222 OCTANDRIA-MONOGYNIA. Menziesia. 



state, finally deep red, very acid, highly grateful, to most people, 

 in tarts, or other preparations with sugar ; though in Sweden 

 they serve only for an acid liquor to boil silver plate in, to eat 

 away the minute external particles of the copper alloy. 



215. MENZIESIA. Menziesia. 



Sm. Plant. Ic.fasc.3. 56. Comp.59. JVilld. Sp. PI. v.2. 355. Juss. 

 in Ann. du Mus. v. 1. 55. 



Nat. Ord. Bicornes. Linn. 18. BJwdodendra. Juss. 50. 

 Ericinefe. DeCancl. 72. sect. 3. 



Cat. inferior, of 1 leaf, more or less deeply 4- or 5-cleft, per- 

 manent. Cor. of 1 petal, inflated, nearly ovate, decidu- 

 ous ; limb in 4 or 5 small, spreading, equal segments. 

 Filam. 8 or 10, thread-shaped, equal, shorter than the 

 corolla, inserted into the receptacle. Anth. oblong, v^^ith- 

 out horns or crest; cloven at the base; opening by 2 pores 

 at the summit. Germ, superior, roundish, furrowed. Style 

 erect, angular, rather longer than the stamens. Stigma 

 obtuse, with 4 or 5 small notches. Caps, elliptic-oblong, 

 with 4 or 5 furrows, and as many valves and cells, open- 

 ing from the top downward ; partitions double, formed of 

 the inflexed margins of the valves. Seeds numerous, small, 

 oblong, acute, affixed to the ribs of a large central column. 



Ste7n shrubby. Leaves scattered, evergreen or deciduous, 

 with a callous or glandular tip. Fl. aggregate, stalked, 

 drooping, purplish, rusty, or yellowish. 



1. M. ccErulea. Scottish Menziesia. 



Leaves linear, obtuse, with cartilaginous teeth. Flower- 

 stalks terminal, aggregate, simple. Flowers five-cleft, 

 decandrous. 



M. cserulea. Swartz Tr. of L. Soc. v. 10. 377. t. 30./. J. Comp. 6 ! . 



Engl. Bot. V. 35. t. 2469. Hook. Scot. 12G. 

 Andromeda csrulea. Linn. Sp. PL 563. 11. Lapp. ed. 2. 1 33. t. 1 . 



/. 5. Lapland Tour v. 1. 272. Fl. Dan. t. 51. 

 A. taxifolia. Pall. Ross. v.). p. 2. 54. t. 72./. 2. 

 Erica caerulea. Willd. Sp. PL v. 2. 393. 

 E. n. 22. GmeL Sib. v. 4. 131. t. 57./. 2. 

 On dry heathy moors, rare. 

 Near Aviemore in Strathspey, where it was first noticed by Mr. 



Brown of Perth. Mr. Patrick NeilL In the western isles of 



Shiant. Mr. G. Don, and Dr. De Ramm. 

 Shrub. June, July. 



