. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1092 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus II. CORE'MA D. Don. The Cohema. Lin. Si/st. Dioe'cia Triandria. Ideniiflctttion. D. Don in New Edin. Phil. Journ. \ Lindl. ill Nat. Syst. of Bot. Synonyme. j^'mpetrum, in part, L. Derivation. From koremat a broom ; in allusion to the habit
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1092 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. Genus II. CORE'MA D. Don. The Cohema. Lin. Si/st. Dioe'cia Triandria. Ideniiflctttion. D. Don in New Edin. Phil. Journ. \ Lindl. ill Nat. Syst. of Bot. Synonyme. j^'mpetrum, in part, L. Derivation. From koremat a broom ; in allusion to the habit of the plant. Gen. Char. Calyx 3-leavecl, membranaceous, naked at the base. Petals 3. Stamens 3. Stigma 6-c!eft. Berry globose, 3-stoned. (G. Don.) Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; scattered, linear, obtuse, spreading, flattish above, and revolute on the margin. Flowers in terminal heads, sessile, situated on a hairy disk ; white, large: heads having villous scales. Berries white. — Shrub small, erect, branchy, rigid, covered with resinous dots ; native of the South of Europe. Closely allied to i?'mpetrum, from which it has been recently separated, and requiring the same soil and culture in British gardens. «- 1. C. a'lba D. Don. The v/hite-berried Corema. Ideniijicntion. D. Don in New Edin. Phil. Journ. Synonytnes. £'mpetrum album Lin. Sp. 1450. ; JH. lusit&nicum, &c., Tourn. Inst. 579. ; £rlca erectis, &c., Bavh. }^in. ; the white- berried Heath, Portugal Crakeberry. Engraving. Onrfig. 2038. Spec. Char., ^c. Stem erect. Branches pubescent. Leaves linear, with revolute margins ; somewhat sca- brous above. (Willd.) A low evergreen shrub. Por- tugal. Height 6 in. to 12 in. Introduced in 1774. Flowers white; May. Berries white; ripe Nov. Much branched, rigid, sprinkled with resinous dots. «- 2. C. CoNRA^DZZ Torrey. Conrad's Corema. Identification. Torrey in Lit., and Gard. Mag., xvii. Synonyme. £'mpetrum Conr^d?Y Torrey. Engraving. Our Jig. 20
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