4±2 ERICACEAE. cuptohu. 



l -(l. i ii.i sTltlN.v Grtar. I. o. 5 Myloearpum liguitrinum WMU. Bmnnar, pL bort 

 BeroL W4. Bot Magax. i. 1625. Prsh. II. Am. sept, 1. i. 14. - Walteriant 

 mss. Crescil in America septenlrionalL 



LV. PUBDIAEA Planchon. 



[Planchon in Book. I. I. journ. <>t bot, \. 250. i. 9.) 



Caiyx Boariosus persistens pentapbyllus, foliolis duobus laleralibus externis 

 (alis) maximls oblique ovatis inaequalibus, postico parvo Lineari, anticis ap- 

 proximatis, altero postico conformi, altero duplo majore oblique lineari-Ian- 

 ceolato. Petala quinque aequalia lanceolata acutiusoula decidua. Stamina H) 

 subaequalia, antherae lineari-oblongae, Blamento subulato supra medium 

 dorso ;if'lixac oscillantes, basi acutae, loculis duobus connectivum angustum 

 marginantibus , latere sulco exaratis, utroque poro apicali, Bubpostico pollcn 

 fundente. Ovarium quadriloculare quadriovulatum, ovula anatropa, sub apice 

 loculorum appensa, stylus filiformis. apice incurvo acuto inconspicue sti^ma- 

 tosus. Nucula calyce parum mutalo atlpresso tccta quadrilocularis, semina 

 loculum non replentia, integumcnto tenuissime subfloccoso albicante, albumini 

 carnoso adbaerente, embryonis parvi recti radioula supera, cotyledonibus lon- 

 gior. — Frutex Novo- Granatensis, babitu Arbutacco: ramis denudatis; foliis 

 ramulos dense veslientibus patentim erectis alternis exstipulatis sessilibus in- 

 tegris rigidis glaberrimis, nervo medio rubente, sulitus prominulo, lateralibus 

 intra reticulum nervulorum vix conspicuis; racemo terminali, eleganter incur- 

 vato-nutante, propter calyces scariosos imbricatos amentaceo; pedicellis su- 

 pra medium articulatis, basi bractea arida stipatis; petalis roseis, alam calycis 

 maximam subaequantibus. 



1. *P. NUTANS Planchon 1. c. 251. t. 9. — Crescit in rcgno Novo Granatcnsi propc pa- 

 gum „La Cruz". 



LVI. (4821.) Elil.IOTTIl Miihknbrg. 

 (MOJiIenbrg. in Ell. Sktch. I. 448. — DC. Prodr. VII. 590. — Mcisn. Gener. plant. vaseul. 

 I. 247. II. 155. — Planchon in Hook. Lond. journ. of hot. V. 256.) 

 Calyx minutus quadridentatus. Petala quatuor lineari-oblonga, marginibus 

 inferne valvatis subcobaerentibus, apice anguste imbricatis. Stamina octo, fi- 

 lamentis subulatis, antheris bilocularibus, loculis rima introrsa basin non at- 

 tingente biantibus. Discus hypogynus tumidus. Ovarium quadriloculare, ovu- 

 lis in loculo solitariis, ampbitrope curvatis, angulo centrali peritrope insertis, 

 stylus lumrus basi compressus, apice curvatus, stigma e lobulis quaternis mi- 



nutis margine tenui indusiatis. Fructus ? — Frutex Boreali-Americanus 



habitu Bcfariam potius quam Cletltram referens: foliis alternis petiolatis, 

 ulrinque acutis, subtus subglaucescentibus; racemo terminali rccto laxifloro; 

 floribus laxiuscule pedicellatis. 



1. *E. BACEMOSA Muhlnbrg. 1. c. — DC. 1. c. 591. — 6 — Crescit in Amcrica boreali, 

 in Georgia. 



