Arbutus.] DECANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. 171 



powers : well distinguished by the direction and relative length of its 

 stamens and sti/le. The latter is more than twice as long as the fully- 

 formed capsule and is singularly curved. Stigma with 5 erect points. 



5. P. media, Swartz, (intermediate Winter- green) ; leaves 

 ovato-rotundate crenate, stamens erect much shorter than the 

 straight or slightly decurved style, stigma with 5 erect points. 

 E. Bot. t. 1 945. 



Woods, princijjally in the north ; very general in Scotland, often taken 

 for P. rotund. Oxfordshire. County of Antrim, &c. Ireland. Fl. 

 July, Aug. If. — Style protruded beyond \.\\Qjiower, straight. 



5. P. minor, L. (lesser Winter-green^ ; leaves ovato-rotun- 

 date crenate, stamens erect as long as the very short straight 

 style which is included within the flower, stigma large with 5 

 divergent rays. E. Bot. t. 158, (not good). Hook, in Fl. Lond. 

 t. 154. — P. rosea, E. Bot. t. 2543. 



Woods in the north of England and Scotland ; most frequent in the 

 Western Highlands and Hebrides. Fl. July. If. — This is smaller than 

 the last, essentially distinguished from it, and at once characterised by 

 the shortness of its style and large radiated stigma, quite included within 

 the concave corolla. 



3. Andromeda. Li7in. Andromeda. 



1. A. polifolia, L. (Marsh Andromeda); leaves alternate lan- 

 ceolate their margins revolute glaucous beneath, flowers in short 

 terminal racemes. E. Bot. t. 713. 



Peat-bogs, Larlingford, Norfolk. The north of England, Lowlands 

 of Scotland, and in the Queen's county and Kerry, Ireland. Fl. June. 

 Jl . — A small ever-green shrub, with beautiful oval or urceolate, rose- 

 coloured, diooping Jioweis, a good deal concealed among the terminal 

 leaves. 



4. Arbutus. Linn. Strawberry-tree. Bear-berry. 



1. A. Unedo, L. (Straicberry-tree); stem arboreous, leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate serrated, panicles terminal, berries tubercled. 

 E. Bot. t. 2377. 



About the Lakes of Killarney, in woods at Mucruss and at Glengariff 

 near Bantry, Ireland. Fl. Sept. Oct. — The fruit ripens the following 

 summer. T^ . — This beautiful evergreen is said to be truly wild in the 

 south of Ireland ; though some are of opinion that it has been intro- 

 duced by the Monks of Mucruss Abbey. The young leaves are clothed 

 with glandular hairs. The flowers are large, pale greenish-white. The 

 fruit red, ungrateful, (Smith); and hence, it is reported, arises the specific 

 name Unedo, because those who had eaten one would not care to eat 

 more. Mr Wilson finds it palatable when fully ripe. It is a tree which, 

 from its frequency and beauty of foliage, adds greatly to the charms of 

 the Lake scenery of Killarney, and contributes to give it a preference 

 over the Scottish Lakes. 



2. A. alpina, L. (black Bear-berry); stem procumbent, leaves 

 wrinkled serrated, racemes terminal. E. Bot. t. 2030. 



Dry barren grounds on many of the Highland mountains ; Ben Nevis, 

 near the lake ; and more frequent on the northern mountains and in 



