EKICACEJE. 231 MENZIKSIA. 



branched at base, 2 — 3 inches high. Leaves minute, evergreen, spirally- 

 arranged, and so closely as to conoeal the stems. Flowers small, but large in 

 proportion, nodding ; peduncles colored, smooth, round, an inch long in truit. 

 Calyx purple. Corolla light red, twice as long as the calyx, lobes erecL 

 Stamens included. June. J\}ussi/ Jlndromcda. 



2. A. polyfo'lia. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, revokite on the margins, glaucous 

 beneath ; jioioers subglobose, in a dense, termiraa!] corymh. A beautiful ever- 



freen shrub, 1—2 feet high, growing by the side oi" ponds, and in swamps» 

 ,eaves very smooth, 2 — 3 inches long and less than half an inch wide, on 

 very short petioles, dark green and smooth above, bluish white beneath. 

 Flowers in pendulous clusters. Calyx white, tipped with red. Corolla rose- 

 eolared. June. JVild Rosemary. Marsh Andromeda. 



3. A. CALYCULATA. 



Leaves oval-oblong, obtuse, obsolelely serrulate, subrevolute, ferruginous 

 bcHeath ; racemes terminfJ, leafy, subsecund. An evergreen shrub, 2- — 4 feet 

 high, flowering early, in wet situations. The leaves are coriaceous, shining., 

 dotted, about an inch long and half as wide, those of the racemes not half as 

 large. Flowers numerous, 20 — 30 iB each raceme, white, each from the axle 

 of a small leaf. Calyx double, tke outer of 2 bracts, the Inner of 5 acute 

 sepals. April. May. Dtcarf Jlndromcda^ 



* * Leaves deciduous. 



4. A. RACEMO'SA. 



Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, serrulate ; racemes terminal, secund 

 elongated, son'ietimes branched; calyx acute; corolla cylindric; anthers 4- 

 awned at the summit. A shrub 4 — 6 feet high, growing in wet woods. It is 

 remarkable for its naked racemes, 2—4 inches in length, consisting of about 

 a dwien^flowers, which are arranged in a single row, with much regularity. 

 Leaves -1 -^2 inches in length, one third as wide, minutely notched. Pedicels 

 short, with two ovate-acuminate bracts at the base of the colored calyx. 

 Corolla white, 4 or 5 times as long as the caly?. Anthers 2-cleft, about lialf 

 as long as the corolla. June. July. Chistered Andromeda. 



5. A. LIGUSTRi'nA. jtfj/A. Lyonia paniculata. Kutt. 

 Pubescent; leaves obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, finely serrulate ; ^oioe?-* 



somewhat paniculate, in terminal, leafless racemes; anthers avvnless. A 

 deciduous shrub, 4 — S feet high, in swamps, ttc. Leaves abruptly acuminate, 

 paler beneath, 2 — 3 inches long and nearly half as wide, on short petioles. 

 Flowers small, nearly globose, white, in dense panicles, succeeded by globular 

 capsules. Jane. Panidcd Andromeda. 



2. MENZIE'SIA. 

 Calyx deeply 5-cleft; corolla ovoid 4 — 5-cleft ; stamens 

 8— 1,0, inserted into the receptacle; capsule 4 — S'-celled, the 

 dess-jpiments made by the inflexed margins of the valves j 

 seeds many. 



Named in honor of Archibald Menzies, botanist and physician, who accom- 

 panied Vancouver in his voyage round the world. Little heath-like, shrubby 

 plants, with evergreen leaves. Cal. inferior. Cor. inflated, limb in 4 or 5 

 segments. Fil. shorter than corolla. Style angular, erect. Stig. obtuse, 

 notched. 



