ERICACEA. XLV. Besar. 
rough ; flowers scarlet. h.G. Native of the west of Java, on 
high mountains, 
Retuse-leaved Vireya. Fl. Year. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation, see Agarista, p. 838. 
XLV. BEJA‘RIA (so named by Mutis after a Spanish bota- 
nist of the name of Bejar). Mutis, amer. 1. t. 8. Lin. gen. 
Reich. no. 648. Juss. gen. 159.—Befaria, Humb. et Bonpl. pl. 
æquin. 2. p. 118. t. 117, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 290.—Aciinna, 
Ruiz et Pav. 
Lix. syst. Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Calyx deeply 7-cleft. 
Corolla so deeply 7-cleft as to appear of 7 petals, spreading. 
Stamens 14, hypogynous; anthers obverse or pendulous, awn- 
less. Ovarium free, 7-furrowed. Style elongated ; stigma de- 
pressedly capitate, 7-furrowed. Capsule depressedly globose, 
girded by the permanent calyx, and terminated by the style, 7- 
celled, 7-valved, with a septicidal dehiscence; cells many-seeded. 
—Elegant alpine shrubs ; with scattered, crowded, quite entire, 
coriaceous leaves; racemose or corymbose, bracteate flowers. 
Corollas usually purple. 
1 B. restndsa (Mutis, amer. 1. t. 8. Lin. syst. 443. suppl. 
246.) branchlets downy ; leaves ovate, smooth; corymbs ter- 
minal, simple; pedicels downy; corollas resinous and viscid; 
filaments downy near the base. h. G. Native of New Gra- 
nada. Branches proliferous. Leaves an inch long. Corollas 
purple. 
Kesinous-flowered Bejaria. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 
2 B. racemosa (Vent. cels, p. 51. t. 51.) branchlets smooth 
or hispid; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous; flowers disposed 
in racemose‘terminal panicles. h.G. Native of Georgia and 
Florida, in sandy places. B. paniculata, Michx, fl. bor. amer. 1. 
p. 280, t. 26. Corollas purple. 
Racemose-flowered Bejaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub 
8 to 5 feet. 
3 B. crav'ca (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. æquin. 2. p. 118. t. 177.) 
glabrous; leaves oblong, obtuse, glaucous beneath; racemes 
terminal and axillary; pedicels somewhat fastigiate. p. G. 
Native of South America, in the alpine region of the province of 
Venezuela, near the top of Silla de Caraccas. Shrub much 
branched ; branchlets angular. Corolla flesh-coloured, glabrous : 
filaments glabrous. 
Glaucous-leaved Bejaria. 
3 to 6 feet. 
4 B. coarcta`ra (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. æquin. 2. p. 125. t. 
121.) branchlets clothed with pubescent tomentum ; leaves ob- 
long, glabrous, glaucous beneath; corymbs terminal, simple ; 
peduncles, pedicels, rachi, and calyxes clothed with rusty to- 
mentum. . h. G. Native of Peru, in cold places near the city 
of Caxamarca. Shrub much branched. Flowers purple. Fila- 
ments glabrous, but dilated and pubescent at the base. 
Coarctate-corymbed Bejaria. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
5 B. eranpirto ra (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. equin. 2. p. 122. t. 
119.) leaves ovate, glabrous above, but clothed with rusty to- 
mentum beneath, as well as the pedicels, peduncles, rachi, 
calyxes, and branchlets; corymbs terminal, branched a little, 
many-flowered. h. G. Native of the province of Quito, in 
cold places between Loxa and Ona, in Paramo de Saraguru ; and 
near Alto de Pulla, and Vinajacu. Shrub much branched ; 
branches subverticillate. Corollas purple, about the size of 
those of Dictémnus dlbus. Filaments glabrous, but dilated and 
ciliated at the base. 
Great-flowered Bejaria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
6 B. z'sruans (Mutis, in Lin. fil. suppl. 247. mant. 242. 
Humb. et Bonpl. pl. æquin. 2. p. 120. t. 118.) leaves elliptic, 
rather glabrous above, but downy and glaucous beneath, while 
young clothed with rusty tomentum, and ciliated with glands ; 
VOL, III, 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. Shrub 
XLVI. Hymenanrues. 849 
corymbs terminal, simple; peduncles, pedicels, rachi, calyxes, 
and branchlets clothed with clammy glandular hairs. h. G. 
Native of New Granada, near Gonzanama. Much branched ; 
branchlets subverticillate. Flowers smaller than those of the 
preceding, purple. Filaments villous at the base. 
Heating Bejaria. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 
7 B. tepiror1a (Humb. et Bonpl. pl. æquin. 2. p. 124. t. 
120.) leaves oblong, somewhat mucronate, with revolute edges, 
glaucous beneath, beset with glandular hairs on both surfaces 
along the middle nerve; racemes terminal ; peduncles, pedicels, 
rachi, branchlets, and calyxes clothed with clammy glandular 
hairs. h. G. Native of South America, on the top of Silla 
de Caraccas. Shrub much branched ; branches purplish. Flowers 
about the size of those of B. glaúca, purple. 
Ledum-leaved Bejaria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
8 B. Caxamarce’nsts (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 3. p. 
294.) branchlets pilose; leaves oblong, glabrous above, pubes- 
cently hairy and glaucous beneath; corymbs terminal, simple ; 
peduncles, pedicels, and rachi, clothed with rusty pilose tomen- 
tum; calyxes hairy. h. G. Native of Peru, on the Andes, 
about Caxamarca. A much-branched shrub. Flowers size of 
those of the preceding, purple ; petals narrow. 
Caxamarca Bejaria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
9 B. ranceora'ra (Ruiz et Pav. fi. per. 4. t. 1513. f. b.) 
branches and racemes hairy; leaves ovate-lanceolate; corymbs 
simple, racemose ; pedicels short. h. G. Native of Peru, on 
the high hills of Rodos Pillao and Huassa-Huassi, where it is 
called Rosa-Rosa, or Rosa Huaytta. Acúnna lanceolata, Ruiz 
et Pav. syst. p. 124. Flowers purple or rose-coloured. 
Lanceolate-leaved Bejaria. Fl. May, Aug. Shrub 4 to 6 
feet. 
10 B. optonea (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 1513. f. a.) leaves 
oblong, with revolute margins; flowers corymbose; pedicels 
long. hb. G. Native of Peru, in the province of Tarma, at 
Churupallana; and of Panatabua, at Acomaya and Macora, 
where it is called Rosa-Rosa, from the copious rose-coloured 
flowers. Acúnna oblénga, Ruiz et Pav. syst. p. 123. Flowers 
purple or rose-coloured. Branches, petioles, and corymbs downy. 
Corymbs compound. 
Oblong-leaved Bejaria. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Agarista, p. 838. 
Extremely elegant plants, with the habit of some species of 
Rhododéndron, and are therefore well worth the cultivator’s 
care. 
XLVI. HYMENA’NTHES (from ipny, hymen, a mem- 
brane; and av@oc, anthos, a flower; in reference to the thin 
corollas). Blum. bijdr. 862. 
Lin. syst. Dodecdndria, Monoginia. Calyx small, obsoletely 
denticulated. Corolla campanulate, with a short compressed 
tube, and a 7-parted limb; segments of the limb imbricated. 
Stamens 14, hypogynous: alternate ones shortest. Anthers 
fixed by the back, mutic, opening by 2 pores at the apex. 
Ovarium free, girded by a nectariferous tumid margin at the 
base. Style long; stigma obtuse, 7-crenated. Capsule oblong, 
7-celled, 7-valved, many-seeded.—Nearly allied to Bejdria, but 
differs from it in the small calyx and monopetalous corolla. 
1 H. Jarénica (Blum. l. c.) shrub a little branched ; leaves sub- 
verticillate, 3 to 4 in a whorl, petiolate, oblong, acutish, nar- 
rowed at the base, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous, reticulated 
above, veinless and yellowish beneath; flowers disposed in 
dense, terminal, bracteate spikes. k. G. Native of Japan, 
from whence it was received by Blume under the name of Rho- 
dodéndron ponen re 
Japan Hymenanthes. Shrub. ; 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Agarista, p. 838. 
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