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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



5. ./. tomknto'sa Pursh. The downy Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree. 



; Hook. Bot. Mag., t. 3320. ; Hook. Fl. Amer. and Ex. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amor. Sept., 1. p 

 Hot'., 12a f. I. ; Don's Mill., 3., p. 835. 

 Si/noni/mc. ./rctostaphvlos tonicntosa Limit. Bot. Reg., t. 1791. 

 Engravings. Bot Mag.,t. 3820. ; Hook. Fl. Amer., and Exot. Bot, 122. 



Shrubby. The whole plant, except 



f. 1. ; Bot. Reg., 1. 1791. 



Spec. Char., d/c. Shrubby. The whole plant, except the flowers, downy 

 while young. Branches hispid. Leaves with short and hispid petioles, 

 midribs hispid, and disks oval, acute, subcordate at the base, and clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath. Flowers bracteated, disposed in somewhat 

 headed racemes, that are axillary, and shorter than the leaves. Corolla cam- 

 panulately pitcher-shaped, pure white. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 835.) A native 

 of* the west coast of North America, where it was collected by Mr. Menzies, 

 and also by Mr. Douglas, and introduced in 1826. It deserves a place in 

 every collection, from its copious evergreen foliage and showy flowers, 

 which appear in profusion in a green-house in December, and in the open 

 air in March. Plants have been kept in the open air in the garden of 

 William Harrison, Esq., of Cheshunt, since 1831. 



Variety. 



* A. t.2 nuda 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. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 835.) 



* 6. A. densiflo^ra H. B. et Kunth. The densely flowered Arbutus, or 



Strawberry Tree. 



Identification. H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 280. t. 260. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 835. 

 Engraving. H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 280. t. 260. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches angular, pilose. Leaves 4 — 5 inches 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 

 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.,m. p. 835.) A native of Mexico, 

 on the eastern declivities between La Plata and Xalapa; growing to the 

 height of 20 ft. It was introduced in 1826, and is somewhat tender. 



App. i. Hardy Species of h!rbutus not yet introduced. 



A. laurifdlia Lin. Syst., 407., Suppl., 238., is a native of North America, but of what part is 

 unknown, as Mr. G. Don could find nothing respecting it in the Linnajan herbarium. 



A. MenzicsYi Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 282., Hook, et Am. in Beech. Voy., p. 143., is a tree, with 



leaves broad-oval, quite entire, glabrous, petioles long. Racemes axillary and terminal, panicled, 



and dense. It is a native of the north-west coast of America, where it was collected by Mr. Menzies. 



\ . < mdijidia ; ^-/rctostaphylog cordif61ia Lindl. Bot. Reg., Sept. 1835 ; was discovered by Mr. Menzies, 



mi tin.' north-west coast of America. 



A. glauca ; v/rctostaphylos glauca Lindl., 1. c. j discovered in California by the unfortunate Douglas. 



App. ii. Half-hardy Species of A'rbutus. 



A. canarUtnsis Lam. Diet., vol. 1., Bot. Mag., t. 1577., and our 

 fig. <)2 ( 2., is a native of the Canary Islands, with oblong-lanceolate 

 serrated leaves, glaucous beneath : and greenish white flowers, on 

 his|)id panicle* It has been in cultivation in British green-houses 

 and cold-pits since 1798 ; flowering in May and June; and, there 

 can be no doubt, would stand against a conservative wall with 

 the usual protection. 



A. jx-tiolaris 11. B. et Kunth is a tree, a native of Mexico, on 

 mountain*, where it attains a large size. The leaves are 3 or 3| in. 

 long. 



A. fhrens Hook, et Am. is a low-growing shrub a native of 

 Chili, about Concepcion. The fruit is a reddish brown berry, 

 which, when eaten, ll said to cause delirium. 



A xalaphuU II. J',, et Kunth, and A. mollis H. B. et Kunth, 

 h arc natives of Mexico ; and A. fcrruginca Lin. Syst, 40<S., 



itiveoi Hew Granada, are described in Don's MUlersa 

 bot they have not yet been Introduced 



