OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Menziesia. 
dris, calycibus obtusis. Smith in linm, trans. 10. 
p. 380. 
© On the north-west coast. Menzies. On the Rocky- 
mountains and near the mouth of Columbia river. 
M. Lewis. kh. July. v.s. Fiowers pale red. 
4. M. foliis sparsis confertis linearibus obtusis cartilagineo- 
denticulatis, pedunculis terminalibus aggregatis uni- 
~~ floris, floribus campanulatis 10-andris, calycibus acu- 
tissimis.— Swartz in linn. trans. 10. p. 377. t.30. f. 1. 
Andromeda taxifolia. Pall. fè. ross. t. 72. f. 2. 
Erica caerulea. Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 393. 
Phyllodoce taxifolia. Parad. lond. 36. 
On the White Hills of New Hampshire. Prof: Peck. 
On the north-west coast and Labrador, Herb. Banks. 
kh. July. v.s. Flowers red. A 
341. DIOSPYROS. Gen. pl. 1598, 
1, D. foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis glabris reticulato-ve- 
-= .. hosis, petiolis pubescentibus, gemmis glabris.— Willd. 
2 8p. pl. 4. p. 1107. sedes 
Icon. Mill. ic. 126. Catest. car. 2. t. 76. Mich arb. 12. 
In woods and old fields: New York to Louisiana. k. 
— May. v. v. A middle-sized tree ; flowers pa'e yel- 
low; fruit known by the name of Persimon, the size 
of a common plum, golden-yellow, of an agreeable 
... taste, when perfectly ripe, but extremely astringent 
before that time. In the Northern States the fruits are — 
.. Rot eatable till the frost has mellowed them. 
2. D. foliis oblongis acutis subtus pubescentibus, petiolis 
—... longis, fructibus oligospermis. ; r 
.. Tn the lower counties of Virginia, Carolina and Georgia. 
= hb. Aprili v v. Though Michaux in his Arbres 
s forestiers considers this only as a variety, Fam inclined 
© . ta take it as a distinct species ; not only shape and pu- 
bescence of the leaf, but difference in the structure of 
the fruit and seeds, indicate it sufficiently. — 
ceerulea, 
virginiana. 
pubescens. : 
rulrum. | 
