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No. 9. 



ARBUTUS UVA-URSt. 



English Name—BEAR-BERRY. * 

 French Name— Bousserole RAisin d*Ours. 

 German Name — Erdbeartege Sandbeere. 



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Officinal Name — Uva-Ursi, 



Vulgar Names — Mountain Box, Redberry, Up- 

 land Cranberry, 



Authorities — Linnaeus, WoodviUe, Michaux, 

 Pursh, J. S. Mitchell, Murray, Girardi, Dispensa- 

 ries, Schoepf, Ferriar, Dehaen, B. Barton, Bigelow, 

 fig. 6, and Sequel, &c. 



Genus Arbutus — Calix five parted and free. Co- 

 rolla ovate, five toothed. Stamina ten basilar, fila- 

 ments hairy, anthers bifid, each part bipore. One 

 pistil, one style, stigma simple* Berry free, five 

 celled. 



Species A. Uva-Ursi — Stem procumbent; leaves 

 scattered, cuneate, obovate, entire, coriaceous : flow- 

 ers in small clusters, peduncles reflexed, bracteolate: 

 berries globular^ smooth, five seeded. 



DESCRIPTION— Roots perennial, creeping, slen- 

 der. Stems procumbent, trailing, cespitose, radicate, 

 the young shoots tending upwards, cylindric, cuticle 

 pealing off. Leaves numerous, scattered, variable in 

 shape, narrow or broad, always acute and alternate at 

 the base, on short petiols, thick, coriaceous, evergreen^ 



