ERICACEAE. XXXIV. ARBUTUS. XXXV. ARCTOSTAPHYLOS. 



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Menzies's Strawberry-tree. Tree. 



8 A. TOMENTOSA (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 282.) shrubby; 

 branches hispid ; leaves oval, acute, subcordate at the base, 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath, on short petioles ; pedun- 

 cles axillary, shorter than the leaves, somewhat capitately race- 

 mose ; flowers campanulately urceolate, bracteate. fj . H. 

 Native of the north-west coast of America, where it was collected 

 by Mr. Menzies. Hook. bot. mag. t. 3320. Hook. fl. amer. 

 text. bot. 129. f. 1 . Flowers pure white. The whole herb, except 

 the flowers, is downy, while young. Petioles and mid-rib of 

 leaves hispid. 



Var. ft, ntlda (Hook, et Am. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. 144. 

 Hook. fl. amer. bot. 129 fl.) shrub quite destitute of long stiff 

 hairs. 



Tomentose Strawberry-tree. Fl. Dec. Clt. 1826. Shrub. 



9 A. XALAPE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 279.) leaves oblong, acute, quite entire, glabrous above, but 

 clothed with fuscescent tomentum beneath ; panicle terminal, 

 composed of many racemes, fj . G. Native of Mexico, in 

 mountain woods near Xalapa, and at Malpays de Joya. Epi- 

 dermis separating, brownish purple. Young branches glabrous, 

 but beset with ramentae. Leaves obtuse at the base, 2 inches long, 

 petiolate. Corollas ovate, white. Filaments villous, dilated at 

 the base. 



Xalapa Strawberry-tree. Tree. 



10 A. MOLLIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 280.) 

 leaves oblong, acute, sharply toothed, coriaceous, clothed with 

 soft pubescence above, and canescent tomentum beneath ; panicle 

 terminal, crowded, composed of racemes. ^ . F. Native of 

 Mexico, near Guanaxuato. Branchlets purplish brown, an- 

 gular, downy. Leaves petiolate. Flowers drooping ? like those 

 of the preceding. 



Soft Strawberry-tree. Tree. 



1 1 A. DENSIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 280. t. 260.) leaves on long petioles, oblong, acute, sharply 

 toothed, coriaceous, glabrous above and shining, but clothed with 

 fuscescent down beneath, and the middle nerve with rusty villi ; 

 panicle terminal, composed of approximate racemes ; flowers 

 crowded, fy . F. Native of Mexico, on the eastern declivities 

 of the mountains between La Pileta and Xalapa. Branches an- 

 gular, pilose. Petioles pilose. Leaves 4-5 inches long. Pedi- 

 cels furnished with 3 bracteas at the base. Corollas oval, white. 

 Filaments dilated and pilose at the base. 



Dense-flowered Strawberry-tree. Clt. 1826. Tree 20 feet. ? 



12 A. PETIOLA'RIS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 281.) arboreous ; 

 leaves on long petioles, oblong, acutish, mucronate, with denti- 

 culated margins, membranous, glabrous above, but clothed with 

 canescent tomentose pubescence beneath ; racemes short, crowd- 

 ed, forming a terminal panicle. Tj . F. Native of Mexico, on 

 the western declivities of mountains between Cuernavaca and 

 Guchilaque. Epidermis separating. Branchlets hairy. Leaves 

 rounded at the base, 3 or 3j inches long. Petioles hairy, red. 

 Ramenta numerous at the base of the branches. Pedicels vil- 

 lous, canescent. Corollas ovate-globose, white. Filaments vil- 

 lous, dilated at the base. 



Petiolate-]eaved Strawberry-tree. Tree tall. 



13 A. FERRUGINEA (Lin. syst. 408. suppl. 238.) arborescent; 

 leaves oblong, obtuse, smooth, quite entire ; racemes terminal. 



fy . G. Native of New Granada. Branches angular, smooth. 

 Leaves petiolate. Racemes axillary, and terminating the 

 branches, solitary. Pedicels bibracteate. Flowers remote, nod- 

 ding. Corollas longer than in the other sorts, almost like those 

 of Andromeda. 



Rusty Strawberry-tree. Tree. 



14 A. PHYLLYRE^FOLIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 483.) stem much 

 branched ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, acutely serrated ; 



flowers axillary. Tj . G. Native of Peru. Leaves small. Per- 

 haps a species of Pernettya. 



Phyllyrea-leaved Strawberry-tree. Shrub. 



15 A. FU'RENS (Hook, et Arn. in Beech voy. pt. bot. p. 33.) 

 stem nearly simple, downy ; leaves oval, on short petioles, den- 

 ticulated, coriaceous, with revolute edges, shining above, and 

 glandular on both surfaces, the glands terminating in hairs ; 

 racemes short, axillary ; rachis and pedicels downy and scaly ; 

 calyx glabrous ; corolla glabrous outside, and hairy inside. Jj . 

 F. Native of Chili, about Conception. Qued-Qued, Feuille, 

 3. p. 56. t. 43. A low-growing shrub. The fruit is described 

 by Feuille to be a reddish brown berry, which is dangerous 

 when eaten, causing delirium ; whence the Indian name, which 

 signifies madness. 



Raging Strawberry-tree. Shrub low. 



1 6 A. PUNCTA'TA (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 33.) 

 much branched ; branchlets downy ; leaves nearly sessile, ovate- 

 lanceolate, denticulated, coriaceous, with revolute margins, be- 

 sprinkled with piliferous glands ; racemes axillary, downy, 

 scaly ; calyx glabrous ; corolla glabrous outside, but pilose in- 

 side. I? . F. Native of Chili, about Conception. Apparently 

 a large shrub, and probably the A. phyllyresefolia, Pers. 



.Doited-leaved Strawberry-tree. Shrub. 



Cult. The hardy species of this genus being all ornamental 

 trees or shrubs, are proper for conspicuous places in shrub- 

 beries, or to stand singly on lawns. A. Andrdchne must be pro- 

 tected by a mat in severe weather in winter. Trtey are to be 

 increased by seeds, or by budding or inarching on the commoner 

 kinds. The green-house kinds require the treatment of common 

 green-house plants. 



XXXV. ARCTOSTA'PHYLOS (from ap.croc, arctos, a bear, 

 ora0v\), staphyle, a grape). Gal. Adans. fam. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 277. Spreng. syst. 2. p. 287. IPva-firsi, 

 Dod. Tourn. A'rbutus species, Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Decandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted (f. 139. 

 a.) Corolla globose (f. 139. 6.) or ovate-campanulate ; limb 5- 

 cleft, reflexed. Stamens 10, inclosed; filaments dilated at the 

 base, and pilose ; anthers compressed at the sides, dehiscing by 

 2 pores at the apex (f. 139. b.), fixed by the back beneath the 

 middle, where they are furnished with 2 reflexed awns. Ova- 

 rium seated on the hypogynous disk, or half immersed in it, 

 usually 5-celled (f. 139. g.), rarely 6-9-celled; cells 1-seeded. 

 Style 1 ; stigma obtuse. Drupe nearly globose. Shrubs or 

 subshrubs. Leaves alternate. Racemes terminal. Flowers 

 pedicellate, bracteate. Corollas white or flesh-coloured. Drupes 

 red or black. 



1 A. U'VA-U'RSI (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 287.) stems procumbent ; 

 leaves permanent, obovate, quite entire, coriaceous, shining ; 

 flowers fasciculate; drupe 5-celled. Tj . H. Native of North 

 America, in the pine barrens of New Jersey, and in moun- 

 tainous and rocky situations of Canada and New England ; and 

 the Island of Unalascha. It is abundant on the continent of 

 Europe, as in Sweden, Denmark, and most parts of the north ; 

 also in Switzerland, Germany, Carniola, Dauphiny, Savoy, Si- 

 beria, &c. With us it is common upon dry, heathy, mountainous 

 and rocky places throughout the Highlands and Western Isles 

 of Scotland ; also in the north of England and Wales. A'rbutus 

 uva-ursi, Lin. spec. 566. fl. lapp. no. 162. t. 6. f. 3. 

 Woodv. med. bot. 194. t. 70. Fl. dan. t. 33. Blackw. t. 592. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 714. Arbutus buxifolia, Stokes, bot. 509. 

 LPva-ursi buxifolia Sal in Gray arr. 2. p. 400. Schmidt, 

 arb. t. 138. Plench. icon. 340. It is called in English Bear 

 berries and Bear-nhortle berries, from the German, Baren- 

 traube or Barenbeere ; in Dutch, Beerendruif; in French, La 

 Busserole; in Italian, Uva d'orso; in Spanish, Uba deoso; in 

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