nS2 XCIII. ERECAOE^E. [Arhutcw. 



iiacea, albuiniiie ctu'iioso ; embiyo axilisj cylindraceusj railiciila supera liilo x^i'^^^iii^^'- — 

 Arbores fratices v. fniticuli depressi v, evecti. Folia alterna, pctiolata, coriacea, iute- 

 gernma v. serrata, persistentia, in una specie decidua. Flores inter luinoresj inracemos 

 paniculaave terminales diapositi, nutantes, pedicellatij albi flavi v, rosei, bracteati et 

 bracteolati. 



Species ad 15, qiiarmn 2 rogioncs frigidjis hemisplirerii borealis incolunt, cseteros Mcxieaiife v. 

 Californicfe. DC- Prod. vi5. 584, Walp, Hep, \\. 726; Ann. \u 1107. A. GraymVroc, Amer. 

 /loW, vii. 366. S. Wats, Bot. iO P;;r^;/^ 210, lithhL Ic. Fl. Germ, t. 1107- H. S. et K, Nov, 

 Gen. et Sp. i. 258, 259, Hook. PL Sor, A7}icr. t. 130 (Arbutus). A. Gray, Bot. Nmhcrnj Exped 

 22 I, 3. Torr. in Emort/ KoL MiliL lieconn. t 7- Hook. Ic, PL L 27 {Arbutus). Bot. Miuj. t, 

 3320, 3904, 3927- Bot. Tug. t. 1791, 1844. t. 17, 1845. "/. 32. 



Genus ex indole drupa^, in speciebus pluribus adhue ignotre, a variis auctopibus in genera 

 scquentia dividitur quorum prinium regiunesfrigulas Europye et Americie habitat, eastern Mt-xicaua 

 V. Califurnica. 



AitcTOSTAPHYi-os, Klotzsch in Linna'd^ xxiv. 78. (Mairania, Nech.ElemA. 2l9). Drupa globosa, 

 5-pjTena, Isevis. 



CoMAGOffTAPHYLis, Zucc. Nov, Stirjy. ii, 24 {hi Ahh. Bab\ Acad, Wiss. \\.), Walp. Ami. ii. 1105. 

 JSot. Beg. 1843, t, 30. Drupa grannUita, putaminc u-Ioculan v, abortu 1-loculari. 



'KvLiiono'ViiXSy NutL in Tr<{7is, Amer. P/uL Soc. sir. 2, viii, 267. JValp, Ann. ii. 1108. Dnipa 

 liT^yis, 3^5-pyrena, farinosa, pyrenis kbyrinthiformibus tomentosiis. 



Dapunidostaphyus, Klotzsch, Lc. Walp. Ann, u. 1109. Itacca Ipevi^, 6-7-10-Iaculans, 1-8- 

 gpenna. la excmplaribtis tanien uo^tris B. ghtitc(e^ Kl,, cirupa 5-pyrena, pyrenis osseis co- 

 hserentibiis, 



_ Xylococcus, ^''iiii!. lit Trans. Amcr, Phil. SoCs sir. 2, viii. 258. Drupa liovis, Hiccn, pntiimino 

 osseo abortu 1-spcrmo. 



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3. Pemettya, Gaud, m Ann, Sc. Nat. ser. i. v* 102, et in Freyc, Voij. Bot 454, t. 67- — 

 Calyx 5-partitu3, fructu immutatus, persistens. Corolla nrceolata, v, globosa, breviter 

 5-loba^ lobia rcourvia. Stamina 10, inclusa, filamentis ima basi tubi eorollai leviter 

 adnatis, basi dilatatis ; antlierre breves, dorso mnticre, oblong^j 2-tubulo3£e, tubulis 

 apice S-cuapidatis rarissiine nniticiSj pons tenninalibn,s dehiscentibus. Discus 10- rarissime 

 0-lobus, Ovarium leviter 5-lubimi, 5-locnlare ; stylus ct)lumnaris, stigmate simplici ; 

 o\'ula nuinerosa, in placeiitis tuiuidis angulo iiiterioriadnatis conferta. Bacca globosa, 5- 

 locularisj polysperma. Semina minutaj compressa, obtuse angulata, testa Crustacea, 

 albiimine carnoso ; embryo axilis, cylindraceus, radiciilabiloproxima- — Frutiees v, fniti- 

 culi, rigidi, glaberrimi v. hispidi v, ciliati. Fulia atepius parva, alterna, breviter potiolata^ 

 serrata, penninervia, coriacea, dura, persistentia. Flores parvi, in axillis aolitarii v, in 

 racemes axillares v, terminales dispositi, albi v. rosei, nutantes ; peciiceWis* curvis bracteatis 

 et 2-bracteolatis* 



Species ad 15, ab auctoribus inordinate multiplicatoe, quarura una rnnntiuni Tasnianijp ot Nova* 

 Zelandiie incola, altera Brasiliaiia, ea^terse montan^'e Aniericae occidentalis a Fuegia^ usque ad Mexi- 

 cum. pa Prod. vii. 586. Walp. Re}}, n. 726, vi. 416; A?m. i. 478. ii- IIIO. C. Gag, Fl ChiL 

 iv. 352, Hool: f, FL Tasm. I 242, t. 73. Cav. Ic. xi. t. 563,/. 1 {Andromeda). Mviss7i. in Mart, 

 FL Bras. vii. 149, /. ry^. Homlr. et Jacquin. Fog. Pole SiuL i. 22. Hook. Ic. PL t. 9, BvL Mag. f. 

 3093 {Arhitm), 3889, 4920. Bot, Beg, L 1 67 o(Arhtitifs) et 1840 L 63. 



Species Tasmanica et Novo-Zelandica subgenus efficit Perandraid, Hook, f. I.e., antlieris upico 

 rotundatis dii^coqu*^ 5-lobo insigne. 



TrIBUS II, ANDROilEDE.E. 



4. Caaltberla, Linn. Gen. n, 551 (Gualtberia, Scop. Tntrod. ; B. BrrProd. 558, ct and. 

 pliiv), — Calyx 5-partitns v. 5-fidu3, baai nudus v, bracteolis 2 liberis v- connatia calyculatns, 

 accrescena et capsulam involvena, v, rariua imniutatvis, persistens. Corolla urceolata v. 

 campanulata, 5-luba, lobis patentibus v, recurvis imbricatis. Stamina 10, basi tubo 

 corollre adh^erentia, inclusa ; filainentiB glabria v. pilosis saspius supra ba^in dilatatis ; 

 anthers 2-loculareS; loculia in tubulos siepius reciu'vos apice 2-dentatos v, furcates, rarius 



