Arctostaphylos. "2 



utrinque aequidistaus. Radicula bilum spectans. Cotyle- 

 doncs breves. — Ab Andromeda ut {jenus distinguenda? 



Arctostaphylos Atlans., Kth. 



Calyx quinquepartilus, persistens. CoroUa monope- 

 tala, hypog^yna, globosa vel ovato-canipanulala, limbo 

 quinquefida et reflexa, dccidna. Stamina 10, hypogyna, li- 

 bera, inclusa. Anlherae biloculares, lateribus compres- 

 sae, apice biporosae, dorso infra apicem suspensac ibique 

 biaristatae, in flore aperto iutrorsae, in alabaslro reflexo- 

 adscendentcs et extrorsae. Ovarium disco hypogyno ur- 

 ceolato imposifum vel semiimmcrsum, 5-, rarius 6 — 9- 

 loculare; loculis uniovulalis. Stylus 1. Stig^ma obtusum. 

 Nuculanium subglobosum, pentapyrenum; pyrenis mono- 

 spermis. Frutices val sitffrutices. Folia sparsa, plerumque 

 coriacea. Racemi ierminales. Flores jpedicellati, bracteati. 



1. Arctostaphylos officinalis Wimmer et Grahowslci, 

 SU. 1. 391. 



Canlibus prostratis; foliis obovato-oblongis, obtusis, 

 integ-errimis, reticulato- venosis, coriaccis, glabris, niti- 

 dis, pcrsistentibus; junioribus margine nervoque medio 

 subtus hirtellis; racemis terminalibus, abbreviatis, brac- 

 teatis, cernuis. 



A. Uva Ursi Spreng. Syst. 2. 287. Kunth. Tlant. of- 

 ficin. 245. 



Arbutus Uva Ursi Linn. Spec. 566. Flor. Dan. t. 33. 

 Schkuhr, Handb. 1. /. 118. Hayne , Arzneigeic. 4. t. 20. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 714. Sturm. Germ. fasc. 6. Jtlert. et Koch. 

 Germ. 3. 100. 



Uva ursi procumbens Moench. Meth. 470. 



In sylvis acerosis rarius. (Jung^fernhcide 

 [Willd.], Rahnsdorfer Ilcide [Cham.], Biesen- 

 thalsche Forst [Schl.], Spandau.) Floret Majo."^ 



CoroUae carneae. Filamenta inferne dilatata, medium 

 versus utrinque pilosa. Antherae violaceo - pnrpureae. 

 Fruclus globosi, rubri. 



