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MENZIESIA EMPETRIFOLIA. CROW-BERRY- 
LEAVED MENZIESIA. 
Ca ae ae ea oe 
Class and Order. 
Ocranpria Monoeynis. 
( Nat. Ord.—Enricez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. profunde 4—5-fidus. Cor. 4—5-fida, ventricosa. 
Stam. 8—10. Capsula 4—5-locularis, marginibus valyarum 
inflexis dissepimenta. sistentibus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
_ Menziesta * empetriformis ; foliis linearibus serrulatis, pe- 
: dunculis aggregatis, floribus campanulatis erectis de- 
candris, calycibus glabris obtusis basi gibbosis antheris 
filamenta zquantibus. I 
ENZIESIA empetriformis. Smith in Linn. Soc. Trans. v. 
10. p. 380. Pursh, Fl. Americ. Sept. v. 1. p. 264. 
Nuttall, Genera, v. 1. p. 252. Sprengel, Systema Veget. 
v. 2. p. 202. wi 
Descr. A small, erect shrub. Leaves (six lines long, 
one line broad,) linear, on short, adpressed petioles, crowd- 
_ €d, suberect towards the extremities of the branches, below 
Spreading, when young, glanduloso-ciliated, afterwards 
-Slabrous, with a few cartilaginous, small teeth, especially 
. towards the apices, slightly channelled above, fleshy in 
elr sides, midrib somewhat depressed, flattened, and 
wrinkled. 
-* Named by Sir J. E. Surv in compliment to Arca1paLp MEnz1Bs, -— : 
the Companion of Capt. Vancouver in his Voyage round the world, _— ee 
excellent of men and the most liberal of Botanists. Ts 
