1122 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



5. A. TOMENTO V SA Pursh. The downy Arbutus, or Straivberry Tree, 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 282. ; Hook. Dot Mag., t. 3320. ; Hook. Fl. Amer. and Ex. 



Bot., 129. f. 1. ; Don's Mill, 3., p. 835. 



Synonymc. ^rctost&phylos tomentnsa Lindl. Bot. Reg., t 1791. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag.,t. 3320. ; Hook. Fl. Amer., and Exot. Bot, 122., f. 1. ; Bot. Reg., 1. 1791. 



Spec. Char., $c. Shrubby. The whole plant, except the flowers, downy 

 while young. Branches hispid. Leaves with short and hispid petioles, 

 midribs hispid, and disks oval, acute, subcordate at the base, and clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath. Flowers bracteated, disposed in somewhat 

 headed racemes, that are axillary, and shorter than the leaves. Corolla cam- 

 panulately pitcher-shaped, pure white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 835.) A native 

 of the west coast of North America, where it was collected by Mr. Menzies, 

 and also by Mr. Douglas, and introduced in 1826. It deserves a place in 

 every collection, from its copious evergreen foliage and showy flowers, 

 which appear in profusion in a green-house in December, and in the open 

 air in March. Plants have been kept in the open air in the garden of 

 William Harrison, Esq., of Cheshunt, since 1831. 



Variety. 



* A. t.2 nitda Hook, et Arnott in Beech. Voy. Pt.Bot.,144., Hook.Fl. Bor. 

 Amer, 2. t. 129. f. 4. The plant is quite destitute of long stiff hairs. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 835.) 



6. A. DENSIFLO N RA H. B. et Kunth. The densely flowered Arbutus, or 

 Strawberry Tree. 



Identification. H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer.. 3. p. 280. t 260. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 835. 

 Engraving. H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 280. t. 260. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches angular, pilose. Leaves 4 5 inches long ; their 

 petioles long, pilose ; their disks oblong, acute, sharply toothed, coriaceous, 

 glabrous above, and shining beneath, clothed with brown-tinged down, and 

 the middle nerve with long rusty-hued hairs. Flowers crowded, disposed 

 in panicles that are terminal and composed of approximate racemes. Pedi- 

 cels furnished with 3 bracteas at the base. Corolla oval, white. Filaments 

 dilated and pilose at the base. ( Don's Mill., iii. p. 835.) A native of Mexico, 

 on the eastern declivities between La Plata and Xalapa ; growing to the 

 height of 20ft. It was introduced in 1826, and is somewhat tender. 



App. i. Hardy Species of K'rbutus not yet introduced. 



A. \aurifdlia Lin. Syst., 407., Suppl., 238., is a native of North America, but of what part b 

 unknown, as Mr. G. Don could find nothing respecting it in the Linnaean herbarium. 



A. Menzie&ii Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 282., Hook, et Am. in Beech: Voy., p. 143., is a tree, with 

 leaves broad-oval, quite entire, glabrous, petioles long. Racemes axillary and terminal, panicled, 

 and dense. It is a native of the north-west coast of America, where it was collected by Mr. Menzies. 



A. cordifulia ; >irctostfephylos cordifblia Lindl. Bot. Meg., Sept 1835 ; was discovered by Mr. Menzies, 

 on the north-west coast of America. 



A. glauca ; yfrctostaphylos glauca Lindl., L c. ; discovered in California by the unfortunate Douglas. 



App. ii. Half-hardy Species ofA'rbutus. 



A. canariensis Lam. Diet., vol. 1., Bot. Mag., t 1577., and our 

 fig. 922., is a native of the Canary Islands, with oblong-lanceolate 

 serrated leaves, glaucous beneath ; and greenish white flowers, on 

 hispid panicles. It has been in cultivation in British green-houses 

 and cold-pits since 1796 ; flowering in May and June ; and, there 

 can be no doubt, would stand against a conservative wall with 

 the usual protection. 



A. petiolaris H. B. et Kunth is a tree, a native of Mexico, on 

 mountains, where it attains a large size. The leaves are 3 or 3J in. 

 long. 



A. furens Hook, et Arn. is a low-growing shrub a native of 

 Chili, about Concepcion. The fruit is a reddish brown berry, 

 which, when eaten, is said to cause delirium. 



A. xalapensis H. B. et Kunth, and A. mdllfs H. B. et Kunth, 

 which are natives of Mexico ; and A.ferruginca Lin. Syst, 408., 

 which is a native of New Granada, are described in Don's Miller as 

 trees ; but they have not yet been introduced. 



