182 PYROLACE^E. [Arbutus. 



in the wild district of Erris, County of Mayo. FL March, April. T? . 

 An upright much branched shrub from two to four feet high, more 

 compact and less luxuriant in growth than var. . cultivated in gardens. 



5. ARBUTUS. Linn. Strawberry-tree. 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla ovate. Berry superior, 5-celled, 

 many-seeded. Name, according to Theis, from ar, rough or 

 austere, and boise, a bush in Celtic. 



Decandria. Monogynia. 



1. A. Unedo, Linn. Strawberry-tree. Stem arboreous ; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate, serrated ; panicles terminal ; berries 

 granulated. Br. Fl. 1. p. 188. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 252. E. Bot. 

 t. 2377. 



Plentiful in the woods of Mucruss, and in all the islands in the lower 

 and upper lakes of Killarney, as well as at Glengariff, near Bantry, ge- 

 nerally among limestone rocks. About most of the mountain lakes in 

 the barony of Beer, certainly indigenous ; Mr. J. Drummond. Fl. 

 Oct. The fruit ripens in the following October or November. T? . In 

 1805, when I first visited Killarney, I measured a tree of this beautiful 

 evergreen in Rough-island opposite to O' Sullivan's Cascade, whose 

 stem was nine feet and a half in girth. A single tree of the scarlet 

 flowered variety was pointed out to me near the entrance to Glengariff 

 growing on red slate. The /lowers are large, in the common variety, 

 pale-greenish white. The fruit red and not ungrateful to the taste 

 when fully ripe. Black-birds and thrushes are very fond of them. 



2. A. Uva Ursi, Linn. Red Bear-berry. Steins procum- 

 bent ; leaves obovate, entire, evergreen; racemes terminal. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 189. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 253. E. Bot. t. 714. Arc- 

 tostaphyllos Uva Ursi, Sprengl. Lindl. 



Very abundant on the limestone mountains, barony of Burren, 

 County of Clare, and on several mountains in Cunnamara. At Fair- 

 head, County of Antrim ; Mr. Templeton. Fl. May. T? . Stems 

 very long and trailing. Leaves obovate, stiff, rigid, glabrous, their mar- 

 gins revolute. Flowers in small crowded racemes, terminal, of a beau- 

 tiful rose-colour. Berry small, red, austere, mealy ; eaten by Moor 

 fowl. 



ORD. 49. PYROLACE^. Lindl. Pyrola Family. 



Calyx 5-leaved, persistent, free. Corolla monopetalous, 

 hypogynous, regular, deciduous, 4 or 5-toothed, with an imbri- 

 cated aestivation. Stamens hypogynous, twice as numerous as 

 the divisions of the corolla : anthers 2-celled, opening by fis- 

 sures or pores, with or without appendages. Ovary superior, 

 4 5-celled, many-seeded, with an hypogynous disk : style 1, 

 straight or declinate : stigma simple. Fruit capsular, 4 5- 

 celled, dehiscent, with central placentas. Seeds indefinite, 

 very minute : testa large, loose and reticulated. Albumen 



