XLIIL. ERICA'CEH: ARCTOSTA PHYLOS. 577 
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.) A robust shrub or low tree. 
Mexico, on the eastern declivities between La Plata and Xalapa. Height 
20 ft.; in, British gardens 5 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1826. Flowers 
white ; December. 
Other Species apparently hardy. — A. speciosa Dickson, Gard. Mag. 1840, 
p. 4. Leaves lanceolate, finely serrated, glaucous on the under side, and bright 
green above. Probably a large bush or small tree. Mexico, 1837. Another 
species, and also A, nepalénsis Royle, have been raised in the H. S. Garden. 
Genus XV. 
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ARCTOSTA’PHYLOS dAdans. Tus Brarserry, Lin. Syst. Decandria 
Monog nia. 
Identification. Adans. Fam.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 835. 
Synonymes. Uvva-ursi Dod., Tourn.; A’rbutus sp. Lin. 
Derivation. From arktos, a bear, and staphulé, a grape. 
Gen. Char, Calyx 5-parted. Corolla globose or ovate-campanulate; limb 
5-cleft, reflexed. Stamens 10, enclosed ; filaments dilated at the base, and 
pilose. Anthers compressed at the sides, dehiscing by two pores at the 
apex, fixed by the back beneath the middle, where they are furnished with 
two reflexed horns. Ovarium seated on the hypogynous disk, or half- 
immersed in it, usually 5-celled, rarely 6—9-celled ; cells 1-seeded. Styles 1 
Stigma obtuse. Drupe nearly globose. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, altenate, exstipulate, evergreen or deciduous ; entire 
or serrated. Flowers in terminal racemes, pedicellate bracteate. Corollas 
white or flesh-coloured. Drupes red or black. — Shrubs or subshrubs, 
deciduous or evergreen, low or trailing ; natives of Europe or America, 
2 1, A. U'va-u’rsi Spreng. The common Bearberry. 
(dentification. Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 827.; Don's Mill., 3. p. 835. 
Synonymes. A’rbutus U‘va-trsi Lin. Sp. 566.; A’rbutus buxifdlia Stokes Bot. 509. , U‘va-tirsi 
buxifdlia Sal. in Gray’s Arr. 2. p. 400.; Bearberries, and Bear-whortleberries, Zng.; Baren- 
traube, or Barenbgere, Ger.; Beerenduuif, Dutch; la Basserole, Fr.; Uva d’Orzo, Jtal.; Uva 
de Oso, Span. ; Uva de Urso, Port.; and Uva Ursi in the works of most old botanists. 
Engravings. Engl. Bot., t.714.; Schmidt Baum., t. 138.; and our jig. 1087. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stems procumbent. Leaves per- 
manent, obovate, quite entire, coriaceous, shining, 
resembling those of the common box. Flowers 
fasciculate ; pale red, or white with a red mouth; 
growing in small clusters at the extremities of 
the branches. Drupe 5-celled. (Don’s Mill.) 
A trailing evergreen shrub. Canada and New 
England in rocky situations, and in the Island of 
Unalascha ; also in the middle of Europe; and 
upon dry heathy mountains throughout the High- 
lands and Western Isles of Scotland. Height 1 ft. ; AOS 7 o* was Uenasiral: 
trailing stems 2ft.to4ft. Flowers pale red; May and June. Berries 
red; ripe in September. 
Variety. 
« A. U. 2 austriaca Lodd.—Leaves somewhat larger than those of 
the species. 
The berries are filled with an austere mealy pulp, and serve as food for 
grouse and other birds in Britain ; and in Sweden, Russia, and America, they 
form a principal part of the food of bears. The whole plant is powerfully 
astringent: it abounds in the tannin principle ; and, both in Sweden and 
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