426 DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. khodora. 



the summit. Stamens about as long as the corolla ; filaments 

 slightly hairy at the base ; anthers oblong, opening by 2 ter- 

 minal pores. Style longer than the stamens ; stigma capi- 

 tate. Cafisule oblong, spliuing nearly to the l>ase into 5 valves. 

 Seeds with a membranaceous wing at each extremity. 

 Hab. In bogs, particularly on mountains. Near Williams Col- 

 lege, Massachusetts. Dewey. In the vicinity of Boston^ 

 and on the White Hills of New-Hampshire. Big e low 

 Granby and Brookfield, Mass. Porter. May. 



This shrub possesses much of the habit of Rhododendron, 

 with which genus it may hereafter bp united, 



284. EriGyEA. L, 



Calyx large, 5 -parted, with 3 bracts at the base. 

 Corolla hypocrateriform ; border 5-parted, spreading ; 

 tube villous within. Capsule 5-celIcd; receptacle 

 5-parted. Gen. pi. 748. Nu 1 1. Gen. I. p. 269. 

 Juss. p. 1.61. La m. III. t. 367. f. 1. Nat. Ord. 

 Ericeje Juss. Ground-lawcl. 



E. repens L, : branches, nerves of the leaves and pe- 

 tioles, very hairy ; leaves cordate-ovate, very entire ; corolla 

 subcylindrical. W Hid. Spec. II. ip. 615. Lam.IU.\.c. 

 Bot. Rep. 102. Mi c h. FL I. 250. Pursh Fl.\.\>. 207. 

 Big. Bosl. p. 101. Elliott S^. I. p. 501. Watt. Car. 

 p. 139. Arbutus foliis ovatis integris, &;c. Or on, Virg. 

 49. Pluk. Aim. 309. t. 107. f. 1. 



A trailing evergreen. Stem woody, hairy, a foot or more in 

 length. Leaves alternate, on long petioles, mucronate, flat. 

 Flowers in dense terminal and axillary racemes, very fra- 

 grant. Bracts nearly as long as the calyx, ovate, acuminate. 

 Calyx deeply 5-parted, with ovate, acute segments, coloured. 

 Corolla white, with a tinge of red, woolly internally ; tube cy- 

 lindrical; border spreading; segments ovate, obtuse. Sta- 

 mens shorter than the corolla ; filaments woolly ; anthers in- 

 cumbent, linear-oblong, opening longitudinally the whole 

 length. Style as long as the stamens ; stigma simple. 



Hab. In rocky woods and on hill sides. April. Mountain-tea. 



285. PTEROSPORA. Nut tall. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla monopetalous, ovate; 

 margin 5-toothed, reflexed. Anthers excentrically pel- 

 late,' 2-celled, adnata to the filaments by the margin, 

 bisetose. Capsule 5-celled, imperfectly 5-Yalved; dis- 



