XLIII. RICA CEii; : ^ RBUTUS. 



o75 



Va'-icfy. 



y A. h. 2 Alilleri {A. Milleri Mayes in West of England Journal of 

 Science and Lit., Jan. 18.35 ; and Gard. Mag., xi. p. 259.) was raised 

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

 A. ZJnedo and A. ^ndrachne. The flowers are of a delicate pink, 

 the leaves are large, and the plant vigorous. 



Apparently a hybrid between A. f/ nedo and A. vlndrachne. It grows as 

 rapitlly as the A, CTnedo, forms fully as large a tree, is more beautiful in its 

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



^ndra'chne L. The Andrachne Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 



f 3. ^ 



Jdenlijkation. Lin. Sp., 56G. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. S34. 



Syrionijmes. A. integrif6Ha iflm. ; Andrachne Theophraste Clus. Hist. 1. p. 48. ; AnAra.c\vae Park. 



Tkeatr. 1490. f. 2. This is the Adrachne of Theophrastus ; and it is called Adrachla in modern 



Greek. 

 Ennravings. Bot. Reg., t. 113. ; Bot. Mag., t. 2024. ; the plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vi. ; and 



ourflgs. 1081. and 1082. 



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

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





1081. ..4. .4ndrachne. 



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 30 ft. 

 Introduced in 1724'. Flowers greenish white; March and April. F>uit hke 

 XfVV ,.<-7ss=- ^^^^ ^'^ ^' ^ '^^^^ i ripe in December. 



Vai iety. 



<( 4i A. A. 2 sei-ratifdlia, A. ser- 

 ratifolia Nois., (Lodd. Bot. 

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

 1083.) has the leaves ser- 

 rated, and narrower than 

 those of the species. The 

 flowers are yellowish, and 

 disposed in rather large 

 terminal clusters. , ^ ^ .. ,. 



1-083. A. A. Mirratifolii. 



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 



108'.:. A. .ndrAchne. the outcr Ixirk cracks, and peels off" in very thin 



