CHAP. LXIX. ERICA‘CEX. PHYLLO’DOCE. 1115 
2 J. P. ovauiro'it1a D. Don. The oval-leaved Pieris. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb, New Phil. Journ., 3, p. 832.; Don’s 
Mill, 3. p. 832. 
Synonymes, Andrémeda ovalifdlia Wall. in Astat. Res., 13. p. 391., with 
a figure ; A. capricida Hamilton MSS. 
Engravings. Asiat. Res., 13. p. 391. ; and our jig. 913. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves oval, acuminated, 2—4 in, long, 1—2 in. broad, 
rounded at the hase, entire, downy when young. Flowers upon downy 
pedicels, and disposed unilaterally in lateral, leafy, lengthened racemes, 
many inaraceme. Racemes numerous. Segments of calyx ovate, and pa 
acute. Corolla oblong, downy, pale flesh-colour. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 832.) 3 
A native of Nepal at Suembu and Sirinagur, where it forms a tree from 
20 ft. to 40 ft. in height, the leaves and branches of which are poisonous 
to goats, as is implied in the epithet capricida. It flowersin May. It 
was introduced in 1825, and there are plants at Messrs. Loddiges’s. With 
a view to keep up a distinctive character between the plants kept in 
green-houses and hot-houses, and those grown in the open air, we donot 
think it advisable to multiply, in collections, exotic species of genera of 
which the majority are hardy, and common in gardens ; but, botanically, 
every species is interesting. 
. s Nee e . 
App. i. Half-hardy Species of Piéris not yet introduced. 
_ P. formosa D. Don (Don’s Mill., 3. p.832.), Andrémeda formdsa Wail., 
is a native of Nepal, where it forms an evergreen tree, with the habit of 
A’rbutus or Cléthra. The leaves are lanceolate, acuminated, crenulated, 
and glabrous ; and the flowers rose-coloured, each furnished with a small 
bractea at the base. This would appear to be a very desirable species ; 
and if it were introduced, and even found only half-hardy, some new sort 
might be obtained from it by means of cross-fecundation with hardy free- 
growing species. 
P. lanceolata D. Don (Don’s Miil., 3. p. 382.), Andrémeda lanceolata 
Wall., A. squamuldsa D. Don (Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 149.), isa small-branched 
tree, with elliptic leaves from 3 in. to 4 in. long, and purplish corollas. 
P. japonica D. Don, Andrémeda japonica Thunb., and our fig. 914., 
is a native of Japan, with glabrous, lanceolate, crenulated leaves, and red 
flowers. 
Genus XI. 
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PHYLLO’DOCE Sal. Tue Puytiopoce. Lin. Syst. Decandria 
Monogynia. 
Identification, Sal. Par., t. 36.; D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July, 1834 ;"Don’s Mill., 3. p. 832. 
Synonymes. Andrémeda sp. L.; Menziésia sp. Swartz, Smith. 
Derivation. Phyllodoce, in mythology, was the name of one of the nymphs of Cyrene, daughter of 
the river Peneus. 


Description, §c. Small evergreen shrubs, natives of the north of Europe, 
Asia, and North America; with linear leaves, obtuse, and spreading; and 
flowers terminal, solitary, or several together, in a sort of umbel. 
# 1. P. raxiro‘t1a Sal. The Yew-leaved Phyllodoce. 
Identification. Sal. Par., t. 36; Don’s Mill., 5. p. 833. : 
Synonymes. Menziesia cerilea Swx. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 10. p. S77. t. 30. f. a., Smith Engl. Bot., 
t.2469., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 164.; Andrémeda cerilea Lin. Sp., p. 563., Lin. Fl. Lapp., p. 165. t.1., 
f.5.; A. ¢axifdlia Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 54. t, 72. £..2., Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2, p. 135. t. 1. f.5., FU. 
Dan., t. 57.; Erica certlea Willd. Sp., 2. p. 393. ; 
Engravings. Lin, Soc. Trans., 10. t. 30. f. a. ; Eng. Bot., t, 2469. ; Bot. Cab., t. 164.; Fl. Lapp., t. 1. 
f.5.; Pall. Fl. Ross, t.72. f. 2.3 Fl. Dan., t. 57.; Gmel. Sib., 4 p. 131. t. 57. f.2.; and our jig. 915. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Leaves with denticulated margins. Peduncles aggregate, 
glanded. Segments of the calyx acuminate. An- se 
thers one third of the length of the filaments. Co- 
rolla blue or purple; red, on the authority of 
Pursb, in the species as found in North America. 
(Don’s Miil., iii. p. 833.) _ A native of Europe, 
North America, and Asia. In Europe: in Scotland 
on dry heathy moors, rare; near Aviemore, in 
Strathspey, on the authority of Mr. R. Brown of 
Perth; in the Western Isles of Shiant, on the 4& 
authority of Mr. G. Don. In North America: on 
the White Hills of New Hampshire; and on the 

