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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



papery layers annually, by which alone it is readily distinguished from the 

 common arbutus. The plants, when young, are somewhat tender ; but, it 

 kept in pots till 2 or 3 feet high before they are planted out, they will endure 

 the winters in the neighbourhood of London without any protection ; and 

 will grow nearly as rapidly as the common arbutus, becoming eventually much 

 larger and finer trees. 



1 ft 4. A. PROCE V RA Douglas. The tall Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree, 



Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg., 1. 1573. 

 Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1573. ; and our fig. 1084. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oblong, serrated, or entire, 



smooth ; petioles smooth. Racemes terminal, 



panicles secund. (Lindl.} A small evergreen 



tree; in British gardens an evergreen bush, with 



fine broad glossy foliage. North-west coast of 



North America. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. In- 

 troduced in 1825. Flowers delicate, greenish 



white; May. Fruit like that of the common 



arbutus. 



Nearly allied to A. ^ndrachne ; but differing in 

 the form and serratnres of its leaves, and in the JjjjSijQ 

 form and size of its flowers. The root shoots are / 

 covered with scattered bristles, as also are the leaf "~ 

 stalk, and the leaves themselves on such shoots are 

 very strongly serrated. 1034 



*. A. TOMENTO'SA Pursh. The downy Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 



ursh Fl. Amer. Sept 

 Synonyme. .^rctostaphylos tomentbsa 



. A. toniei 



Variety. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 282.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 835. 

 Synonyme. ^rctostaphylos tomentbsa Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1791. 

 Engravings. B.ot. Mag., t. 3320. ; Bot. Reg., 1. 1791. ; and our fig. 1085. 



Spec. Char., fyc. The whole plant, except the flowers, downy 

 while young. Branches hispid. Leaves with short and 

 hispid petioles, midribs hispid, and disks oval, acute, sub- 

 cordate at the base, and clothed with white tomenturn 

 beneath. Flowers bracteated, disposed in somewhat headed 

 racemes, which are axillary, and shorter than the leaves. 

 Corolla campanulately pitcher-shaped, pure white. (Dcm\ 

 Mill) A low evergreen shrub. West coast of North 

 America. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Flowers pure white ; Dec. 



Introduced in 182G. 



- A. t. 2 niida Hook, et Arnott in 

 Beech. Voy. Pt. Bot. 144., Hook. 

 Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. t. 129. f. 4. 

 The plant is quite destitute of long 

 stiff hairs. 



* 6. A. DENSIFLO'RA H. B. et Kunth. The' 

 densely fld Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 



Identification. H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 280. 



t. 260. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 835. 

 Engravings. H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 280. 



t. 260. ; and our fig. 1086. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches angular, pilose. 

 Leaves 4 in. to 5 in. long ; their petioles 

 long, pilose ; their disks oblong, acute, 

 sharply toothed, coriaceous, glabrous above, 

 and shining beneath, clothed with brown- 

 tinged down, and the middle nerve with long 

 rusty-hued hairs. Flowers crowded, disposed 



10SG. X.iiensifl 



