shrublets. It ascends to over 2,000 m., but flourishes 
best in the upper subalpine zone, and is a great ornament 
of its native mountains comparable in effect to the Hrica 
carnea of the Alps. 
Descr.—A. much-branched shrublet, about 4 foot high, 
with slender, pubescent, ascending branches. Leaves 
crowded, more or less in whorls of four, subsessile, linear 
with tightly recurved margins, obtuse, with a terminal 
bristle, j-¢ in. long, qs in. wide, coriaceous, with scattered 
gland-tipped bristles above, and two grooves beneath. 
Flowers in dense terminal racemes, nodding ; pedicels aspe- 
rulous, ¢ in. long. Calyx campanulate, coloured, glabrous, 
4-lobed; lobes broadly triangular. Corolla rose-coloured, 
campanulate, + in. long, 4-lobed; lobes broadly ovate, 
obtuse. Stamens 8, included; filaments united at the very 
base, and attached to the base of the corolla ; anthers not 
quite #, in. long, bilobed. Disc indistinct. Style long, 
exserted. Capsule globose, small.—Orro Srarr. 
Cultiv.—One of the prettiest and daintiest of the 
smaller Hricaceae, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia thrives at 
Kew very well in the open air, planted in a light, peaty 
soil, where it forms close tufts about 6 in. high, and a foot 
or more across. Commencing to flower about mid-June, 
it remains in that state for at least a month, the whole 
plant being covered with the short, erect racemes. It — 
produces good seeds yearly, and these afford the best 
means of increase. The species is not often met with in 
gardens, but as seeds have been offered in exchange for 
several years past, and have been freely asked for, it will 
probably become more common. Although quite hardy, 
the plant is too small to withstand rough shrubbery treat- 
ment. The best place for it is, perhaps, a shelf or 
miniature platean on the rockery. Failing such a situation 
a front place in a group of the smaller Hricaceous or other 
peat-loving plants might be accorded it.—W. J. Bran. 
Fig. 1, foliage, 2; two flowers; 3, 4, and 5, anthers; 6, pistil :—all enlarged. 
