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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



Synontfme. Cranberry of Staten Island. 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1783. ; our fig. 2377. to our usual scale ; and. fig. 2376. of the natural size. 



Spec. Char. Leaves and branches with woolly margins. Berries red. 

 (Lindl.) An evergreen procumbent shrub, with brownish 

 purple flowers, and red fruit. A native of the southern 

 ■u^^ point of South America, where it is found 

 '*^ " along the sandy coast, spreading over the 

 stones, but especially thriving at the back of 

 the low sand hills, by which the shore is often 

 skirted." (Bot. Mag.) It is also found near 

 Concepcion. It was introduced in 1833, by ^ 

 Mr. Low of the Clapton Nursery, and flowered 

 there in July, 1835. " According to Gaudichaud, 

 the red berries are pleasant to eat." It grows freely in 

 peat, and is quite hard3^ 2378 



2377 



Genus II. 



CORE'MA D.Don. The Corema Z,jh. 5y5<. Dioe'cia Triandria. 



Identification. D, Don in New Edin. Phil. Journ. ; Lindl. in Nat. Syst. of Bot. 



Synonyme. .B'mpetrum, in part, L. 



Derivation. From korema, a broom ; in allusion to the habit of the plant. 



Descrij^tion, ^c. An upright shrub, a native of Portugal ; closely allied to 

 jB'mpetrum, and requiring the same soil and culture in British gardens. 



tt. L C. a'lba D. Don. The white-be7-ried Corema. 



Tdentification. D. Don in New Edin. Phil. Journ. 



Synonymes- £'mpetrum &lbum Lin. Sp., 1450., JVi/ld. Sp. Pi., 4. p. 712., Gcertn. Fruct., 2. 107., 



Mart. Mill., No. 1., Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., S. p. 366. ; E. lusitanicum, &c., Tourn. Inst, 579. ; 



JErlca er^ctis, &c., Bauh. Pin. ; the white-berried Heath, Portugal Crakeberry. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem erect. Branches pubescent. Leaves linear, with revolute 

 margins ; somewhat scabrous above. ( fVi/ld.) A shrub, a native of Por- 

 tugal. Introduced in 1774. 



Description, S^c. An upright-growing low shrub, very much branched, 

 rigid, sprinkled with resinous dots. Leaves scattered in all directions, linear, 

 obtuse, spreading ; flattish above, revolute on the margin. Flowers terminal, 

 grouped, sessile ; imposed upon a hairy disk, white, and larger than those of 

 .E'mpetrum. Groups bracteolated with villose scales. Berry white. Intro- 

 duced from Portugal, in 1774, by Messrs. Kennedy and Lee. Culture the 

 same as for £'mpetrum nigrum. 



Genus III. 



CERATPOLA Mich: 



La.. 



The Ceratiola. 

 Diandria. 



Lin. Syst. Monoe^cia 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer.,2. p. 222. ; Lindl. in Nat. Syst. of Botany, ed. 2. 

 Derivation. From kcration, a little horn ; in allusion to the shape of the stigma. 

 Engravings. Pursh, 1. t. 1.3. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2758. ; our fig. 2380. to our usual scale ; and fig. 2379. of 

 the natural size. 



Description, ^c. A small, heath-like, evergreen shrub ; a native of North 

 America; grown, in British gardens, in peat soil, and propagated by cuttings. 



