Tap. 8146, 
PHYLLODOCE Brewer. 
California. 
Ericacear. Tribe Payitopocear, 
PHYLLODOCE, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 36; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. 
in, P- 595; Mawim. in Mem. Ac. Sc. Petersb. sér. 7, vol. xvi. no. 9, p. 5; 
Drude in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. vol. iv. 1, p. 40. 
Phyllodoce Breweri, Mawim. l.c.; P. empetriformi, Don., affinis, sed floribus 
majoribus, corolla late campanulata ultra medium 5-fida, staminibus 
exsertis distincta. 
Fruticulus 20-30 cm. altus, ramis ascendentibus rigidis dense foliatis. 
Folia creberrima, subsessilia, linearia, obtusa, marginibus arcte 
revolutis, 1-15 cm. longa, 1-1°5 mm. lata, supra laevia, glaberrima, 
subtus ob costam validam et margines revolutas bisulcata, in sulcis 
glanduloso-pubescentia. lores e gemmis hibernantibus versus apices 
ramorum singuli orti, racemose dispositi, saepe plurimi, racemum densum 
brevem rarius elongatum referentes ; pedicelli tenues, glandulosi, 0°5-1-5 
(plerumque 1) cm. longi. Sepala elliptico-ovata, 3-4 mm. longa, glabra, 
purpurascentia. Corolla late campanulata, ultra medium 5-fida, 5-6 mm. 
’ longa, rubro-purpurea, lobis late ovatis obtusis. Stamina normaliter 10: 
filamenta 5-7 mm: longa; antheraé:1°5 mim;-longae- ., Ovarium 5-loculare, 
glandulosum ; stylus 6 mm. longus. Capsula globosa, ‘4 mm.‘ diam:— 
Bryanthus Breweri, A. Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. vol. vii. p. 367; Syn. 
F]. N. Am. vol. ii. part I. p. 37. : 
P, Breweri is a native of the inner Sierras of California, 
between 34° and 40° N. lat. It was first observed by 
W. H. Brewer, who was attached to Prof. Whitney’s sur- 
veying party from 1860-1864. He collected the plant in 
the ordinary state with relatively loose inflorescences on 
Wood’s Peak, Eldorado Co., and in the form here figured 
and distinguished by compact racemes, on Mt. Hoffmann, 
on the north side of the Yosemite Valley. It is a 
characteristic plant of the alpine zone from 3,000 to 
over 3,600 m., and in some places forms extensive heather- 
like patches. It is,as might be expected, quite hardy with 
us, but a slow grower. At Kew it flowered in May. Its 
corollas are the largest in the genus, and produce a fine 
effect. Like its allies it prefers a peaty soil. It may 
be propagated from seeds or cuttings orlayers. The plant 
figured was raised from seeds presented to Kew in 1896 
by Baron von St. Paul, of Fischbach, Silesia. The question 
whether this plant should be placed in Phyllodoce or 
Bryanthus has been much discussed; but Maximowicz, 
and more recently Drude, the monographer of the Hricaceae 
Ju1ty Ist, 1907. 
