ARCTOSTAPHYLOS

(Lat.), n. f. Aëk-to-sta®f(sta3f)i21(u91)-02s, From dpxros, a bear, and oravAy, a bunch of grapes, because bears eat the berries. Fr., bu erole, Ger., Bdrentruube. Bearberry; a genus of bral ne Aer Canc OUe plants. established by Adanson, belonging to the suborder Ericineæ and the tribe Arbuteæ, having a 5-parted calyx, a monopetalous urceolate corolla, and a fleshy drupa- Lat., arctatio (from arctare ceo us fruit. [B, 34.]—A. alpina (Sprengel Fr., arbousier des alpes. Syn.: Arbutus alpina [Linneus|. A small shrub, with edible black berries, growing on. the Swi Alps and in the tropical regions of Europe, Asia, and Amer- - ica. [B, 34, 49.J)—A. glauca [Lindley]. The Manzanita; a species found in California. Its leaves, which are petiolate, ovate-oblong in shape, and obtuse at the base, about 2 inches in length and of a glaucous hue, are used in medicine like those of À. uva ursi and contain arbutin and tannin. The A. glauca of Watson is the À. pungens, var. platyphylla. B, 81, 215.]—A. nevadensis. A low, procumbent species found at altitudes of from 8,000 to 10,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada and California. B, 215.]—A. officinal is Wimmer and Grabowski]. See A. uva ursi. —A. pungens [Kunth.]. ‘A large shrub grow in; on the Pacific coast 0! the United States constituting one of the varieties of the manzanita. [B, 75, 215,]—A. to mentos a [Douglas]. Syn.: Arbutus to mentos a [Pursh]. A North American species, [B, 215.]—A. uva ursi [Sprengel]. | Fr., bu erole raisin @ours. Ger., Bärentrauve, ae Arbutus uva ursi [Lit neo us]. Beas ae trailing arbutus of Europe. A trailing shrub growing in the Alpine and Arctic districts of Europe and in North America, distinguished by its spatulate, peculiarly veined, lo y - green, leathery. E leaves, whitish-red flowers in terminal racemes, and scarlet berries. The leaves, which have a faint odor resembling that of hay, and a very astringent, somewhat bitter taste, contain gallic and tannic acids, malates, resin, sugar, a crystalline glucoside arbutin, and eri- (AFTER