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used as astringents.' The fruit of the Oriental Arbutus Andrachne’ is edible, and its wood is used 
for fuel. 
Arbutus is chiefly valuable for the beauty of its smooth red branches, evergreen foliage, and large 
clusters of white flowers, and the two European species have been cultivated in gardens since the time 
of the ancients.° 
Arbutus, the classical Latin name of the species of southern Europe, was adopted by Linnzus as 
the name of the genus. 
Savi, Flora Italiana, i. t. 5.—Sibthorp, Fl. Grec. iv. 66, t. 373. — 2 Linneus, Spec. ed. 2, 566 (1762). — Savi, J. c. t. 12. — Nouveau 
Bot. Mag. xlix. t. 2319. — De Candolle, Prodr. vii. 581. Duhamel, i. 76, t. 22.— Bot. Reg. ii. t. 113.— Bot. Mag. xlvi. t. 
Arbutus serratifolia, Salisbury, Prodr. 288 (1796).— Loddiges, 2024. — Sibthorp, J. c. 67, t. 374. — De Candolle, J. c. 582. 
Bot. Cab. vi. t. 580. Arbutus integrifolia, Salisbury, J. c. (1796). 
Unedo edulis, Hoffmannsegg & Link, Fl. Port. i. 415 (1809). 8 Loudon, /. c. 1118. 
1 Loudon, Arb. Brit. ii. 1119. 
CONSPECTUS OF NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES. 
Ovary glabrous; leaves oval or oblong, entire or rarely serrate . . . . . - . - + « ~ J. ArsButous MeEnzzigsit. 
Ovary pubescent ; leaves oval, ovate, or lanceolate . . . . . . . . ss + + « « « & ARBUTUS XALAPENSIS. 
Ovary glabrous, conspicuously porulose ; leaves lanceolate or rarely narrowly oblong . . . . 3. ARBUTUS ARIZONICA. 
