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DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Arbutus. 





AR'BUTUS. Cal. with 5 divisions, Moss, egg- 

 shaped, pellucid at the base : mouth 5-cleft: 

 berry 5 -celled, many-seeded : superior. 



U'nedo. A. Stem tree-like : leaves smooth, bluntly serrated : pani- 

 cle terminating: berries with many seeds. 



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Hunt. E<vel. 373. ii. /. 81. ed. 2-Milt. 48. 1 and Z-Clus. I. 

 v ■ * 47. 2-ZW. 804. 2-Lob. obs. 571-Ger. em. 1±<)6-Part. 



1490. l-y. B. i. a. $3~Matth. 270-Ger. 1310. 2-Lonic. 



u 56. I. 



Berries rough with tubercles formed by the seeds. Linn. Stem, 

 serratures of the Leaves and Flower-scales coloured. Calyx seg- 

 ments lapping over each other, coloured at the points* Bloss. 

 reenish white, a little hairy within. Anthers reddish scarlet, 

 ouble, opening at the base, with 2 yellow horns. Berries red. 



Common Strawberry Tree. In the West of Ireland ; in the 



county of Kerry ; near the Lake of Killarney. Ray. On barren 

 limestone rocks. Mr. Crowe. S. Sept 



alpi'na. 



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A. Stems trailing : leaves wrinkled, somewhat serrated, 



and fringed with hairs. 



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FI. dan.73-Light. 11. a. b. at p. 2l6-Clus. 1. 6l~Ger. em. 

 1417. A-Park. 1456. 3~Ger. 1230. 4-J. B. u a. 519. 



Berries black, globular, sitting upon a very small red cup. 

 Mountain Strawberry Tree. Dry mountains, in Scotland 



and the Western Isles. S. May.t 



Uva u/si. A. Stems trailing : leaves oblong-egg-shaped, very entire, 



veined like net- work underneath. 





E. hot. 7U-Kntph. 9-FI. dan. 33-Black<w. 592. 1. 2 and 



Wood<v. 70-Llghtf. 



p. 216- 



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7.5.1.^.523- 



Lob. obs. 547. 1-Ger. em. 14i(>. 5-Park. 1457- 6. 



Blossom, mouth very much contracted, tinged with red. Mr. 

 Woodward. ^ Flowers flesh-coloured. Bemes red. 



Bear-berries. Bear Whortle -berries. Bear-berry. Straw-berry 



Tree* Dry heaths and woods. East Common Wood, near Hex- 



* It is a beautiful ornament to our shrubberies, not only on account 

 of its foliage and flowers, but of its fruit, which is pleasing to the eye, 

 though not grateful to the taste. The country people, however, in In- 

 land, eat it, but always drink water after. 



t The berries have something of the flavour of black currants, -Wi 

 they are not so good. Goats refuse it. 











