[Plate 19.] 
THE UPRIGHT BRYANTH. 
(BRYANTHUS ERECTUS.) 
A hardy evergreen dwarf Shrub, of Uncertain Origin, belonging to the Order of Heathworts. 
j^prrific Cljarartrr. 
THE UPRIGETBRY ANTH.— Stem erect much branched. 
Leaves linear, obtuse, obscurely serrated. Flower-stalks 
hairy. Flowers solitary, corymbose. Sepals acute, smooth. 
BRYANTHUS ERECTUS.— Caule ramoso ereeto, folifr 
Jinearibus obtusis obsolete serratis, pedunculis pilosis, 
floribus solitariis corymbosis, sepalis acutissimis glabris, 
Corolla campanulate, tubeless, acutely five-lobed. Style corolla campanulata acute 5-loba tubo omnino nullo, stylo 
projecting. 
longe exserto. 
Bryanthus erectus : of the gardens. 
^his charming little bush is said to be a hybrid, obtained by Mr. Cunningham of C( 
Edinburgh, between the blue Phyllodoce (P. taxifolia, alias Menziesia c&rulea) and 
Rhododendron {BTiodotliamnns Cftamacistw.) Whatever its origin, it is certainly 
lovely plant 
form 
our 
figu* 
un 
'-coloured flowers, resembling miniature Kalmias. It was in perfection in April in the Garden of 
Horticultural Society, where it was grown with the Cistus Rhododendron itself. 
difficult 
account of their impatience of dry 
lHl 
ground 
drained 
ills, where the sun never shines, and low, 
Better still are damp cold shaded pits in 
grows 
orticultural 
And 
well acquainted with the 
A correspondent 
Chamseeistus were to breed with Menziesia caerulea, the mule would differ 
uling says that — " If Rhododendron 
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