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35ECANDRIA M 0 N 0 GYNIA. Arbutus. 
stamineum. 
racemis secundis bracteatis, pedicellis medio bibrac a 
teolatis. 
On the falls of Columbia and near the Western Ocean. 
M. Lewis. On the North-west coast. Menzies. 
Tj . May, June. v. s. in Herb. Lewis, nec non Banks. 
Frutex sempervirens. Kami teretes, verrucosi, glabri : 
juniores ferrngineo-pubescentes. Folia alterna, bre- 
vissime petioldta, ovata vel lato-ovalia, interdum basi 
subcordata, abrupte acuminata, serrulata, coriacea, 
utrinque glabra, subtus nervis venisque reticulatis pro- 
minentibus. Racemi in apice ramulorum axillares et ter- 
minales, simplices, ferrugineo-pubescentes. Flores se- 
cundi, bracteati, albi, rore rubro pubescentes. Pedicelli 
solitarii, medio bibracteolati. Bracteae lanceolatae. 
Corolla urceolata, limbo subclauso, 5-dentata. Bacca 
subglobosa, acuta, carnosa, purpurea, extus hirsuta, 
intus semi-5-valvis : loculis polyspermis. Semina 
ovato-subtriquetra. 
This elegant evergreen shrub is in high esteem among 
the natives, on account of its berries, which they call 
Shall on , and which name I have adopted here. Mr. 
A. Menzies, who was the first discoverer of this shrub, 
observes one peculiarity, which is its growing under 
the shade of close pine forests, where scarcely any 
other plant thrives : this makes it so much more desir- 
able for our plantations, as a highly ornamental shrub, 
since but few will bear such a situation. I was first 
inclined to take this species to belong to Arbutus, hav- 
ing only seen imperfect specimens 3 but through the 
liberal communication of Mr. A. Menzies, I have been 
enabled to class it more properly with this genus* 
though it deviates from both in some respects. 
357 . VACCINIUM. Gen. pi 658. 
f Foliis deciduis. 
* Corollis campanulaiis . 
I. V. foliis ovalibus acutis integerrimis subtus glaucis, pe- 
dicellis solitariis axillaribus filiformibus, corollis patu- 
lo-campanulatis, laciniis oblongis acutis, antheris ex- 
ertis, dorso aristatis, baccis pyriformibus.— sp. 
pl 2. p. 349. 
Icon. Pink. aim. t. 33 g.f. 3. bona. 
In dry woods j common : New England to Florida. 
Ij . May, June. v. v. About two feet high ; 
flowers white : berries green, or white when per- 
