[)cTpery layers annually, by which alone it is readily distinguished from llie
common arbutus. The [)lants, when young, are somewliat tender; but, ii
kept in pots till 2 or 8 feet high before they are planted out, they will endure
the winters in the neighbourhood of London without any jirotcction ; and
will grow nearly as rapidly as the common arbutus, becoming eventually niiidi
larger and finer trees.
Í « 4. A. f r o c e 'u a Douglas. The tail Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree.
Iilcntificutkm. Lindl. Bot. Hog.. 1 .1573.
Engravings. Bot. Keg., t. 1573. ; and our Jig. 1084.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves oblong, serrated, or entire,
smooth ; petioles smootli. Racemes terminal,
panicles secund. (Lindl.) A small evergreen
tree; in British gardens an evergreen busli, with
fine broad glossy foliage. North-west coast of
North America. Height 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced
in 1825. Flowers delicate, grecni.sh
white; May. Fruit like that of the common
arbutus.
Nearly allied to / . /ndnichne ; but diiferiiig in
the form and serratures of its leaves, and in the
form and size of its flowers. The root shoots are
covered with scattered bristles, as also are the leaf '
stalk, and the leaves them.selvcs on such shoots arc
very strongly serrated. tosi.
«e / . TOM EN To 'sA Vursk. The downy Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree.
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 282. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 835.
Synonyme. «4rctostáphylos tomentósa I.indL Eat. lirg., t. 1791.
hngràvings. Bot. Mug., t. 3320. ; Bot. Ueg., 1 .1791. ; and our Jig. 108.5.
Spec. Chnr., 4c. The whole plant, except the flowers, downy
while young. Branches hispid. Lcaves with short and
hispid {ictioles, midribs hispid, and disks oval, acute, subcordate
at the base, and clothed with white tomentinii
beneath. Flowers bracteated, dis[ioscd in somewhat headed
racemes, whicli are axillary, and shorter tlian the leaves.
Corolla cam[)anulately {litchcr-shapcd, pure white. (Dori.i
Mill.) A low evergreen shrub. West coast of North
America. Height .8 ft. to 4 ft. ......’----- ’ •'
Flowers pure white ; Dec.
Variety.
». A. t. 2 nuda Hook, et Aniott in
Bcccli. Voy. P t. Bot. 144., Hook.
Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. t. 129. f. 4. —
The plant is quite destitute of long
stiff hairs.
® G. A. d e n s if lo 'r a IL Ji. ct Kunth. Tlic
densely fld Arbutus, or Strawberry Tree,
JdvntHicatian. II. B. ct Kunlli Nov. Gen. Amor., 3. p. 280.
t. 260. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 835.
Engravings. H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 280.
t. 260. J and o u r /g . 108G.
Spec. Char., c'yc. Branches angular, pilose.
Loaves 4 in. to 5 in. long ; their petioles
long, pilose i their disks oliloiig, acute,
sharply tootlied, coriaceous, glabrous above,
and shining beneath, clothed with lirown-
tinged down, and the middle nerve witli long
rusty-hned hairs. Flowers crowded, disposcil
Introduced in 182G.
1(18.5. A . laniciitùùii.
IÜ80. A . ilun-iUlii
in panicles that are terminal and composed of approximate racemes. Pedicels
furni.shed with 3 bracteas at tiie base. Corolla oval, wliite. Filaments
dilated and pilose at the ba.sc. (Don’s Mill.) A robust slirub or low tree.
Mexico, on the eastern declivities between La Plata and Xalaiia. Height
20 a . ; ill British gardens 5 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers
white; December.
‘ A. specibsa Dickson, Gard. Mag. 1840,
Other Species apparently hardy.
p. 4, Leaves lanceolate, finely serrated, glaucous on the under side, anil bright
green above. Probably a large bush or small tree. Mexico, 1837. Another
species, and also A. lupalcnsis Royle, have been raised in the II. S. Garden,
G e n u s XV.
/RCTOSTA'PIIYLOS Adans. The B e a h b e r r y . Li». Syst. Decândria
Monogynia.
[lii'uli/ication. Adans. Fam. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 835.
Si/nonijmcs. U'va-iirsi Dorf., 'I'ourn.-. y/'rbutus sp ./,m .
Derivation. From arklos, n bear, and siapkulc, a grape.
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-{)arted. Corolla globose or ovate-campanulate ; limb
5-cleft, reflexed. Staoicns 10, enclosed; filaments dilated at tiie base, and
|)ilose. Anthers compressed at the sides, dehiscing by two pores at the
apex, fixed by the back beneath the middle, where they are I'urnished with
two reflexetl horns. Ovariuni seated on tlie hy])ogynoiis disk, or half-
iniincrsed in it, usually 5-cellcd, rarely 6—i)-cellcd ; cells i-scedcd. Styles I.
obtuse. nearly globose. (DowV iW /.)
Leaves simple, alte nato, exstipulate, evergreen or deciduous ; entire
or serrated. IRowers in terminal racemes, [icdiceliatc bracteate. Corollas
white or flesh-coloured. Drupes red or black.— Shnibs or subshrubs,
deciduous or evergreen, low or trailing ; natives of Europe or America.
1. / . U'vA-u'iisi Sjircng. The common Bcarberry.
(dentification. Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 827. ; Don’s Mill., 3. i>. 835.
Synonymes. /•Erbutus U vii-Cirsi I.in. Sp. 5GG. ; /I'rbiUiis iuxirblui Stokes Bot. 509. j U va-ursi
¿»nxi'l'bli.i Snl. in Gray's Arr. '¿. p. 400. ; Iftnirbcrrios, nml Boar-wliortlebon-Uis, Eng. -, Baron-
ti'iiubi', or Barenlieiir’o, Ger.; Boei-cndmiif, Dutch-, In Basserole, I'r. -, Uva d’Or/», Ital.-, Uva
de Oso, Span. -, Uva do Ursa, Fort. ; and Uva Ursi in tlio works of most old botanists.
Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 714. ; Sehmidt Baum., t. 138. ; and ourfig. 1087.
Spec. Char., Jfc. ¡Stems ¡n’ocumbcnt. Leaves permanent,
obovate, quite entire, coriaccou.s, shining,
resembling those of the common box. Flowers
fasciculate; pule red, or white with a red mouth;
growing in small clusters at the extremities of ^
the branches. Dnqie 5-cclled. (Don’s MUl) A
A trailing evergreen siirub. Canada and Now
England in rocky situations, and in the Island of
Uiialascha ; also in the middle of Europe ; and
upon dry heathy niountains tliroughout the Ilid i-
latuls and Western Isles of Scotland, lleight 1 it. ;
1087. «1. O'vfv-ursl.
trailing stems 2 ft. to 4 ft. Flowers pale re d ; May and June. Berries
red; ripe in September.
Variety.
A. U. 2 austrìaca Lodd.— Lcaves somewhat larger than those of
the species.
The berries are filled with an austere mealy pulp, and serve as food for
grouse and other birds in Britain ; and in Sweden, Russia, and America, they
form a [irincipal part of the food of bears. The whole plant is powerfully
astringent : it abounds in the tannin principle ; and, lioth in Sweden and
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