Arcto^taphylos. ERICACE^. ..^ 



Kog. t. 1.9 ; Hook. H. n. t. i;U), ct- Hot. Ma^^ t. .'5220. A. conllfoUa, \L\\ 1 c 



I ng long bnstly l.airs on the branches : leaves oval (iialf to two thinls of an inch 



I long , rounded at both ends, someti.nes obscurely cordato, very sh<,rt-,.e io ej 



mostly entire thick and rigid, bright gre.u, the upper sur ace sLn n'^racS 



-trr!v::"S vi^.^lJr'''"^ ^"=^" '- I-^^-^- ovary n.inute,y^to.eZ: 



« * Ovarif glahrom : no hispid hairs on the branches and petioles. 

 4. A Uva-ursi, Spreng. Prostrate, trailing or somewhat creeping almost cla- 

 brous: leaves spatulate or oblong-obovate, obt.^e or retuse : flowe^rs ii smaU and 

 short racemose clusters : lilaments bearded : fruit red. 



Doubtless in the State on the borders of Oregon and northern Nevada ; thence not rare north 



Inoi ^{ P^"^^^^' ^"i<^; ^''T^> '^^^'"'*''. tufted, minutely iomentoso-pubescent : 

 loaves obovate-oval or oblong-obovate, obtuse, or son,o ..f them more or less mucro- 

 nate-tipped, pale : flowers as in the preceding but smaller : lilaments siurincdy 

 bcanlcd or nearly naked. -A. pumila c^- A. acuta, iXutt. 1. c. y;rr»/.,„V/,.i, „/,,?//. 



ttvdsof Linch lon| ' ""^ ^'""' '^'' '"'' ""^^ ''"'•"""^ *"^'^- I^e<'^ves from half to two 



6. A. pungens, HBK. Erect or at Ingli elevations procumbent, min.itelv 

 cinorcous-tomentoso when young, or glabrous : smooth close bark brownish-red 

 (mahogany-color) : leaves commojdy becoming vortical bv a twist of the distinct or 

 pretty long petiole, very rigid, often glaucous or pale, entire or occasionally dentic- 

 ulate wi h a few sharp teeth, varying from oblong-lanceolate to oval, most of them 

 pungently mucronate-acuminate or cuspidate : flowers crowded in very short ra- 

 cemes, on short glabrous pedicels: filaments strongly ciliate bearde^^ 

 turning dull red. - HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. iii. t. 2r)9 ; Torr. in En.ory Kep. t. 7 

 Arbntas pungens, Hook. & Am. Bot. Beechey, 144. Andromeda (?) venuhsa DC 

 Prodr. yn. 607. Ardostaphi/los Hoolrri, Don. A. nla^ca, Watson, Bot. 'xing 

 Exp 210. Aerohotrj/s venvlosus, Nutt. I. c. ; Benth. VI llartw. 321. Daphnido- 

 staphi/hs pnnr/ens i^ J). Jlookeri, Klotzsch. 



Dry and barren ridges cverywhoro, Iwth on the coast and at great olovnt ions, oxtondinc north 

 into Oregon, cast to tjtnh and New Mexi-o, and south into Afexi.-o. This, the com on 7an\ 

 zanrtn, ,s exceedingly variable indu.ling. as it must, the S,nnJI M.mmuta, Nh h at Toleva- 

 tons is procnmbcnt, rising only a few inches in height, and larger forms, with erect s ems tor- 

 ihmeterThn:;^'-;.'^"?.'" ^'^'l^ ""' '''' ^^ J" height ; the short trunk sometimes a Sotin 



a rSierrn im ' 1^^ "^l"'''"^ "?" ^'^ ^'■"""' •, '^""^' "'' *'"^'"' ^'''^''' ^^P^-^i^Hy i" tl'e foot-hills 



a nv 1 A. \ T"'''''' ""'""'-^ °: '1'."*". «''^'""'"'- '^"'' "■'♦'• '"•""•' '".-I larger: pale or glaurou., 

 and ova or ovato leaves, commonly deslitul.. ,.f the i.ung.-nt tip. a.o ns.mllv referred to ,1 

 g^nuca, but that ,s distinguished by its remarkable fruit, '^^rhe fruits of the plesent species ar^ 

 not larger than t_hose of ./. tonwv/osa, oidy 4 lines in diameter, tlie nulh-ts onlv a line or two in 

 (liametcr, separable, or one or two jmirs cohering, tlie pntameu of less thi.kness than the cavity 

 Ihe specific name, pun^jcns, is seldom appropriate for the Californian plant. "'''- •■•■"• •- --'-- 

 by Indians and bears. 



The fruit is eaten 



