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DESCRIPTIONS UF THE SHRUBS 



FIG. 414. Pringle's Arcto- 

 staphylos. 



FIG. 415. Bicolored Arcto- 

 staphylos. 



KEY OF FORMS OF AKCTOSTAPHYLOS FROM THE 

 PACIFIC REGION HARDY ONLY SOUTH 



* Leaves smooth and fruit on smooth stems. (A.) 



A. Flowers in umbel-like clusters ; shrub 3-10 feet. DOWNY ARC- 

 TOSTAPHYLOS (410) Arctostaphylos pungens. 



A. Flowers in elongated clusters ; shrub or tree to 30 feet. MAN- 

 ZANITA (411) Arctostaphylos Manzanita. 



* Leaves smooth ; fruit stems glandular. (B.) 



B. Flowers in elongated clusters; shrub or tree 8-25 feet. PALE- 

 LEAVED ARCTOSTAPHYLOS (412) Arctostaphylos glaiica. 



B. Flowers in spreading clusters, light pink on sticky stems; 5-15 

 feet. Most ornamental. VISCID ARCTOSTAPHYLOS Arcto- 

 staphylos vfscida. 



* Leaves more or less hairy ; twigs bristly. (C.) 



C. Flowers in dense short panicles; 2-6 feet. Hardiest species. 

 BRISTLY ARCTOSTAPIIYLOS (413) Arctostaphylos tomentosa. 



C. Flowers in leafy clusters; fruit bristly. PIMNGLE'S ARCTO- 



STAPIIYLOS (414) Arctostaphylos Pringlei. 

 C. Flowers in nodding dense racemes rose-colored ; fruit smooth. 



BICOLORED ARCTOSTAPHYLOS (415) Arctostaphylos bicolor. 



