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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
GENUS VIII. 
THE BEAR-BERRY. (Arctostaphylos, Kunth.) 
Lin. Syst. DEC AND RIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx small, five-parted. Corolla ovate, with a small five-cleft revolute limb. Stamcus ten ; smooth ; anthers without 
pores. Berry smooth ; seeds solitary. ( Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —This genus was formerly included in Arbutus, but it was separated by the eminent 
German botanist, Kunth. 
1. —THE BLACK BEAR-BERRY. (Arctostaphylos alpina, Sprengel.) 
Synonyme. —Arbutus alpina, Lin. I Specific Character. —Stems procumbent. Leaves rugged, serrated. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 2030 ; 2nd ed., t. 588. | Clusters terminal. (Smith.) 
Description, &c.-— This pretty dwarf shrub is very common in the western islands of Scotland, and the 
Highlands. The plant is not an evergreen, and the leaves change to a bright red before they fall off. The 
flowers, which are white, slightly tinged with pink, appear in May, and they are succeeded by black berries, 
which are good to eat. 
2.— THE RED BEAR-BERRY. (Arctostaphylos Uva ursi, Spreng.) 
Synonyme. —Arbutus Uva ursi, Lin. Specific Character _Stems procumbent. Leaves obovate, entire.. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 714 ; 2nd ed., t. 589 ; and our fig. 7, Clusters terminal. (Smith.) 
in PI. 44. 
Description, &c. —A beautiful little evergreen shrub, with long trailing branches, leathery leaves reticulated 
below, and terminal clusters of flowers, which appear in May. The berries are red, and though they are very 
austere, they are eaten by the moor-fowl. The whole plant is astringent. 
CHAPTER LVII. 
THE WINTER-GREEN FAMILY. (Pyrolen, Lindley.) 
Character of the Order. —Calyx five-leaved, persistent, inferior. 
Corolla monopetalous, bypogynous, regular, deciduous, four or five¬ 
toothed, with an imbricated aestivation. Stamens bypogynous, twice as 
numerous as the divisions of the corolla ; anthers two-celled, opening 
longitudinally, and furnished with appendages at the base. Ovarium 
superior, four or five-celled, many-seeded, with an bypogynous disk ; 
style one, straight or decimate ; stigma simple. Fruit capsular, four or 
five-celled, dehiscent, with central placentae. Seeds indefinite, minute, 
winged ; embryo minute, at one extremity of a fleshy albumen.— 
Herbaceous plants, rarely under-shrubs, sometimes parasitical and leaf¬ 
less. Stems round, covered with scales ; in the frutescent species 
leafy. Leaves either wanting or simple, entire or toothed. Flowers 
in terminal racemes, rarely solitary. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —This is a small order, containing only two genera of British plants. They are both 
placed in the Linn a; an class and order Decandria Monogynia, from each having ten stamens and a single style. 
GENUS I. 
THE WINTER-GREEN. (Pyrola, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charactbr. Calyx five-cleft or five-parted. Petals five, the base.—Herbaceous plants, with evergreen entire leaves, rarely leaf- 
cohering very slightly at the base. Style longer than the stamens. less. Scapes simple. Flowers white or pink, unilateral. . (Lindley.) 
Stamens ten, subulate. Capsule five-celled, dehiscing at the angles of 
Description, &c. —There are several species of this genus, but they bear such a striking resemblance to each 
