ARBUTUS ; o^, STRAWBERRY 
TREE. 
IHE Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree, is a ge- 
nus of plants, ranged in the tenth class of 
Linnaeus, being the Decandria Monogynia, 
from the flowers having ten stamina, and one 
style. It's generical chara£lers are these — 
The flower has a small obtuse permanent em- 
palement, cut into five parts, on which sits the 
gcrmen. The flower is of one leaf, shaped 
like a pitcher ; and divided at the brim into 
five parts, which turn backward. It has ten 
sIVort stamina, which are joined at the bottom 
to the flower leaf, and crowned with bifid sum- 
mits. At the bottom of tlie flower is situated 
the globular germen, supporting a cylindrical 
style, crowned by a thick blunt stigma. After 
the flowf^.r is past, the gcrmen becomes an. 
oval or round berry, having five cells, whicli 
are filled with hard seeds. 
The .species of the Arbutus arc five: viz. 
t]ie Arbutus folio serrata, or Common Straw- 
bcrry Tree, with smooth sawed leaves^ ber- 
ries 
