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STB AW BERRY TREE. 
(Arbousier, Fr.) 
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Natural Order , Erice^e, (R. Brown.) Tribe Arbutea:, 
(Decand.) Linnazan Classification , Decandria Mono- 
GYNIA. 
ARBUTUS.* (Gamer. Tournefort.) 
Calyx inferior, 5-parted. The corolla globosely or ovately campanulate ; 
the narrow border 5-cleft and reflected. Stamens 10, included. Anthers 
compressed at the sides, opening by 2 terminal pores, attached below 
the summit where they produce 2 reflected awns. Ovarium , seated 
< upon or half immersed in an hypogynous disc, 5-celled, cells many- 
seeded. Style 1 : stigma obtuse. Berry nearly globular, rough with 
granular tubercles. 
Large or small trees of the south of Europe, the Levant, Mexico, and 
Oregon. The leaves alternate and sempervirent ; racemes axillary or ter- 
minal and paniculate. Flowers pedicellate, provided with bractes ,• the 
corolla white or reddish. 
# An ancient name for the Arbutus TJnedo . 
