1120 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PAUT1II. 



Society, and in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, are 1 3 ft. high, after 

 having been 10 years planted. 

 J "ariety. 



& A. h. 2 Milleri (A. Miller/ Mayes in West of England Journ. of Sciemv 

 and Lit., Jan. 1835 ; and Gard. Mag., xi. p. 259.) was raised from 

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

 A. tTnedo and A. Jndrachne. The flowers are of a delicate pink, 

 the leaves are large, and the plant vigorous. 



1 3. A. ^NDRA'CHNE L. The Andrachne Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 566.; Ehret Act. Angl, 57. p. 11-1. t. 6. ; Ker But Reg., 1 113. ; Sims 



Hot. Mag., t. 2024. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 834. 

 Synonytnes. A. integrifblia Lam. ; Andrachne TheophrasU Clus. Hist., 1. p. 48. ; ./ndr&chnePar*. 



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



Greek. 

 Engravings. Ehret Act Angl., 57. t. 6. ; Bot. Reg., 1. 113. ; Bot. Mag., L 2024. j Park Theatr., 



1490. f. 2. ; and the plate in our last Volume. 



Spec. Char. y $c. Leaves oblong, bluntish, entire in some, a little serrated in 

 others, glabrous. Panicles terminal, erect, clothed with viscid down. Flow- 

 ers greenish white. Fruit like that of A. 7 N nedo. (Don's MUl. y m. p. 384.) 

 A native of Greece, Asia Minor, and Tauria. 



Varieties. 



Tournefort enumerates three varieties, which he observed 

 in the Levant : 



1 . With serrated leaves ; 



2. With a large oblong fruit j 



3. With large compressed fruit : but there is only the 



following variety, which is probably the first of those 

 mentioned by Tournefort, in British nurseries : 



J A. A. 2 serrattfvlia (A. serratifblia Nuts. ; Ilic serrated-leaved Arbutus, 

 as shown in Lodd. Bot Cab., t. 53().,andouryz#. 921.; Don's Mill., ,1 

 p. 834.) has the leaves serrated, and narrower than those of the sj>e- 

 cies. The flowers are yellowish, and disposed in terminal clusters. 

 It is cultivated in British gardens ; but it is not known when, or 

 from what country, it was introduced. 



Description. This species differs from the common arbutus in having much 

 longer leaves, smooth, coriaceous, and shining, and but slightly, if at all, ser- 

 rated, and polished; but the outer bark cracks, and peels off in very thin papery 

 layers, annually. By this feature alone it is readily distinguished from the 

 common arbutus. The flowers resemble those of the common sort ; but the 

 fruit is oval, with flat seeds ; whereas in the common sort the seeds are 

 pointed and angular. The plants, when young, are somewhat tender ; but, if 

 kept in pots till 2 ft. or 3 ft. high before they are planted out, they will endure 

 the winters in the neighbourhood of London without any protection ; and 

 will grow nearly as rapidly as the common arbutus, becoming eventually 

 much larger and finer trees. 



Geography. The Arbutus Andrachne is most abundant in the Levant. 

 It is found in the Isle of Candia, and in various islands of the Archipelago, 

 in the neighbourhood of Damascus, Aleppo and Antioch ; also on Mount 

 Olympus, about Smyrna, and in various other ports of Syria. It is found in 

 some places in the north of Africa. 



History. The tree abounds in Greece, and is mentioned by Theophrastus 

 and other writers under the name of Adrachne. Pausanias says that the 

 Adrachne produces the best fruit on Mount Helicon. In the Nouveau Dn 

 Ilantel, it is stated that the translators of Pausanias have confounded two 

 names, by which the Greeks designated two plants quite different : Adrachne, 

 which is the species of ,4'rbutus now before us; and Andrachne, the Portulaca of 

 the Latins, and the modern Veronica Beccabiinga. Clusius, J. Bauhin, Hay, 

 and Tournefort recognised this difference, and spelt the word accordingly ; but 

 Linnaius paid no attention to it. Theophrastus says that the Adrachne is a 

 tree of which the leaves at the extremities of the branches are always green ; 



