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ARCTOSTA'PHYLOS * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Df.ca'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Eri'ceas*, 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. FI. (4th ed.) p. 411. — 
Erica'cea:; subtribe, Androme'dea:, Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. 
and Bot. v. iii. pp. 785 and 787. — Loud. Arb. et Frutic. Brit. pp. 
1076 and 1077. — Ericinea, Rich. byMacgilliv. p. 450. — Eric.*, 
Juss. Gen. PI. p. 159. — Sin. Gram, of Bot. p. 115. — Syringales; 
subord. Ericosa;; sect. Ericin.e ; type, Ericaceje ; subtype, 
Ericida: ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 937, 944, 946, and 
948. — Bicornes, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) small, inferior, of 1 sepal, in 
5 rather blunt segments, 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 (see fig. 3). Filaments 
(see figs. 3 & 4.) 10, slightly attached to the base of the corolla, 
and about half its length, awl-shaped, smooth. Anthers without 
pores, fixed by the back beneath the apex, where they are furnished 
with a pair of reflexed awns or spurs. Germen (fig. 5.) superior, 
roundish, seated on an orbicular disk, or half immersed in it. Style 
(see fig. 5.) 1, terminal, cylindrical, upright, about as long as the 
corolla. Stigma blunt. Berry (see figs. 6 & 7.) nearly globular, 
smooth, fleshy, 5-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 
The 5-parted calyx ; the egg-shaped corolla, with a small, 
5-cleft, revolute limb ; the smooth filaments ; the anthers without 
pores at the apex ; and the fleshy, smooth, 5-celled, 5-seeded berry; 
will distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
It differs from Arbutus (t. 497.) in the berry being smooth, not 
granulated. 
Two species British. 
ARCTOSTA'PHYLOS U'VA U'RSI. Bear-berries. Bear- 
whortleberries. Red Bear-berry. Red-berried Trailing Arbutus. 
Meal-berry. 
Spec. Char. Stems procumbent. Leaves ^permanent, inversely 
egg-shaped, quite entire, coriaceous, shining. Racemes terminal. 
Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi, Spring. Syst. Veg. v. ii. p. 287. — Lindl. Syn. p. 
174.— Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 151. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. 
p. 835. — Loud. Arb. et Frutic. Brit. v. ii. p. 1123. f. 923. ; Encycl. of Trees and 
Shrubs, p. 577. f. 1087. — Leight. FI. of Shropsh. p. 185. — Burn. Outl. of Bot. 
v. ii. p. 949. — Arbutus Uva Ursi, Linn. Sp. FI. p. 566. — Engl. Bot. t. 714. — 
FI. Dan. t. 33. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 177. — Linn. FI. Lapp. (2nd ed. ) p. 
129. t. 6. f. 3.— Willd. Sp. FI. v. ii, pt. I. p. 618.— Sin. FI. Brit. v. ii. p.443.; 
Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 253. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 523. — Hoolt. Brit. FI. p. 189. — 
Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 216. t. 11. c, d. — Woodv. Med. Bot. v. ii. p. 194. t. 70. — 
Thorn t. Fam. Herb. p. 451, with a figure. — Pursh. FI. Amer. Sept. v. i. p. 283. — 
Hook. FI. Scot. p. 126. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. ii. p. 280. — Winch’s FI. of 
Northumb. and Durh. p. 27. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 37. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 247. — 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3. Ditto, opened vertically. — Fig. 4. A 
Stamen. — Fig. 5. Germen. — Fig. 6. Berry. — Fig. 7. Transverse section of ditto. 
* From arctos, Gr. a bear ; and staphyle, Gr. a grape. 
+ See folio 37, note t. t See folio 449, a. 
