378 Professor Swartz's Observations on Menziesia. 



Tab. XXX. Fig. B. 



Andromeda Bryantha. Pallas Fl. Ross. t. T^.f. 2. Fl. p. 111. 

 Brjanthus repens, serpilli folio, flore roseo. Gmel. Fl. Sib. 4. 

 133. t. 57. f. 3. 



Erica Bryantha. TVilld. Sp. PI. ii. p. 386. 



Obs. Fruticulus ramosissimus prostratus, raraulis implexis assur- 

 gentibus. Folia sparsa, saepe conferta, a situ subinde secunda, 

 oblongo-linearia, obtusiuscula, supra planiuscula, subtiis vald^ 

 convexa, sulco profundo notata (nee supra ut Pall.) margine 

 (oculo armato) ciliato-denticulata, ciliis cartilagineis. Pedun- 

 cidi solitarii, elongati, pubescentes, bracted 1. foliolo uno al- 

 terove ciliato, glanduloso, instructi; apice corymbosi, pedicel!' 

 unifloris. Calyx 4-partitus, pubescens. Capsula ovato-subr< 

 tunda, glabra, scabriuscula. Semina ovata *. 



Notwithstanding the dissimilarity in habit from the origin; 

 Menziesia ferruginea,yfe find in some instances a similar ter 

 dency in both these species, e. g. the elongated flowerstalks, the 

 noddino- flowers, (though the fruiistalks and capsules become 

 erect,) tlic ciliated and glandular appearances on the leaves and 

 the parts belonging to the flower. 



How far the Andromeda Stelleriana Pall. Fl. Ross. t. 74./. 2., 

 which appears somewhat like the Bryantha, and is by Willdenow 

 also referred to F.rica^ may be another species of Menziesia, I 

 cannot at present decide, having only seen the plant figured. I 

 have, however, some doubts, as Pallas describes the anthera as 

 bisetce, -dx-iA Steller observed, that "neque calyx neque flos de- 

 cedunt, sed ambo marcescunt." It may perhaps rather be a true 

 species of Erica. 



• More circumstantial descriptions occur in the writings of Linnasui and Pallai, 

 where, however, the most of these particulars are omitted, 



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