ERICACEAE 237 



CLETHRA— continued 



* C. arborea. Lily-of-the-Valley Tree. 25. August-October. E. Branchlets 



reddish. Ls. oblanc, 6, dark green and smooth above, hairy below; 

 stalk reddish, hairy. Fls. fragrant, in several terminal spikes. Madeira. 

 (Fig. 102 D.) 

 C. barbinervis (C. canescens). 6. July-September. D. Ls. obov., 5, slightly 

 hairy below, 10-15 pairs of veins. Fls. fragrant, in several terminal 

 spikes. (China and Japan.) 



* C Delavayi. 40. August-September. D. Ls. lane, bright green above, 



very downy below, 10-15 pairs of veins. Fls. J, in one-sided, solitary 

 terminal spikes. China. (Fig. 102 l.) 

 C. tomentosa. 8. August-September. D. Ls. obov., dark green and rough 

 above, pale and woolly felted below, 7-10 pairs of veins. South-east 

 United States. (Fig. 102 c.) 



Daboecia (Menziesia) polifolia. St. Dabeoc's Heath, i. May-September. 

 E. Ls. alternate, lane., \, entire, dark glossy green above, white-felted below. 

 Fls. I, rosy purple, egg-shaped, in terminal racemes, K4, C (4), A8, corolla 

 deciduous. Fruit a dry capsule. Ireland, West France, Spain, Portugal, 

 Azores. (Fig. 48 c.) 



Variety alba. Fls. white. 



Variety bicolor. Some fls. white, some purple. 



Elliottia racemosa. 20. July-August. D. Ls. alternate, ov., lane, 4, entire, 

 thin, hairy below, stalk slender and swollen at base nearly concealing bud. Fls. 

 \, white, fragrant, in terminal racemes or panicles, K4, C (4), A8, petals recurved 

 and nearly separate. Fruit unknown (increases by root suckers). Georgia. 

 (Fig. 122 D.) 



ENKIANTHUS. Branches in whorls. Ls. alternate or whorled, ov., finely 

 toothed. Fls. I, bell-shaped, in drooping clusters, K5, C (5), Aio. Fruit a dry 

 capsule. 



E. campamdatus. 20. May. D. Fls. creamy yellow veined with red. Japan. 

 (Fig. 55 G.) 



Variety albiflorus {pallidiflorus). Fls. nearly white. 

 E. cermius. 15. May. D. Fls. white, petals toothed. Japan. 

 E. japonicus {E. peridatiis). 6. May. D. Fls. white, pitcher-shaped (con- 

 tracted at mouth). Japan. 



Epigaea repens. May Flower. \. May. E. Creeping shrub. Stems hairy, 

 rooting. Ls. alternate, roundish ov., 3, leathery, distantly toothed, short bristles 

 on both sides. Fls. |, white or pinkish, bell-shaped, in terminal heads. Fruit a 

 dry capsule. North America. (Fig. 102 E.) 



ERICA. Heath, Heather. Ls. usually whorled, linear, I or less, blunt-ended, 

 margins recurved. Fls. small, pink, white, or purple, egg-shaped, K (4), C (4), A8, 

 corolla persistent. Fruit a dry capsule. 



{a) Ls. mostly alternate 



E. lusitanica. 12. February-May. E. Fls. white, fragrant. Spain and 

 Portugal. (Fig. 48 F.) 



