XLIII. 



A*CE&: ARBUTUS. 



575 



Variety. 



< * A. h. 2 Millcr\ (A. Miller* Mayes in West of England Journal of 

 Science and Lit., Jan. 1835; and Gard. Mag., xi. p. 259.) was raised 

 from seed in the Bristol Nursery, from the scarlet-flowered variety of 

 A. t/Yiedo and A. ^ndrachne. The flowers are of a delicate pink, 

 the leaves are large, and the plant vigorous. 



Apparently a hybrid between A. CTnetlo and A. ^fndrachne. It grows as 

 rapidly as the A. CAiedo, forms fully as large a tree, is more beautiful in its 

 flowers, which are in larger panicles, and is nearly as hardy. 



j i 3. A. ^NDRA'CHNE L. The Andrachne Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 5P(J. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 834. 



Snoiiymes. A. integrifclia Lam*; ^ndrSchne Theophrast/ Clus. Hist. 1. p. 48. ; Jndrachne Park. 

 This is the Adrachne of Theophrastus ; and it is called Adrachla in modern 



t. 2024. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. : and 



Theatr. 1490. f. 2. 

 Greek. 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 113. ; Bot. Mag 

 ourjl[>s. 1081. and 1082. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oblong, bluntish, entire in some, a little serrated in 

 others, glabrous. Panicles terminal, erect, clothed with viscid down. Flowers 



1081. A. Xndr&chne. 



greenish white. Fruit like that of A. CTnedo. (Don's Mill.) An evergreen 

 shrub or low tree. Greece, Asia Minor, and Tauria. Height 20 ft. to SO ft. 

 Introduced in 1724. Flowers greenish white; March and April. Fruit like 

 that of A. CTnedo ; ripe in December. 



Variety. 



1084. A. /JndriVchne. 



m A. A. 2 serratifolia, A. ser- 

 ratifolia Nois., (Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab., t. 580. ; and our fig. 

 1083.) has the leaves ser- 

 rated, and narrower than 

 those of the species. The 

 flowers are yellowish, and 

 disposed in rather large 

 terminal clusters. 



It differs from the common arbutus in having 

 much longer leaves, smooth, coriaceous, and shining, 

 and but slightly if at all serrated, and polished ; but 

 the outer bark cracks, and peels off in very thin 



