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P L A T E DCLXIV.
ARBUTUS LONGIFOLIA.
.Lojjg-leaved Arhutus.
C L A S S X. ORDER I.
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ten Chives. One Polntal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALVX 5-partitus. Corolla ovata, basi pellucida.
Bacca 5-locularis.
EMTALEMENT S-parted. Blossom egg-shaped,
transparent at the base. Berry 5-celled.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
ARBUTUS foliislongis, lanceolatis, serratis : floribus
paniculis verticillatis : pedunculis hispidis,
glutinosis : caule arboreo.
ARBDTUS with long lance-shaped leaves, sawed :
flowers grow in panicles, whorled: footstalks
hispid and glutinous : stem woody.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A blossom.
2. The same spread open.
3. A chive magnified.
4. A side view of the same magnified.
5. Seed.bud and pointal, summit magnified.
OUR drawing of the Arbutus longifolia was made from a fine specimen, obligingly communicated by
Mrs. Beaumont, from the superb collection of Colonel Beaumont at Bretton Hall, in March 18H,
whose gardener, Mr. Benning, informs us that it is kept in the conservatory, is eleven feet high, bears
eight heads of flowers like the one figured, and sheds the old bark annually. It was first raised at the
Hammersmith nursery from seeds received from the Island of Madeira. It is also said to be found in
the Canary Isles, where the berries are made into, a sweetmeat. Although sixteen years in cuItivatioH
with us, it has very rarely flowered. May be increased by cuttings or layers^