564 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 
parents, and sometimes more closely resembling one of them. As seen in cultiva- 
tion, the bark is smooth, like that of 4. Axdrachne. The branchlets have the 
glandular pubescence of 4. Unedo, and the leaves are serrate, as in that species; 
but have the slightly glaucous tint and conspicuous veins of the other species ; 
petioles glandular-pubescent. The flowers are borne in spring in large drooping 
panicles, which are usually glandular-pubescent. The fruit is of moderate size, and 
slightly tubercular on the surface. 
According to Loudon, var. Mz/erz, with large leaves and pink flowers, was 
raised in the Bristol nursery, being a cross between the red-flowered variety of 
A. Unedo and A. Andrachne. This seems to be rare in cultivation. 
Arbutus hybrida originated in the Fulham nursery early in the nineteenth 
century. It is, however, known in the wild state, being recorded by Heldreich 
and Halacsy for several localities in Greece. It is also reported to have been found 
by Albow? at Pizunda, on the north-eastern shore of the Black Sea, which is re- 
markable, as 4. Unedo does not occur wild in this district, and the identification was 
possibly erroneous. 
A tree growing at Sedbury Park, near Chepstow, the residence of Colonel 
Marling, V.C., is by far the finest we have seen of this hybrid. It measures 39 
feet high by 5 feet 10 inches at 5 feet, and 7 feet 4 inches at 3 feet from the ground. 
It is grafted on a stock of A. Unedo, but shows more of the character of A. 
Andrachne in its habit and bark. It has been propagated by inarching, and seems 
to be a hardier tree than A. Unedo (Plate 158). 
There are fair-sized trees at Kew. (A. H.) 
ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE 
Arbutus Andrachne, Linneus, Sp. Pl. 566 (1762); Bot, Reg. ii, t. 113 (1813); Bot. Mag. t. 2024 
(1819); Loudon, 47d, et Frut. Brit. ii, 1120 (1838). 
Arbutus integrifolia, Salisbury, Prod. 288 (1796). 
Arbutus Siebert, Klotech, Linnea, xxiv. 71 (1851). 
A large shrub or small tree, attaining 30 to 4o feet in height. Bark peeling off 
in thin papery layers, smooth, thin, and reddish brown. Young branchlets reddish 
or green, glabrous ; older branchlets olive-green or brownish, smooth. Buds minute, 
reddish. Leaves, larger usually in cultivated trees than those of Ardutus Unedo, 
oval-oblong, contracted into short blunt points at the apex, tapering at the base; 
upper surface dark green, glabrous, shining ; lower surface glaucescent, glabrous, 
with prominent midrib and distinct lateral veins ; margin entire. Petiole glabrous, 
about $ inch long. 
. Flowers in erect viscid glandular-pubescent panicles, yellowish white, appearing 
in spring. Calyx-lobes deep, ovate, acute. Corolla contracted at the apex, with five 
reflexed short rounded ciliate lobes. Ovary pubescent. Fruit small, about 3 inch, 
1 Radde, Pfanzenverb. Kaukasuslind., 127, note (1899). 
