Aiidromede<^..] XCIII. ERICACE^. 589 



4 — 



Semina elongata, 3-gona v. compressa, teata membranacea 3-5-alata, alis crispatis erosisj al- 

 bn mine earn oso ; embryo gracilis, teres, cotyledonibus brevibus, radicnla eloiigata supera, — 

 Fnitices glabri, ramiilis snbverticillatiSj gemmis bracteatis, braeteis deciduis. Folia 

 petiolata, coriacea et peraistentia v. membranacea et decidua, integerrima v. sernilata. 

 ,Flores in umbellas corymbosas terminales dispositi, albi coccinei v. rosei, cernui v. penduli. 



Species 5, Cliinse, Japoiiia> et Himalaya orieiitalis iiicola?, in seetioncs soqucntcs diatribncndse: 

 1. Flores iimbellati, cernui. Corolla campamilata, basi 5-gibba, lobis integris. Capsulse erectse. 

 2ient/i. Ft. Hongk, 200. JioL Mag. t 1G19. Sot. Beg, L 884, 885. 



% Flores raccmosi, pendiili. Corolla cam paini lata, basi aDqiialis, lobis laceris, Capsulae defleso- 

 nutantes- Miq, in Ann, Mus. Lngd, Bat, i. 31 {Androiueda), Mejst-BRTA, Shb, et Zucc. FL Jap, 

 Fain. Nat. ii, 3, t, 3. WaVp, Ann. i. 479- Maxim, in Bull. Acad, Tctrop. xviii- 5! ; Mel. Biol, viii, 

 620. Tritomodon, Tiircz, in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc, 1848, i. 584. Walp, Ann. ii. 114, 



3. Florey umbellati, penduli. Corolla cumpaniilatii, basi jjequaliy, lobis iiitegcrrimi^, Capsulse 

 drflexo-mitantes. Hook, /, in Hook, Kew Jonm. vii. 125, t. 3. 



4, Flores umbellati, patentes. Corolla xirceolato-globosa, basi 6-gibba, gibbia tuiuidis, lobis in- 

 tcgerrimis. Capsulae erects. Bot. Mag, L 5822. 



E. bijlorus, Lour,, est Terisiiniliter Azalea indica^ L. 



Tribus IIT. Ekice^e, 



19. Macnabla, Benth, in DC, Prod, rii. 612 (Nabea, Lehni, hid, Sem. Hart, Hamb. 

 1831). — Sepala 4, elongato-lanceolata, obtusaj cartilagineaj per paria opposita, erecta, 2 

 exteriora carinata, 2 interiora planinscula, persistentia. Corolla parva, marcescens, calyce 

 multoties brevior, profunde 4-fida, contorta. Stamina 8, libera, filamentis iiliformibus 

 elongatis glabris ; antherai graciles, dorso affix«, 2-partitai5 dorse muticfe, locnlis riniis 

 longitudinal ibu8 dehiscentibiis. Discus parvus, lobulatua. Ovarium subglobosum, 

 4-Ioeulare ; stylus gracilis, apice uncinatus, stigmate obtuse ; ovula in loculis plura, placentis 

 angulo interiori adnatis inserta. Capsula 4-gona; 4-locularis, loculicide 4-valvis, valvis ab 

 axi placentiforo solutis, polysperma, Semina compressa, testa membranacea alata. — 

 Frntex ericoideus, glabcrrimus, rigidus^ erectus. Folia 3-natim verticillata, in ramulis 

 brevibus conferta, aubulata, 3-gona. Flores ad apices ramiilornm subsessilcs, subsolitarii, 

 foliis longiores, erecti, 3-bracteati, braeteis calyce multo brevioribus. 



Species 1 Capensis, provinciae maxime au&tro-occidentalis incola, 



20. Calluna, SalUb. in Trans. Linn, Soc, vi. 317. — Sepala4, per paria opposita, scariosa^ 

 colorata, concavaj obtusa, persistentia- Corolla niarcescens^ calyce brevior, campannlata, 

 4-fida, contorta. Stamina 8, libera^ filamentis brevibus complanatis ; antheroe dorso basi 

 aftixce, oblongje, 2-fidce, loculis rimis elongatis dehiscentibus, connectivo postice basi in 

 auriculas 2 erosas producto. Discus 8-lobus. Ovarium depresso-globusunij 8-gonuni ; 

 stylus filifonnis, inclusus v. brcA-itcr exsertus, stigmate cai>itellato longc exserto ; ovula in 

 locnlis 2, placentis ab apice lociili projectis inserta, pendula, Capsula globoso-4-gona, 

 44ocularis, septicide 4-valvis, valvis a septis et axi placentifero solutis, oligosperma. 

 Semina ovoidea, pendula, testa exalata, — Fruticulus ramosissimus, ericoideus^ ramulis 

 ob folia dcnsissime qnadrifariam imbricata tetragonis. Folia mimita, opposita, trigona, dorso 

 sulcata, glabra ciliata v. cano-tomentosa- Floras parvi, numerosissimi, axillares, breviter 

 pedicellati, horizontalcs, rosei, nitidi, braeteis 4 per paria oi^positis stipatL 



Species 1, Europse et Asite boreali-occidontalis incola, usque ad GroenJandiam cxtensa, in America 

 maxime boreali-orientali rarisiiiiija, etiam in ins, Azoricis obvia. DC, Prod. v'n. 612. Nces, Gen, 

 M. Germ. G<BTtn. Fruct, t, 63 {Erica). Lam, Illustr. t, 287 (Erica). BeicJA. Ic. Ft, Gmn, L 1162. 



21. Pentapera, Xlotzsch in Limma, xii. 407. — Sepala 5, requalia, ovata, acuta, persis- 

 tentia. Corolla marcescens, calyce multo major, globoso-suburceolata, limbo breviter 

 5-fido, lobis revolutis contortis- Stamina 10, bypogjna, libera, indusa, filamentis planis 



