PLATE V. 



1. ARBUTUS UNEDO. 



STRAWBERRY TREE. 



This genus contains plants of tbc evergreen, shrubby and orna- 

 mental kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Decandria Monogi/nia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Bicornes. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a five-parted, obtuse, very 

 small permanent perianthium: the corolla is monoj)Ctalous, ovale, 

 and flaltisli at Uic base, diaphanous, with a quinquefid mouth: the 

 divisions obtuse, rcvolule and small: the stamina consist of ten subu- 

 late swelling fihunenls, very slender at the base, affixed to the edge 

 of the base of corolla, and half the length of it: the antherai slightly 

 bifid and nodding: the })islillum is a subglobular germ, on a recep- 

 tacle marked with ten dots: the style cylindric, the length of the 

 corolla: the stigma ihickish and obtusc>: the pericarpium a roundish 

 five-celled berry: the seeds small and bony. 



The species of most importance are: 1. A. Unedo, Common Ar- 

 butus, or Strawberry Ticc : 2. A. Andrachne, Oriental Strawberry 

 Tree; 3. yl. Uva Ursi, Trailing iVrbutus, or Bearberry. 



The first species, Common Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree, rises to 

 the licight of hvcnty or ihiity feel in ils native situation, but rarely 

 with an upiighl stem. But with us it is of nuich humbler growth. 

 It usu.illy puts out branches very near the ground. The leaves keep 

 on all the Avinler, and are thrust off in the spring by new ones, so 

 that it is always clothed w ilh leaves. The berries have many seeds 

 in them, and are roughened willi llie tubercles of the seeds. 



There arc several vaiiclies; as v.iih large oval fruit, with round 



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