378 Professor Sw ARTZ's Observations on Menziesia. 
Tas. XXX. Fig. B. 
Andromeda Bryantha. Pallas Fl. Ross. t. 74. f. 2. Fl. p. 111. 
Bryanthus repens, serpilli folio, flore roseo. . Gmel. Fl. Sib. 4. 
133. t. 57. f. 3. | 
Erica Pryantha. Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. p. 386. 
Obs. Fruticulus ramosissimus prostratus, ramulis implexis assur- 
gentibus. Folia sparsa, seepe conferta, a situ subinde secunda, 
oblongo-linearia, obtusiuscula, suprà planiuscula, subtüs valdé 
convexa, sulco profundo notata (nec suprà ut Pall.) margine 
(oculo armato) ciliato-denticulata, ciliis cartilagineis. Pedun- 
culi solitarii, elongati, pubescentes, bracteä 1. foliolo uno al- 
terove ciliato, glanduloso, instructi; apice corymbosi, pedicellis 
unifloris. Calyx 4-partitus, pubescens. ` aie ovato-subro- 
tunda, glabra, scabriuscula. Semina ov vata *. 
“ * 
Notwithstanding the dissimilarity in habit from the original 
Menziesia ferruginea, we find in some instances a similar ten- 
dency in both these species, e. g. the elongated flowerstalks, the 
nodding flowers, (though the fruitstalks and capsules become 
erect,) the ciliated and glandular appearances on the leaves and 
the parts belonging to the flower. 
How far the Andromeda Stelleriana Pall. Fl. Ross. t. 74. f. 9., 
which appears somewhat like the Bryantha, and is by Willdenow 
also referred to Erica, may be another species of Menziesia, I 
cannot at present decide, having only seen the plant figured. I 
have, however, some doubts, as Pallas describes the anthere as 
biset@, and Steller observed, that “neque calyx neque flos de- 
cedunt, sed ambo marcescunt." It may perhaps rather be a true 
species of Erica. i | 
* More circumstantial descriptions occur in the writings of oe and Pallas, 
~~ however, the most of these particulars are omitted, 
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