126 NEW SPECIES OF HIMALAYAN ERICEÆ. 
but is not found on the outer ranges. The only other supposed 
species of the genus are F, reticulatus, Lindley, Bot. Reg. 885, which 
is referred by Bentham to Æ. quinqueflorus, and the E. uniflorus of Ben- 
tham (in the Florula Hongkongensis), which he himself has since shown 
to be founded on error. The position of the genus is in the section 
Andromedee of De Candolle, where it will rank near Andromeda itself. 
Plate III. Enkianthus Himalaicus. Fig. 1, calyx, stamens, etc.; 2, 
stamen; 3, pistil; 4, vertical section of an ovary; 5, capsule; 6, seed ; 
7, vertical section of the same :—all but 5 magnified. 
We take the same opportunity of adding a figure and description of. 
another very interesting and closely allied Ericeous plant, from the same 
part of the Himalaya. 
Cassiope selaginoides, Hook. fil. et Thoms.; caulibus gracilibus tetragonis 
subfastigiatim ramosis, foliis arcte podria imbricatis ovato-lan- 
ceolatis cymbiformibus acutis aristatisve marginibus fimbriato-ciliatis 
antice concavis dorso convexis medio longitudinaliter sulcatis, pedi- 
cellis lateralibus pubescentibus tomentosisve basi bracteis lanceolato- 
subulatis suffultis, floribus pentameris, capsula parva depresse globosa 
ealyce vix longiore. (Tas. IV.) 
Has. In Himalaya orientali alpina; Sikkim, alt. 10-13,000 ped. J. 
D. Hooker. Fl. May, June. 
Cespitosa. Caules 3—8 unc. longi, graciles, cum foliis 4 unc. lati. Folia 
1-12 lin. longa, dorso valde convexa, in sulco pubescentia. Pedicelli 
graciles, unciales, apice curvi. Flos cernuus, 4 unc. longus, albus. 
Corolla late campanulata. Filamenta dorso barbata. Antherarum 
aristæ puberulæ, horizontales. Capsula erecta, 1 unc. diametro. Se- 
mina minima, curva, nitida, pallida, fusiformia. 
This pretty little species is closely allied to the C. lycopodioides of 
Kamtchatka, differing in the form of the leaves; also to the C. ericoides 
= of Siberia, which has tetramerous flowers and setose leaves, as also to 
. others of the same section, From the common Himalayan C. fastigiata, 
= which grows along with it, and abounds at elevations of 10—13,000 
feet from Bhotan to Kashmir, it differs in size and many other points. 
Plate IV. Cassiope selaginoides. Fig. 1, back, and 2, front view of a 
leaf; 3, flower, pedicel and bracts; 4, stamen ; 5, pistil :—a// magnified. 
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