2j2 DECANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Aibuliis. 



227. ARBUTUS. Strawberry-tree. Bear- 

 berrv. 

 Linn. Gen. 220. Jass. 160. FL Br.4A\. Tourn. ^368. Lam. <.3()6. 



Gcvrin. t..b9. 

 Uva uvsi. Tourn. t. 370. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 226. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, small, in 5 deep obtuse segments, 

 permanent. Cor. of 1 petal, ovate, rather flattened and 

 transparent at the base ; the limb in 5 small, recurved, 

 bhmtish segments. Filam, slightly attached to the base 

 of the corolla, and about half its lengdi, awl-shaped, swell- 

 ino- in the middle. Anih. incumbent, of 2 oval cells, open- 

 m<r by 2 terminal pores, and bearing a pair of short horns, 

 or spurs. Germ, superior, roundish, seated on an orbi- 

 cular ten-dotted receptacle. Stijle terminal, cylindrical, 

 erect, the length of the corolla. Stigma obtuse. Beirj/ 

 globular, of 5 cells. Seeds small, angular, bony ; in Ar- 

 butus of Tournefort numerous ; in his Uva itrsi solitary in 

 each cell. 



Trecsj or trailing shrubs^ with alternate, evergreen, simple, 

 mostly serrated, leaves. Pubescence, if any, bristly. FL 

 clustered, white or reddish, drooping. Berries various, 

 black or red, smooth or tuberculated, more or less mealy, 

 not very wholesome. 



1, A. Uncdo. Common Strawberry-tree. 



Stem arboreous. Leaves smooth, blundy serrated. Pani- 

 cle terminal. Berry with many seeds. 



A. Unedo. Lm/i. % PZ. 5G6. Suppl. 238. milcLv.2. C)\6. FL 

 Br. 442. Engl. Bot. r.34. t. 2377. 



Arbutus. Rail Sijn. 464. Ger. Em. 1496./. Matth. Valgr. v. 1. 

 24.5. /. Gamer. Epit. 168./. Dod. Pempt. 803./. 804. Bauh. 

 Hist.v. \.p. 1.83./. 



A. folio sei-rato. Bauh. Pin. 460. Mill. Ic. 32. t. 48./. 2. 



On limestone rocks in Ireland. 



About the lake of Killarney plentifully. Mr. Crowe. 



Tree. September. 



A bushy tree, of very great size in Crete and the Levant ; the 

 young shoots often red, and rough with glandular hairs. Bark 

 of the main stem reddish-brown, the external layers coming off 

 in thin flakes. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, unequally serrated, 

 bright green, veiny, rigid, on hairy footstalks, without stipulas. 

 Clusters panicled^ bent downwards, smooth, Bracteas oblong. 



