Comarostaphylis
(from Komaros, the Arbutus, and staphyle, a grape; referring to the clusters of fruit). ORD. Ericaceoe. This genus is now included under Arctostaphylos. Very pretty greenhouse evergreen shrubs, bearing succulent, edible fruit. They thrive in a compost of loam and peat, and are propagated in three ways: By seeds; by cuttings, under a handlight, in the beginning of autumn; and by grafting on the Arbutus, in spring. In southern counties, this genus is tolerably hardy, but should at all times and in all places have a protection in winter, when grown out of doors.
C. arbutoides (Arbutus-like).* fl. white; racemes panicled; bracts acuminate, shorter than the pedicels. May. l. linear-oblong, entire, mucronate, rusty beneath. Plant erect, tomentose. h. 6ft. Guatemala, 1840. (B. R. 29, 30.) C. poliifolia (Polium-leaved). fl. crimson, racemose. May. l. linear-lanceolate. Plant erect, tomentose. h. 2ft. Mexico, 1840.