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places, ill mosses and bogs, with H'mpctram. Height
Bin. Introduced?. Flowers re d ; June.
2. B. Si e ' l i . e b / D. Don. Steller’s Bryanthus.
Idmiffication. D. Don, L c. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833.
St/nom/mes. Andromeda Steller/5«a Pali. Fl. Iloss. p. 08. t. 74. f. 2.;
Menzi^sio empetrifdrmis Fursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 265., but not of
Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 58. t. 74. f. 2. ; and om fig . 1074.
Spec. Char., ^c. Branchlets
glabrous. Leaves with ob-
.solete crenulated edges.
Flowers solitary, nearly
sessile. Anthers 2-horned
behind. Style conical.
Flowers pale red. (Doris
Mill.) A trailing diminutive
evergreen shrub.
North-west coast of America,
on the llocky Mountains,
and near the mouth 1074, b. stsue«.
of the Columbia River,
and in the Island of Sitcha. Height 6 in. Introduced ?. Flowers pale red,
larger than in B. Gmelini; June.
G e n u s XIII.
1073. B. Gmfilin
DABOE CIA D. Don. T h e D a b oe c i a . Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia.
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 833.
Synom/mes. Ærica sp. Lin. ; Andromeda sp. L in. ; Menzièsfa sp. Juss.
Derivation. D. jtiolifOlia D. Don is called, in Ireland, St. Dabeoc's heath.
Gen. Char. Calyx 4-parted. Corolla oval, ventricose ; limb 4-toothed. _ Stamens
8, enclosed ; filaments dilated, glabrous. Anthers linear, sagittate
at the base ; cells of anthers parallel, loosened at the apex, dehiscing
lengthwise. Stigma simple, truncate. Capsule 4-celled, with a septicidal
dehiscence. (Doris Mill.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; aceróse, elliptic, flat,
clothed with white tomentum beneath. Floivers terminal, racemose, purple.
— A shrub, evergreen, diminutive, bushy ; native of Ireland and the Pyrenees.
tL L D. p o lif o 'lia D, Don. The Poly-leaved Daboecia.
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 833. .
Synontnnes. Andrómeda Dabce'cfa Lin. Syst. 406. ; Frica Daboe'cfa Lin. Sp. 509.; Mcnzicsia
Daboe'c?a Dec. Fl. Gall. 674. ; F ric a hibêrnica, &c., Raii Hist. 3. Sxippl. 244. ; Menzièsfa po-
lifblia Juss. Ann. Mus. 1. p. 55. ; Faccinium cantâbricura Huds. Fl. Angl. ed. 1. p. 143. ; Insli
Wliorts, Cantabrian Heath, St. Dabeoc’s Heath.
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t.35. ; Sweet’s Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2. s. t.276. ; and om figs. 1075. and 1076.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves elliptic, flat,
clothed with white tomentum beneath.
Flowers in terminal racemes. (Doris
Mill.) A bushy, heath-like, evergreen
undershrub. Ireland and the Pyrenees,
on the sides of mountains and
dry heaths, where it is very ornamental.
Height 1 ft. to 2 ft. Flowers purple ;
June to September.
Variety.
D. p. 2 ^ álbo Swt. Brit. Fl.
Gard. 2d ser. t. 27G. — Flowers white. Discovered in Cunnemara,
in 1820, growing lUong with the common vaj'iety.
G e n u s XIV.
/'R B U T U S Camer. T h e A r b u t u s , o r S t r a w r e r r y T r e e . Lin. S y s t.
Decándria Monogynia.
m i Arto u d e r, Fr.-. Santoeero,
B f l m d r i f r o J Z t h o i L austere bush, Celtic ; in allusiou to the austere quality of the fruit.
Gen Char. Calyx 5-pavted. Corolla globose, or ovately campanulate ; limb
6-cleft reflexed. Stamens 10, endosed. Anthers compressed on the sides,
dehiscino- by two pores at the apex, fixed by the back beneatli the apex,
where they are furnished with two reflexed awns. Ovarmm seated / a
hypouyuous disk, or haif-iinmersed in it, 5-celled; cells n i/y -jeed ed . Style
U «toma obtuse. Serry nearly globose, granular. (Dons Mill.)
Leaves siin pie, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen; serrated or entire. Flowers
in racemes, terminal, panicled, pedicellate, bracteate, witn white or fesh
coloured corollas.—Trees and shrubs, evergreen ; natives of Europe, Asia,
and America.
Thev are of easy culture, in sandy loam, or loam and p e a t; and they are
r e a d i l y propagated, the common kinds by layers, cuttings, or seeds, and the
rarer and tenderer sorts by grafting on those that are more /m m o n and hardy.
All the species have the outer bark more or less tinged with red, and scaly.
1. A. CTnedo L. The Unedo Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree.
artiiie Sandbeere, Ge r.\ Komaa, Mod. Greek.
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t, 2377.; and om fig . 1077.
Spec. Char., f r . Arboreous. Branchlets
clothed with glandular hairs.
Leaves oblong-liinceolate, glabrous,
serrulated. Flowers nodding. Peduncles
smooth. (Doris Mili.) An
evergreen shrub or low tree. South
of Europe, Palestine, and Ireland,
in the county of Kerry, near the
Lake of Killarney, on barren lime-
Stone rocks, where the country
people eat the fruit. Height 10 ft.
to 20 ft. Flowers white; September
and December. Fruit large,
scarlet; ripe in December.
Varieties.
« i A. U. ] albus Ait. Hort.
Kew. ii. p. 71. — Flowers
white. This is the common
raised nurseries by seed.
1(»77. H'r'iutus U'netio.
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mon sort, raiseu in mnse.ies oy seeu. The flowers are sometimes
of a greenish or yellowisli white, and sometimes reddish. ih e
colour of the fruit, also, varies in a similar nmnner.
« i A. U. 2 ruber Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. 71. — Flowers r /d i s h . Ihis
is the handsomest variety in cultivation. It is commonly propagated
by layers, or by grafting on the species, and sometimes by cuttings.
« A. V.Splcmis Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. p. 7 1 .— Flowers semulouble.
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