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3. Arctostaphylos pungens, H. B. K. 



Arctostaphylos pungens, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3, p. 278, t. 259 ; Lindl. Bot. 



Reg. (n. ser.) 30, t. 17 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3927 ; Torr. in Emory Rep. t. 7, & Bot. 



Whippl. in Pacif. R. Road Rep. 6, p. 116. 

 A. Hookeri, G. Don, Gen. Syst. 3, p. 836 ; DC. Prodr. 7, p. 584. 

 Arbutus pungens, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey, p. 144. 

 Andromeda f venulosa, DC. 1. c. p. 607. 



Xerobotrys venulosa, Nutt. 1. c. p. 263 ; Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 321. 

 Daphnidostaphylos pungens & Hookeri, Klotzsch, in Linnaea 24, p. 81. 



Hab. Between the Umpqua River, Oregon, and the Upper Sacra- 

 mento. — This species, which is usually a shrub only three or four feet 

 high, was seen by Mr. Brackenridge 15 feet high, with a trunk one 

 foot in diameter. Berries red. 



4. Arctostaphylos glauca, Lindl. 



Arctostaphylos glauca, Lindl. Bot. Reg. sub. t. 1791. 

 Xerobotrys glauca, Nutt. 1. c. 

 Daphnidostaphylos glauca, Klotzsch, 1. c. 



Hab. Hills on the headwaters of the Sacramento, California. — This 

 form of Manzanita seems to be the tallest species of the genus ; for it 

 sometimes grows 20 feet high. It branches about a foot above the 

 ground, and is glabrous, usually glaucous throughout. According to 

 Mr. Brackenridge the berries are edible. 



4. GAULTHERIA, Kahn. 



1. Gaultheria Shallon, Pursh. 



Hab. Abundant in woods around Paget Sound, and sparingly as 

 far south as San Francisco. The berries are edible and are made into 

 wholesome cakes by the aborigines. 



