590 XCIII. EUICACE.E. [lUiOihrem, 



cernui, rosei ca^rulei v. purpurei, ad apices ramulorum subumbcllati, x^^^^^^*^^^^^ ^^^^ 

 bractcatis et 2-bracteolatiSj bracteis bracteolisqne parvia coriaceis, Capsula erecta. 



Species 3, inontium regionumquo fpigidanim Europas Asiiie et Ameriere boroalis incolse. DC. 

 Prod. vii. 712. Maxim. Hhod. As, Or. o. Jieickb. Ic. Fl. Germ, t 1160. Pall FL Boss, t 72, /. 

 2 {Andromeda). Swartz in Tra?is. Linn. Sac. x. L 30 A {Menziesia). Hook. FL Bar. Am. t. 132 

 (Menziesia), Genus Br^yantho iiimis iiffiiie, et ei ascriptum ah A. Gray in Proc. Amor, Acad. vii. 

 367, difftTt forma coPoUfe, staminibiis semper inclusis, et infloreseentia omiiiao terminali raniulos 

 vetustos teriuiuanta, 



36. Sabcecia, Don in Edinh. N. Phil Joxmi. xvii. IGO (Boretta, Nech. Elem. i. 212). — 

 Calyx 4-partitus, segmeutia ovato-lanceolatis aciuulnatis, peraistcns. Corolla ovoidea, 

 ventricosaj breviter i-loba, lobis latis recurvis imbricatis. Stamina 8, iiiclusa, filamentis 

 eomplanatia vix dilatatis glabris ; anthera; filamentis longiores, angiiste sagittatie, dorso 

 muticse, poris terminalibiis dehiaceutesj apicibus liberis apiculatis. Discus animlaris, eden- 

 tatus, Ovaiium ovoideiim, glandulosTmij 4-lociilare ; stylus filiformis, din persistens, 

 stigmate obtnso ; ovula in loculia immerosa, in placentis elongatis angulo interiori pauci- 

 seriatim inserta. Capsula elongato-ovoidea, glaiidulosaj vix crustacoa, 4-locularia, septicide 

 4-Yalvis, valvis ab axi persistente elongato placentifero solutis, polyspcrma, SemJna 

 minutaj globoso-ovoideaj testa coriacea opaca, albumine copioso carnoso ; embryo axilis, 

 cylindraceus.— Suffrutex erectus, ramosus, glanduloso-hispidus, ramulis virgatis, gemniia 

 squamosia. Folia sparsa, breviter^petiolata, elliptica^ marginibus planis v. recurvis, in- 

 tcemuiaj subtus niveo-tomentosa, sempervirentia. Floras in racemos terminales elongatos 

 snbsecundoa dispositi, nutantes, breviter pedicellati, albi rosei v. purpureij pedicellia 

 foliaceo -bract eatis, Fructus erectus. 



Species 1, Hiberni®, Gallic ocoidentalis, Hispania> bororvlis et ins. Azores incola, J9C. Prod,' vii. 

 713. Sweet, Brit. FL Gard. ser. 2, t 276, Juss. in Ann. Miis, Par. i. 55, t. 4. 



37. Xaimia, Linn. Gen. n. 545.— Calyx 5-partitiia, segmentis parvia v, majusculis et 

 foliaceis, persiatenav. deciduus. Corolla late canipanulata v. subliypocraterimoiijlia, tnbo 

 infundibular! foveolis 10 antheras sub a^ativatione recipientibus impreaao j limbua 5-fidu3, 

 lobis induplicato-valvatis- Stamina 10, bypogyna, inclusa, filamentis subulatis primum 

 recurvis ; antherje doi^o insertaj, late oblongie, muticK, primum foveoliacorollse receptee, 

 demura filamento elastice resiliento subito liberatse pollen spargentes, loculia rimisbrevibus 

 apicalibua debiscentibus. Discus 10-crenatus. Ovarium subglobosum, S-loculare ; stylus 

 filiformiftj persiatens v. deciduus, stigmate capitellato ; ovula in loculia numerosa, placentis 

 anf^iilo interiori adnatis pauciseriatim inserta. Capsula globosa, sub-5-loba, Crustacea, 

 5-locularis septicide 5-valvisj valvis apice intua tantum apcrtis semina includentibus, 

 polysperma, Semina subglobosa, testa Crustacea v. membranaceaj albumine camoso ; 

 embryo axilis^ teres-— Arbusculee fniticea v. fruticuli, erecti, inodori, gemmia floriferia 

 nudia. Folia oppoaitA alterna v- 3-natim verticillata, ovata oblonga v. linearia, inte- 

 gerrima aempervirentia v. decidua. Florea majusculi, in corynibos raccmosve axillarea v, 

 terminales diapositi, rarins axillarcs et solitarii, pedicellia gracilibua basi bracteatia et 

 bractcolatis. Fructus erectua. 



Species ad 5 qiiarum una Cubensis, CEeterse Americro borcalis a Florida usque ad Californiara et 

 terras arcticiis incolffi. PC. Prod. vi\. 729, Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 51. G(Brtn. Fruci. t. 63. Lam. 

 Blustr.L 363. SpacK Suites a Buff. i. 139. Bot. Mag. t. 138, 175, 177, 331. 



38. RHodotiiamnus.iieic/ib. FL Gtrm. Exc. 417-— Calyx 5-partitu3, segmentis oblongo- 

 lanceolatia subiequalibus persistentibus. Corolla rotata, tubo brevissimo, segmenta 5 

 patentia, clliptico-oblonga, obtusa, requalia, imbricata. Stamina 10, patenti-deelinata, 

 filamontia filiformibus basi villosis ; antherse oblongse, subincurv^e, dorso muticc-e, poris 

 terminalibua dehiscentes. Discus inoonspicuus. Ovarium globosum, glandulosum, 

 5-loculare ; stylus elongatus, filiformis, stigmate truncato capitellato ; ovula in loculis 

 numerosa, in placentis angulo interiori adnatis prominentibus conferta. Capsula globosa 



