PLATE DCLXIV. 



ARBUTUS LONGIFOLIA. 



Long-leaved Arbutus. 



CLASS X. ORDER I. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTlAr. GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla ovata, basi pellucida. 

 Bacca 5-locularis. 



Empalement 5-parted. Blossom egg-fihapedj 

 transparent at the base. Berry 5-celled. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Arbutus foliis longis, lanceolatis, serratis : flori- 

 bus paniculis verticillatis : pediinculls hispidis^ 

 glutinosis : caule arboreo. 



AuBUTus with long lance-shaped leaves, s'awed : 

 flowers grow in panicles, whorled : footstalks 

 hispid and glutinous : stem woody. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



J. A blossom. 



2. The same spread open, 



3. A chive magnified. 



4. A side view of the same magnified, 



■ 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 



OuB drawing of the Arbutus longifolia was m.ade from a fine specimen, obligingly communicated by 

 Mrs. Beaumont, from the superb collection of Colonel Beaumont at Bretton Hall, in March 1814, 

 whose gardener, Mr. Benning, informs ub that it is kept in the conservatory, is eleven feet high, bears 

 eight heads of flowers like the one figured, and sheds the old bark annually. Jt was first raised at the 

 Hammersmith nursery from seeds received from the Island of Madeira. It is also said to be found in 

 the Canary Isles, where the berries are made into a sweetmeat. Altliough sixteen years in cultivation 

 with us, it has very rarely flowered. May be increased by cuttings or layers. 



