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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART HI.

Synonyme. Cranberry of Staten Island.

Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1783.; our Jig. 2377. to our usual scale; and fig. 2376. of the natural size.

Spec. Char. Leaves and branches with woolly margins. Berries red.( Sindl.) An evergreen procumbent shrub, with brownishpurple flowers, and red fruit. A native of the southernpoint of South America, where it is found“ along the sandy coast, spreading over thestones, but especially thriving at the back ofthe low sand hills, by which the shore is oftenskirted.” (Sot. Mag.') It is also found nearConcepcion. It was introduced in 1833, byMr. Low of the Clapton Nursery, and floweredthere in July, 1835. “ According to Gaudichaud,the red berries are pleasant to eat.” It grows freely inpeat, and is quite hardy. 2378

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Genus II.

CORE' MA D. Don. The Corema Sin. Syst. Dioe'cia Triandria.

Identification. D. Don in New Edin. Phil. Journ. j Lindl. in Nat. Syst. of Bot.

Synonyme. .E'mpetrum, in part, L.

Derivation. From korema , a broom; in allusion to the habit of the plant.

Description, Src. An upright shrub, a native of Portugal; closely allied to.E'mpetrum, and requiring the same soil and culture in British gardens.

«. 1. C. a'lba D. Don. The whit e-berried Corema.

Identijication. D. Don in New Edin. Phil. Journ.

Synonymes. .E'mpetrum 61bum Lin. Sp ., 1450., Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 712., Gtsrtn. Fruct. , 2. 107.,Mart. Mill., No. 1., Ait. Hort. Kew ., ed. 2., 5. p. 366. ; E. lusitanicum, &c., Tourn. Inst., 579.;JErlca erectis, &c., Bauh. Pin. j the white-berried Heath, Portugal Crakeberry.

Spec. Char., §c. Stem erect. Branches pubescent. Leaves linear, with revolutemargins ; somewhat scabrous above. (Willd.) A shrub, a native of Por-tugal. Introduced in 1774.

Description, S,c. An upright-growing low shrub, very much branched,rigid, sprinkled with resinous dots. Leaves scattered in all directions, linear,obtuse, spreading; flattish above, revolute on the margin. Flowers terminal,grouped, sessile; imposed upon a hairy disk, white, and larger than those of-E'mpetrum. Groups bracteolated with villose scales. Berry white. Intro-duced from Portugal, in 1774, by Messrs. Kennedy and Lee. Culture thesame as for -E'mpetrum nigrum.

Genus III.

CERATPOLA Michx. The Ceratiola. Sin. Syst. Monoe'ciaDiandria.

Identification. Michx. FI. Bor. Amer.,2. p. 222.; Lindl. in Nat. Syst. of Botany, ed. 2.

Derivation. From keration , a little horn; in allusion to the shape of the stigma.

Engravings. Pursh, 1. t. 13.; Bot. Mag., t. 2758. ; our fig. 2380. to our usual scale j and fig. 2379. ofthe natural size.

Description, §c. A small, heath-like, evergreen shrub; a native of NorthAmerica; grown, in British gardens, in peat soil, and propagated by cuttings.