564 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



parents, and sometimes more closely resembling one of them. As seen in cultiva- 

 tion, the bark is smooth, like that of A. Andrachne. The branchlets have the 

 glandular pubescence of A. Unedo, and the leaves are serrate, as in that species ; 

 but have the slightly glaucous tint and conspicuous veins of the other species ; 

 petioles glandular-pubescent. The flowers are borne in spring in large drooping 

 panicles, which are usually glandular-pubescent. The fruit is of moderate size, and 

 slightly tubercular on the surface. 



According to Loudon, var. Milleri, with large leaves and pink flowers, was 

 raised in the Bristol nursery, being a cross between the red-flowered variety of 

 A. Unedo and A. Andrachne. This seems to be rare in cultivation. 



Arbutus hybrida originated in the Fulham nursery early in the nineteenth 

 century. It is, however, known in the wild state, being recorded by Heldreich 

 and Halacsy for several localities in Greece. It is also reported to have been found 

 by Albow ^ at Pizunda, on the north-eastern shore of the Black Sea, which is re- 

 markable, as A. Unedo does not occur wild in this district, and the identification was 

 possibly erroneous. 



A tree growing at Sedbury Park, near Chepstow, the residence of Colonel 

 Marling, V.C., is by far the finest we have seen of this hybrid. It measures 39 

 feet high by 5 feet 10 inches at 5 feet, and 7 feet 4 inches at 3 feet from the ground. 

 It is grafted on a stock of A. Unedo, but shows more of the character of A. 

 Andrachne in its habit and bark. It has been propagated by inarching, and seems 

 to be a hardier tree than A. Unedo (Plate 158). 



There are fair-sized trees at Kew. (A. H.) 



ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE 



Arbutus Andrachne, Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 566 (1762); Bot. Reg. ii. t. 113 (1813); Bot. Mag. t. 2024 



(1819) ; Loudon, Arb. et Frut. Brit. ii. 11 20 (1838). 

 Arbutus integrifolia, Salisbury, Prod. 288 (1796). 

 Arbutus Sieberi, Klotzch, Linnma, xxiv. 71 (1851). 



A large shrub or small tree, attaining 30 to 40 feet in height. Bark peeling off 

 in thin papery layers, smooth, thin, and reddish brown. Young branchlets reddish 

 or green, glabrous ; older branchlets olive-green or brownish, smooth. Buds minute, 

 reddish. Leaves, larger usually in cultivated trees than those of Arbutus Unedo, 

 oval-oblong, contracted into short blunt points at the apex, tapering at the base ; 

 upper surface dark green, glabrous, shining ; lower surface glaucescent, glabrous, 

 with prominent midrib and distinct lateral veins ; margin entire. Petiole glabrous, 

 about \ inch long. 



Flowers in erect viscid glandular-pubescent panicles, yellowish white, appearing 

 in spring. Calyx-lobes deep, ovate, acute. Corolla contracted at the apex, with five 

 reflexed short rounded ciliate lobes. Ovary pubescent. Fruit small, about \ inch, 



' Radde, Pflamemierb. Kaukasusldnd. , 127, note (1899). 



