ERICACEi^ 



BLACK BEARBERRY, Arctosiap/n/hs alpina. 



Dry barren Scotch mountains, rockeries. May — August. The species 

 are propagated by seeds and layers. 



Flowers white or flesh-coloured, resembling Arbutus, in a small terminal 

 reflexed raceme, 2-3-flowered, appearing with the young leaves ; pedicels short, 

 rather hairy ; bracts ciliated ; Cali/d' gamosepalous, inferior, 5 minute sepals ; 

 Corolla gamopetalous, hypogynous, -t-5-lobed, J in. diam., pubescent within ; 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous, filaments subulate, anthers brown, awns very short ; 

 Ovarii superior, 5-10-celled ; disk of 3 fleshy scales; Fruit a berry (drupe), 

 \ in. diam., black, 5-10 stones ; berries eaten by Grouse ; ripe in September. 



Leaves alternate, obovate, or spathulate, shortly petiolate, exstipulate, 

 narrowed towards base, wrinkled and coarsely serrated above middle, ciliated, 

 acute, thin, prominently veined, |-1 J in. long. Autumn tint fiery red, 



A deciduous shrub, 3-4 ins. ; procumbent ; J3ra?iches short, stout, inter- 

 laced ; Bai-k scaly. 



Native of central and northern mountains of Scotland. Badge of the Clan 

 Ross. Synonymous with Arbutus alpina. Generic name from Gr. arktos, 

 a bear, and stajjliyle, a grape, the fruit of some species being eaten by bears. 



POINTED-LEAVED BEARBERRY, Arctostaph/hs pungens. 



Rockeries. February. 



Floivers white, tinged with rose, in a drooping raceme of 8-10 flowers ; 

 pedicels short ; Fruit a drupe, smooth, glabrous. 



Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong, entire, acute, mucronate, coriaceous, downy 

 when young both surfaces, glabrous later, greyish, rather pungent, 1-1 i in. 

 long. 



An evergreen slinih, 1 ft. ; much branched, erect ; BraiicJilcts angular, 

 downy. 



Introduced from Mexico, 1839. 



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