3IO 



ERICACE^ 



terminal tufts, with red peduncles and sepals. — Highland moun- 

 tains. — Fi. May, June. Perennial. 



7. Bryanthus (Menziesia). — Small, evergreen shrubs with 

 scattered leaves and few drooping, umbellate flowers ; sepals 5 ; 



ERICA vAgans {Cornish Heath). 



PYROLA m6dia {Intermediate Winter-greoi). 



corolla urceolate, 5-fid, deciduous; stamens 10; capsule 5-cham- 

 bered, septicidal. (Name from the Greek hruon, a moss, anthos, 

 a flower.) 



1. B. cceruleus (Scotch Menziesia). — A small shrub, naked 

 below, very leafy and hairy above ; leaves crowded, shortly stalked, 



