Ericales.] 



ERICACEyE. 



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sequent inconvenience was experienced, nor any signs of habitual drunkenness, although 

 the dose was as much as 4 fluid ounces of the concentrated infusion daily. It has been 

 said that the common evergi'ecn shiiib. Rhododendron ponticum, was the plant fx'om 

 whose flowers the bees of Pontus collected the honey that produced the extraordinary 

 s\Tnptoms of poisonmg described as having attacked the Greek soldiers in the famous 

 retreat of the 10,000. Xenophon says that after eating it the men fell stupefied in all 

 du'ections, so that the camp looked Uke a battle-field covered with corpses. But the 

 Russian ti*aveller Pallas is of opinion that Azalea pontica was the real cause of the mis- 

 chief. He says that the effects of the Euxine honey are like those of Lolium temulen- 

 tum, and occur in a coimtry where no Rhododendron gi'ows. The natives are well 

 aware of the deleterious qualities of the plant, and it is related that goats which browse 

 on the leaves, before the pastures are green, suffer in consequence, and moreover that 

 cattle and sheep perish. R. maximum is said by some \vi'iters to be a mere astringent, 

 and by others to be certainly a poison. The Swiss R. fen'ugineum is another narcotic ; 

 an oil is obtained from its buds, which in Piedmontese medicine is called Olio di Mar- 

 motta, and is used in pams of the joints. The flowers of R, arboreum are eaten by the 

 hill people of India, and are formed into a jelly by Em'opean visitors. The feiTuginous 

 leaves of R. campanulatum are used as snuff" by the natives of India, as, we are informed 

 by De CandoUe, is m the United States the brown dust that adheres to the petioles of 

 Kalmias and Rhododendrons. Loiselemia procumbens has some reputation as an 



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GENERA. '^^^^--^—---^ .-.t.v--s,v-.--:- -. 



I. ERicEiE. — Fruit locu- 

 licidal, rarely septicidal 

 or berried. Buds na- 

 ked. 



* Ericid^. 



Salaxis, Salisb. 



Coccosperma, Klotsch. 

 Lagenocarpus, Klotsch. 

 Scyphogj-ne, Brongn. 



Tristemon, Klotsch. 



Omphalocaryon, Klots. 

 Codonostigma, Klotsch. 

 Coilostigma, Benth. 



Thamnium, Klotsch. 

 Codonanthemum, KM. 

 S^Tidesmanthus, Klotsch. 



MacroUnum, Klotsch. 

 Sympieza, Lichtenst. 



Microgomphus, Benth. 

 Simocheilus, Benth. 



Plagiostemon, Klotsch. 



Thamnus, Klotsch. 



Thoracosperma, Klot. 



Octogonia, Klotsch. 



Pachycalyx, Klotsch. 

 Acrostemon, Klotsch. 



Comacephalus,Klotsch. 

 Grisebachia, Klotsch, 

 Finckea, Klotsch. 

 Eremia, Don. 



Poderemia, Benth. 



Micreremia, Benth. 



Hexastemon, Klotsch. 

 Microtrema, Klotsch. 

 Blaeria, Linn. 

 Ericinella, Klotsch. 

 Philippia, Klotsch. 



Ekutherostemon, Klot. 

 Bruckenthalia, Reichenb. 

 Erica, Linn. 



Ectasis, Benth. 



Callicodon, Benth. 



Desmia, Don. 



Polydesmia, Benth. 



Chromostegia, Benth. 



EHodesinia, Don. 

 Amphodea, Sahsb. 

 Gcissostegia, Benth. 

 Gigandra, Salisb. 

 Pelostoma, Salisb. 

 Didymanthcra, Benth. 

 Syringodea, Benth. 

 Eury'lepis, Benth. 

 Callibotrys, Salisb. 

 Pleurocallis, Salisb. 

 Evanthe, Salisb. 

 C/iona, Don.. 

 Octopera, Benth. 

 Dasyanthes, Benth. 

 Batridium, Salisb. 

 Stellanthe, Benth. 

 Myra, Salisb. 

 Ceramus, Salisb. 

 Euryloma, Don. 

 Platyloma, Benth. 

 Callista, Don. 

 Cyatholoma, Benth. 

 Platyspora, Salisb. 

 Lamprotis, Don. 

 Eurystegia, Benth. 

 Trlgcmma, Salisb. 

 Oxyloma, Benth. 

 Pseuderemia, Benth. 

 Pachysa, Don. 

 Anaclasis, Benth. 

 Hermes, Benth. 

 Diphilus, Salisb. 

 Loxonieria, Salisb. 

 Eremocallis, Salisb. 

 Pyronium, Salisb. 

 Gypsocallis, Salisb. 

 Ceramia, Don. 

 Ephebus, Salisb. 

 Orophanes, Salisb. 

 Leptodcndron, Benth. 

 Heliophanes, Salisb. 

 Lophandra, Don. 

 Melastemon, Salisb. 

 Eurystoma, Benth. 

 Polycodon, Benth. 

 Elytrostegia, Benth. 



Arsace, Salisb. 



Chlorocodon, Benth. 

 Pentapera, Klotsch. 

 Macnabia, Benth. 



Nabea, Lehm. 

 Calluna, Scdisb. 



ANDROMEDID.E. 



Menziesia, Smith. 



Bryanthus, Gmel. 



Phyllodoce, Salisb. 



Baboecia, Don, 



Boretta, Neck. 



Arclmbalda, Endl. 



CandoUea, Baumg. 

 Andromeda, Linn. 



Cassiope, Don. 



Polifolia, Buxb. 



Cassandra, Don. 



Lyonia, Reichenb. 



Dipluria, Raf. 



Baumannia, DC. 



Chamcedaphne, Buxb. 



Zenobia, Don. 



Leucothoe, Don. 



Cassiphone, Rchb. 



Maria, DC. 



Agauria, DC. 



Pieris, Don. 



Agarista, Don. 

 Oxydendron, DC. 

 Lyonia, Nutt. 



Xolisma, Raf. 

 Clethra, Linn. 



Cucllaria, Ruiz et Pav, 



Tinus, Linn. 



Volkameria, R. Br. 



Junia, Adans. 

 Epigsea, Linn. 



Memecylon, Mitch. 

 Gavdtheria, Linn. 



Gautiera, Kalm. 



Chiogenes, Salisb. 



Glycyphylla, Raf. 



Phalerocarpus , Don. 



Amphicalyx, Blum. 



Diplicosia, Blum. 



Shallonhnn, Raf. 

 Pernettia, Gandich, 

 Arbutus, Tournef. 



Unedo, Link. 

 Enkyanthus, Lour. 



Melidora, Salisb. 

 Arctostaphylos, Adans. 



Uva ursi, Tom-nef. 



Mairania, Neck. 

 Comarostaphylis, Zucc. 



II. RHODODENDRE.E. 



Fruit capsular, septi- 

 cidal. Buds scaly, and 

 resembling cones. 



Azalea, Linri. 



Loiseleuria, Desv. 



Chamcecistus, Gray. 



Chamceledon, Link. 

 Osmothamnus, DC. 

 Kalmia, Linn. 

 Rhodothamnus, Reichb. 



Adodendron, Neck. 



Chamcecistus, Don. 



Ledum, Michel. 

 Rhododendron, Linn. 



Anthodendron, Reich. 



Theis, Salisb. 



Pentanthera, Don. 



Jthodora, Linn. 



Beverinckia, Salisb. 



Vireya, Blum. 



Booram, Endl. 



Buramia, DC. 



Ilymenanthes, Blum. 

 Befaria, Mut. 



Bejaria, Adr. Juss. 



Acuna, Ruiz et Pav. 

 Leiophyllum, Pcrs. 



Ammyrsine, Pm'sh. 



Fischcra, Swartz. 



Dendrium, Desv. 

 Lediim, Linn. 



Daliu, Adans. 



Numbers. Gen. 42. Sp. 850. 



E^ltacc^!B. 

 Position. — Pyrolacese. — Ericace^. — Epacridaccw. 

 Billcniacece. 



