from a small green disk ; filaments white, cover- 
ed with minute pubescence, swollen immediately above 
their origin, and there somewhat concave on their inner side, 
subulate upwards ; anthers yellow, attached by their backs, 
ovato-oblong, each loculament with two, small, ascending 
awns, in front of which it opens by a pore. Stigma small, 
red, terminal, very obscurely five-lobed. Style erect, cylin- 
drical, included, colourless. Germen ovate, green, rather 
more than half the length of the style, and equal to the 
filaments, slightly covered with obscure pubescence, and 
depressed on the top, where the style is inserted. 
This species is nearly allied to ARBuTUs mucronata, which 
flowered in the Botanic Garden lately, and is figured in 
Bot. Mag. t. 3093, but is easily distinguished by the cha- 
racter given above. They undoubtedly belong to the same 
Genus, but whether they should be left as species of Arsu- 
TUS, Or removed to GuatruErta or ARcTosTAPHYLOS, or erect- 
ed into anew Genus, must be chiefly regulated by the fruit, 
which I have not seen. I doubt whether the calyx, though 
persisting, will become berried; as in GuatrueriA, but the 
anthers are, as in that Genus, provided with four awns. 
The present species is a native of Mexico, and was raised by 
Mr. Neit from seed received from Mr. Don. From Mr. 
Neitz we received it at the Botanic Garden. In both esta- 
blishments it flowered during May, and is perfectly hardy. 
Graham, 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil :—magnified. 
