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Tribe I. Arbutece. 
1. Ar'butus Liim. em. H.B.K. Strawberry-tree. 
1. A. Unedo (L.) ; bark rough, 1. elliptic-lanceolate serrate 
coriaceous glabrous, panicle terminal nodding, pedicels glabrous. 
— E. B. 2377. — An evergreen tree. Fl. whitish, pendulous. 
Fr. red. — Killarney, where it is truly wild. T. IX. X. I. 
2. i\jlCTOSTAPH'YLOS H.B.K. 
1. A. alpiim (Spr.); procumbent, /. thin v<rinkled serrate 
fading but persistent, clusters terminal. — Arbutus L. E. B. 
2030. St. 6. 8. — St. woody, trailing, long. L. obovate, netted. 
Fl. white, hairy about the mouth. Berri/ smooth, Mack. — Dry 
barren spots on the Highland mountains. Sh. V. S. 
2. A. Uva-ur'si (Spr.) ; procumbent, I. coriaceous obovate en- 
Ure shining evergreen, clusters terminal. — Arbutus L. E. B. 
714. St. 6. 8. — St. woody, trailing, long. L. blunt, quite en- 
tire, rigid. Fl. rose-coloured, smooth. Berry globose, scarlet, 
superior. — Dry stony mountain heaths. Sh. VI. E. S. I. 
Tribe II. Ericece. 
3. Androm'eda Liim. em., D. Don. 
1. A. polifolia (L.) ; 1. alternate lanceolate with revolute 
margins glaucous beneath, fl. clustered terminal. — E. B. 713. — 
St. slender, woody, prostrate below. Fed. variable in length. 
Fl. drooping, ovate, pink, occasionally 4-fid and 8-androus. L. 
evergreen, acute. Peduncles 2 or 3 times as long as the flower.s. 
—Peat bogs. Sh. V.— IX. E. S. I. 
4. Callu'na Salisb. Ling. 
1. C. vulgaris (Hull).— B. 1013.— A low tufted shrub. 
L. small, sessile, closely imbricate, patent, in 4 rows, keeled, 
each with 2 small spurs at the base, nearly or quite smooth. 
Fl. smaU, shortly stalked, drooping, lilac-rose-coloured or 
white, with the lower ped. leafy ; sep. and pet. oblong erect ; 
fl.-raceme ending in a leafy shoot. L. sometimes hoary). — 
The supposed C. atlantica is not constant to the characters 
recoi'ded, even on the same bush. — Dry heaths. Sh. VI. — 
VIII. E. S. 1. 
