578 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM 1JRITANN1CUM. 



America, it has been used for tanning leather, and dyeing it an ash-grey 

 colour. On rockwork in gardens it is very ornamental. 



u 2. A. AT. PI' N A Spreng The Alpine Bearberry. 



>preng. Syst, 2. p. 287. ; 1 

 Synonyme. ^'rbutus alplna I.in. Sp. 566. 



Identification. Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 287. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 836. 

 Synonyme. ^f'rbutus alplna I.in. Sp. 566. 

 Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 2030. ; and our fig. 1088. 



Spec. Char., %c. Stem procumbent. Leaves obovate, acute, wrinkled, ser- 

 rated, deciduous. Racemes terminal. Pedicels rather hairy. The flowers 

 grow in reflexed racemes, and are pure white. (Don's Mill.} A trailing 

 evergreen siirub. Denmark, Switzerland, Siberia, Lap- 

 land, c. ; the Highlands of Scotland, on dry moors ; 

 also in Canada, &c. Height 1 ft. ; shoots 2 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Flowers in reflexed racemes, pure white ; April to June. 

 Fruit black, of the size of a sloe, with a taste somewhat 

 resembling that of black currants, but more mawkish : 

 ripe in September. 



In British gardens, it has long been a favourite peat- 

 earth trailing shrub, requiring an airy situation. It does 



. . . . \ 9 * / T t i 1088. A. a/pnia. 



not thrive in the immediate vicinity of London, nor where 



it is much sheltered ; but, either on rockwork, in beds of dry peat, or in 



moist peat, it grows with great luxuriance, and occasionally ripens fruit. 



A. pungens H. B. et Kunth (Don's Mill., lii. p. 836.) is a native of Mexico, 

 in elevated places, near Moran and Villalpando, where it forms a branchy 

 shrub, about a foot in height. Introduced in 1839. Hort. Soc. Garden. 



GENUS XVI. 



PERNE'TTYJ Gaud. THE PERNETTYA. Lin. Syst. Decandria. 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. Gaud, in Frey. Voy., p. 454. t. 67. ; Don's Mill., 3 p. 836 



Derivation. Named after Dom Pernetty, the author of the Account of a Voyage to the Falkland 

 Isles ; a work remarkable for its interest, as well as for its candour and exactness. Tlie original 

 species of this genus was mentioned by this traveller under the name of " Bruyere a feuilles 

 pointues." (Lindl. in Bot. Reg.) 



Gen. Char. Calyx inferior, 5-parted. Corolla globose ; limb 5-parted, re- 

 volute. Stamens 10, almost hypogynous, enclosed; filaments thickened at 

 the base. Cells of anthers bifid, and dehiscing at the apex. Ovarium free, 

 depressed, globose, 5-celled ; cells many-seeded ; hypogynous scales or 

 glands 10, 3-lobed, forming a ring round the ovarium, and alternating with 

 the stamens. Style terminal, short. Stigma convex, obsoletely 5-lobed. 

 Berry propped by the rather fleshy calyx. Seeds minute, oblong-ovate. 

 (Don's MM.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, evergreen ; very small, approximate. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, drooping, with bracteate peduncles. Shrubs, 

 evergreen, small, spreading, much branched ; natives of Europe and America. 



tj. 1. P. MUCRONA^TA Gaud. The mucronate-leaved Pernettya. 



Identification. Gaud, in Ann. Sc., 5. p. 102. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 836. 



Synonyme. ,4'rbutus mucronata Lin.fil. Suppl. p. 239. 



Cravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1675. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3093. ; and our fig. 1089. 



Spec. Char., tyc. Leaves ovate, cuspidate, denticulately serrulate, stiff, shining 

 on both surfaces. Pedicels axillary, bracteate, about equal in length to the 

 leaves. Flowers white, drooping. (Don's Mill. ) A neat little evergreen 

 shrub. Terra del Fuego, Cape Horn, and the Straits of Magellan. Height 

 ' ft. to 3 ft. Introduced in 1828. Flowers white; May. 



