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ARBUTUS T?NEDO (Stmwlerry-trce). 



7. ARCTOSTIPHYLOS (Bear-berry). 



1. A.Uva-Ursi (Bed Bear-berry). Stems prostrate; 

 leaves inversely egg-shaped, entire, evergreen; flowers 

 in terminal clusters. Mountainous heaths in the north ; 

 abundant. A small shrub, distinguished by its long 

 trailing stems, blunt leaves, which turn red in autumn, 

 rose-coloured flowers, and scarlet berries, which are a 

 favourite food of moor fowl. The leaves are used in 

 medicine as an astringent. FL May. Shrub. 



* A. alpina (Black Bear-berry) resembles the last 

 in its mode of growth, but the leaves are wrinkled and 

 serrated, and not evergreen ; the flowers are- white, with 

 a purplish tinge ; the berries black. It is most common 

 on mountains in the north of Scotland. 



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