DESCRIPTIONS OF 



Folia approximate^ pateetia, fparfa,, camcea, cufpidulato-acurmma^s^., 

 ball rotundato-acuta isitegerrimaa, kyiffime undulata, magni'udinert 

 varia, tri-ad quadripollicaiiia,. etrJHfue eonfperfa pilis feirugiaek 

 adpreffis brevibus, prcecipue jaxta raoiificationes vaforum, ncr- 

 vis approximatia fuboppofitis. reticulatira anaftomofantibu&, Ju«^ 

 niorum ramorum et floralia lanceolata, fefquipollicaria. 



FdioU -vix unguiculares^ piloluli, fupra: canaliculate, 



Baccmi fex ad adopoUicares, adfcendentesj, baii foliis aliquot Soralibus . 

 villofis ilipati Pedunculus fublignofus, leviter: angulatus, infera-- 

 dam puadis refinoEs confpcrfusx Fcdicd/i filiformes, unguicuc . 

 lares vel infra villoluli, bafi bradeola. lanGSolata. patente decidua* 



W lores co-pioB approximati albij magni^ cernui,, inadori, pilis > argenteo«- 

 fulgentibus adpreffis. 



€alyx urc€olatus, coriaceus, glabriufculus,. Jaciniia, lanceDlaiis acutis-v 

 patulis, nervofis. 



£orol/a iemipollicaris, leviffirre quinquefulcataj bafi anguflata, fauce. 

 param contra^la, laciniis ovatis acutis patulis*,. 



Mlamenta capillaria villfs albis barbata, ba£ dilatata^ apice infra antherarja^ 

 utrinquG dents patulo deorfum fpeflante, inde fubfagittata. AnthercB-- 

 ovato-oblong^j muticse, apice poro gemino obliquo dehifcentesc^. 



Qvmium glabrumy quinquecarinatums Stylus Stigmaque ut in antece^... 

 dente. 



Capjula fufca^ fubrottsndo-qtiinqoaogtElaris, coRis quinque fafciatis ele-" 

 vatisj. magnitudine pifi. mediocris. Semwa namerofa,. Goet. ut 'm ' 

 A* calyculataj Gaerto^' Carp. L 304. U 63. 



Ohfervation.* The leaves of this elegant tree vary- confiderf^bly in fiz€ . 

 and forinij from, iaoceolale to broad ovate, bscoming aimoft cor* 

 datCj more or lefs acuminate. They are of a firm and leathery 

 texture, perfe6lly entire and without glands. *Fhe arbutus defcribed 

 my eileeraed friend Colon sl Hirdwicke in his tour to SirU 



