576 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
papery layers annually, by which alone it is readily distinguished from the 
common arbutus. The plants, when young, are somewhat tender; but, it 
kept in pots till 2 or 3 feet 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. 
2 w 4, A. pRoce‘Ra Douglas, The tall Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 
Identification, Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1573. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1573. ; and our fig. 1084. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong, serrated, or entire, 
smooth ; petioles smooth. Racemes terminal, 
panicles secund. (Lind/.) A small evergreen 
tree; in British gardens an evergreen bush, with 
fine broad glossy foliage. North-west coast of 
North America. Height 10 ft. to 20ft. In- 
troduced in 1825. ‘ Flowers delicate, greenish 
white; May. Fruit like that of the common 
arbutus. 
Nearly allied to A. Andrachne ; but differing in 
the form and serratures of its leaves, and in the 
form and size of its flowers. The root shoots are 7/77 
covered with scattered bristles, as also are the leaf ~~ é 
stalk, and the leaves themselves on such shoots are 
very strongly serrated. 1084. 4. procéra 
»« A, TomMENTO'SA Pursh. The downy Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 
Identificateon. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 282.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 835. 
Si Yr phylos t tdsa Lindl, Bot. Reg., t. 1791. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3320.; Bot. Reg., t.1791.; and our jig. 1085. 
Spec. Char., §&c. The whole plant, except the flowers, downy 
while young. Branches hispid. Leaves with short and 
hispid petioles, midribs hispid, and disks oval, acute, sub- 
cordate at the base, and clothed with white tomentum 
beneath. Flowers bracteated, disposed in somewhat headed 
racemes, which are axillary, and shorter than the leaves. 
Corolla campanulately pitcher-shaped, pure white. (Don’s 
Mill:) A low evergreen shrub. West coast of North 
America. Height 3 ft. to 4ft. Introduced in 1826. 
1085. A. tomentosa. Flowers pure white ; Dec. 
Variety. 
a A. 4 2 nida 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. 
@ 6. A. pensirLo‘Ra H. B. et Kunth. The 
densely fld Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 
Identification. HH. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 280. 
t. 260. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 835. 
Engravings. H.B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 280. 
t. 260.; and our jig. 1086. - 
Spec. Char., &c. Branches angular, pilose. 
Leaves 4 in. to 5 in. 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 1086. a. sensiflora, 
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