182 PVROLACEiE. [Arbutus. 



in the wild district of Erris, County of Mayo. Fl. March, April. T? . 

 An upright much branched shrub from two to four feet high, more 

 compact and less luxuriant in growth than var. «. cultivated in gardens. 



5. Arbutus. Linn. Strawberry-tree. 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla ovate. Berry superior, 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. — Name, according to Theis, from ar, rough or 

 austere, and boise, a bush in Celtic. 



Decandria. Monogynia. 



1. A. Unedo, Linn. Strawberry-tree. Stem arboreous ; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrated ; panicles terminal ; berries 

 granulated. Br. Fl. 1. p. 188. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 252. E. Bot. 



t. %2m. 



Plentiful in the woods of Mucruss, and in all the islands in the lower 

 and upper lakes of Killarney, as well as at Glengariff, near Bantry, ge- 

 nerally among limestone rocks. About most of the mountain lakes in 

 the barony of Beer, certainly indigenous ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. 

 Oct. The fruit ripens in the following October or November. T? . — In 

 1S05, when I first visited Killarney, I measured a tree of this beautiful 

 evergreen in Rough-island opposite to O'Sullivan's Cascade, whose 

 stem was nine feet and a half in girth. A single tree of the scarlet 

 flowered variety was pointed out to me near the entrance to GlengarifF 

 growing on red slate. The floivers are large, in the common variet)', 

 pale-greenish white. The fruit red and not ungrateful to the taste 

 when fully ripe. Black-birds and thrushes are very fond of them. 



2. A. Uva Ursi, Linn. Red Bear-berry. Stems procum- 

 bent ; leaves obovate, entire, evergreen ; racemes terminal. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 189. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 233. E. Bot. t. 714.— Arc- 

 tostaphyllos Uva Ursi, Sprengl. Lindl. 



Very abundant on the limestone mountains, barony of Burren, 

 County of Clare, and on several mountains in Cunnamara. At Fair- 

 head, County of Antrim ; Mr. Templeton. Fl. May. T? . — Stems 

 very long and trailing. Leaves obovate, stiff, rigid, glabrous, their mar- 

 gins revolute. Flowers in small crowded racemes, terminal, of a beau- 

 tiful rose-colour. Berry small, red, austere, mealy ; eaten by Moor 

 fowl. 



Ord. 49. PYROLACEiE. Lindl. Pyrola Family. 



Calyx 5-leaved, persistent, free. Corolla monopetalous, 

 hypogynous, regular, deciduous, 4 or 5-toothed, with an imbri- 

 cated aestivation. Stamens hypogynous, twice as numerous as 

 the divisions of the corolla : anthers 2-celled, opening by fis- 

 sures or pores, with or without appendages. Ovary superior, 

 4 — 5-celled, many-seeded, with an hypogynous disk : style 1, 

 straight or declinate : stigma simple. Fruit capsular, 4 — 5- 

 celled, dehiscent, with central placentas. Seeds indefinite, 

 very minute : testa large, loose and reticulated. Albumen 



