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A'RBUTUS *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Df.ca'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Eri'ce-E*, Brown's Prod. p. 557. — Lindl. Syn- 
p. 172 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 182. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 
523. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 179. — Hook, Brit. Fl.(4ih ed.)p.411. — 
Erica'ce.e ; subtnbe, Androme'de.e, Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. 
and Bot. v. iii. pp. 7S5 and 787. — Loud. Arb. et Frutic. Brit. pp. 
1076 and 1077. — Ericine^e, Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 450. — Erica:, 
Juss. Gen. PI. p. 159. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 115. — Syringales; 
subord. Ericos.e; sect. Ertcin.e; type, Ericace.e ; subtype, 
Ericid.e ; Burn. Out!, of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 937, 944, 946, and 
948. — Bicornes, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, in 5 blunt seg- 
ments, permanent. Corolla (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, globose, or egg- 
shaped, flattened and transparent at the base ; its limb in 5 small, 
recurved, bluntish segments. Filaments (see figs. 3, 4, & 5.) 10, 
slightly attached to the base of the corolla, and about half its length, 
awl-shaped, swollen and hairy on the lower part. Jlnthers com- 
pressed on the sides, bursting by 2 pores at the apex, fixed by the 
back beneath the apex, where they are furnished with a pair of 
reflexed awns, or spurs. Germcn (see fig. 6.) superior, roundish, 
sealed on an orbicular disk, or half immersed in it. Style (see fig. 6.) 
1, terminal, cylindrical, upright, the length of the corolla. Stigma 
blunt. Berry (see figs. 7 & 8.) nearly globular, granular, fleshy, 
5-celled, many-seeded. 
The 5-parted calyx ; llie globose, or egg-shaped corolla, with a small, 5-clelt> 
revolute limb; the hairy filaments ; the anthers with 2 pores at the apex; and 
the fleshy, granular, 5-celled, many-seeded berry ; will distinguish this from 
other genera in the same class and order. — It differs from Arctostaphylos in the 
berry being granulated, not smooth. 
One species British. 
A'RBUTUS U'NEDO. Unedo Arbutus. Common Strawberry- 
tree. Arbute 
Spec. Ciiar. Stem arboreous. Branchlets clothed with glan- 
dular hairs. Leaves oblong-spear-shaped, smooth, serrulated. 
Flower nodding. Peduncles smooth. 
Engl. Bot. t 2377. — FI. Giaec. t. 373. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 506. — Iluds. FI. Angl. 
(2nd ed.) p. 177. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. I. p. 616' — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 442. ; 
Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 252. — With. (7tb ed.) v. ii. p. 521. — Lindl. Syn. p. 174. — Hook. 
Brit. FI. p. 188. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p.150. — Pers. Syn. PI. v. i. p. 482.— De 
Cand. FI. Fr. v. iii. p. 682. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. p. 834. — 
Loud. Arb. et Frutic. Brit. v. ii. p. 1117. f. 919. ; Encycl. of Tr. and Shr. p. 573. 
f. 1077. — Hunt. Evel. Silva, p. 373, with a plate. — Phil. Syl. FI. v. i. p. 69. — Irv. 
Lond. FI. p.245. — Mack. Catal. FI. Irel. p. 39. ; FI. Hibern. p. 182 — Arbutus 
serratifolia, Salisb. Prod. p. 288. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 400. — Arbutus, Ray’s 
Syn. p. 464. — Johns. Ger. p. 1496, with a figure. — Bauh. Hist. v. i. pt. i. p. 83. with 
a figure. — Arbutus folio serrato, Bauh. Pin. p. 460. — Mill. Icon. p. 32. t. 48. f. 2. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Figs. 3, 4, & 5. Stamens. — Fig. 6. Calyx and 
Pistil. — Fig. 7. Fruit. — Fig. 8. Section of a Berry. — Fig. 9. A Seed. 
From ar, rough, or austere ; aud boise, a bush, in Celtic, 
t See fol. 37, note f. J See folio 449, a. 
