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then hoary, but they lofe this appearance as they 
-grow older. 
1 his very rare fhrub produced its flowers, for the 
•firft time in England, in the garden of Dr. John 
Fothergill, at Upton near Stafford in Effex, May 
1766. The principal fpikes of flowers in this fpecies 
of arbutus are eredt, producing many fide ones in a 
horizontal direction, their extremities inclining down- 
O 
wards. Each of thefe Ample ramifications contain 
many white globular flowers, hanging on long hoary 
glutinous pedunculi, which are lituated alternately. 
Thefe fpikes of flowers, forming a kind of loofe tuft 
with the bright bunches of leaves, form an elegant 
appearance. 
Characters of the Flower. 
TAB. VI. 
Fig. a. reprefen ts a fide view of the flowers ; they 
are of a globular fhape, and open into five obtule 
reflex lacinias, in the manner of die common arbutus. 
Fig. b. a back view of the flower, upon which 
appears the calyx fpread open, and clofely adhering to 
the flower ; it con fills of live oval pointed leaves or 
divifions ; around this calyx appear on the corolla ten 
yifible nedtaria. 
When thefe flowers drop off, the calyx clofes up, 
and embraces the tender germ. See Fig. c. 
Fig. d. reprefents a flower fcparated from the 
calyx ; it is inlerted at the bale of the germen. The 
ten nedtaria, which are fomewbat fwollen or raifed 
from the corolla, and have transparent appearances, are 
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