142 * ERICE.E. 



leaves elliptical-oblong, denticulate, glabrous above, glabrate beneath: veins 8-12 on each 

 side ; racemes compound : bracts subulate-filiform, as long as the flower ; petals subciliate 

 above ; anthers inversely arrow-shaped, acuminate at the base ; style included. — Leaves 

 leathery, 6"-3" long, pointed, blunt at the base, at first hoary-tomentose beneath, soon 

 glabrous : teeth at the end of the branching veins, glanduliform, numerous : petiole 10'"— 4'" 

 long; panicle lax, terminal : bracts 3 '"-4"' long, exceeding the buds : pedicels 1 '"-2"' long. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., on the summits of the Blue Mountains. 



3. C. Alexandra, Gr. [n. sp.). Branches and petioles rusty-woolly ; leaves elliptical, 

 denticulate or subentire, glabrate above, rusty -tomentose beneath: veins 8-10 on each side; 

 racemes aggregate, rusty-villous : bracts subulate-lanceolate, nearly as long as the flower ; 

 petals subentire ; anthers obcordate, shortly mucronate at the base : cells oblong, rounded at 

 the top ; style at length exserted. — A tortuous shrub : habit of C. fimbriata, Kth. ; leaves 

 thickish-rigid, 2"-lV long, bluntish at both ends, at first woolly on both sides : veins 

 straightish, impressed above : teeth glanduliform, about 1'" distant from each other, or ob- 

 solete : petiole 3"'-2'" long ; racemes spreading, 6"-4" long : bracts 3'" long : pedicels 

 scarcely 1"' long ; sepals tomentose, oval-oblong, If" long, a little exceeded by the obovate 

 petals ; stamens included : anthers with a large, roundish pore ; style very shortly 3-lobed ; 

 capsule tomentose : seeds oval, encircled by a broad wing. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., on the 

 summits of the Blue Mountains. 



Tkibe IT. SIPHONOSTOMEM— Corolla sympetalous, deciduous. Anther-cells diverg- 

 ing at the top, dehiscent by a terminal-introrse pore or slit. Pericarp loculicidal or 

 baccate. — Buds enclosed within scales ; leaves alternate. 



Subteibe 1. JNBROMEBEM— Capsule loculicidal, free. 



2. LYONIA, Nutt. 



Calyx 5-fid, valvate. Stamens 10-8, destitute of appendages : anthers recurved, dehiscent 

 by pores. Capsule 5(-4)-celled, 10(-8)-valved, the sutures at length separating from the 

 carpids . — Pedicels fascicled. 



4. Ii. jamaicensis, Bon. Branchlets puberulous, glabrate; leaves evergreen, gla- 

 brous, lanceolate or elliptical-lanceolate, quite entire or repand, reticulated with veins, and 

 at length punctate beneath ; pedicels axillary, crowded ; calyx 5-fid, short ; corolla oblong ; 

 anthers 10, recurved, oblong, shortly mucronate at the base of both cells. — Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4273. — Andromeda, Sw. A. fasciculata, Sw. ! — A tree or shrub ; leaves bluntish, ash- 

 coloured beneath ; pedicels 3'" long, scarcely as long as the petiole ; corolla white, 2'" long ; 

 capsule-valves 10, linear. — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., on the summits of the mountains. 



5. It. octandra, Gr. Glabrous; leaves evergreen, lanceolate, quite entire: veins in- 

 conspicuous ; pedicels axillary, clustered, exceeded by the petiole ; calyx 4-fid, short ; co- 

 rolla oblong-prismatical, contracted above ; anthers 8, ovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded at 

 the base. — Andromeda, Sw. Menziesia triflora, Better, sec. DC. — A shrub, 12-15' high ; 

 leaves polished, sometimes obsoletely punctate and pale-green beneath, 2" long, bluntish ; 

 pedicels 1'" long ; corolla IV" long ; capsule unknown. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., on high 

 mountains, Moorce's Gap. 



3. BROSS.EA, BC. (emend.) 



Calyx deeply 5-fid, valvate, not fleshy in fruit. Stamens 10 : anther-cells dehiscent by 

 an oval foramen, each 2-awned at the top. Capsule 5 -celled, many-seeded. — Leaves ever- 

 green, serrulate; pedicels axillary, solitary, or a few of the uppermost racemose from the 

 reduction of leaves. 



6. B. anastomosans, Or. — Vent. Choix, t. 53. — Andromeda, L. Epigsea cordifolia, 

 Sw. ! Gualtheria buxifolia, W. ex PI. Moritz. G. anastomosans, Kth. — A low, branched 

 shrub, 1' high, ascending with the hispid branches; leaves shortly petioled, ovate, sub- 

 cordate at the base, pointed, glabrate, veiny, 8"'-12'" long; pedicels 4"' long, nodding ; calyx 



