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ARBORETUM ET FUUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



GENUS II. 



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CORE' MA D. Don. THE COREMA. Lin. Syst. Dice'cia Triandria. 



Identification. D. Don in New Edin. Phil. Journ. \ Lindl. in Nat. Syst. of Bot. 



Synonyme. .E'mpetrum, in part, L. 



Derivation. From korema, a broom ; in allusion to the habit of the plant. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 3-leaved, membranaceous, naked at the base. Petals 3. 

 Stamens 3. Stigma 6-cleft. Berry globose, 3-stoned. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; scattered, linear, obtuse, 

 spreading, flattish above, and revolute on the margin. Flowers in terminal 

 heads, sessile, situated on a hairy disk ; white, large : heads having villous 

 scales. Berries white. Shrub small, erect, branchy, rigid, covered with 

 resinous dots ; native of the South of Europe. 

 Closely allied to -ETmpetrum, from which it has been recently separated, 



and requiring the same soil and culture in British gardens. 



tt. 1. C. A'LBA D. Don. The \\hite-berried Corema. 



Identification. D. Don in New Edin. Phil. Journ. 



Synonymes. 'mpetrum album Lin. Sp. 1450. ; E. lusitanicum, &c., 



Tourn. Inst. 579. ; .Erica erectis, &c., Bauh. Pin. ; the white- berried 



Heath, Portugal Crakeberry. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 2038. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem erect. Branches pubescent. 

 Leaves linear, with revolute margins ; somewhat sca- 

 brous above. ( Willd.) A low evergreen shrub. Por- 

 tugal. Height Gin. to 12 in. Introduced in 1774. 

 Flowers white; May. Berries white; ripe Nov. 



Much branched, rigid, sprinkled with resinous dots. soss. c.&iba. 



- 2. C. CONRA'D// Torrey. Conrad's Corema, 



Identification. Torrey in Lit., and Card. Mag., xvii. 

 Synonyme. .E'mpetrum ConradzY Torrey. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 2039., from Dr. Torrey. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches glabrous. Leaves 

 subverticillate, alternate, narrowly linear ; 

 young glandularly hispidulous, adult gla- 

 brous. Flowers in small heads, terminal, 

 axillary ; scales of perianth 5 6, obo- 

 vate-oblong, smoothish ; stamens 3 4; 

 style 3 4-parted ; ovary 3 4-cel!ed. 

 (Torrey.) An evergreen heath-like tin- 2 39. c. conrkd. 



der shrub. N. America, in Monmouth, New Jersey, and other districts, 

 in sandy fields and in pine barrens. Height 6 in. to 12 in. Introduced in 

 1841. Flowers whitish ; April. Berries small, reddish; ripe in August. 



GENUS III. 



CERATFOLA Michx. THE CERATIOLA. Lin. Syst. MonoeVia Diandria. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 222. ; Lindl. in Nat. Syst. of Botany, ed. 2. 

 Derivation. From keration, a little horn ; in allusion to the shape of the stigma. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 2-leaved, membranaceous, with 4 scales at the base. 

 Petals 2, converging into a tube. Stamens 2. 

 globose, 2-stoned. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; spreading, needle- 

 shaped, obcuse, glabrous, and shining; marked beneath with a narrow 



at 

 Stigmas 6-cleft. 



Berry 



