CHAP. LXIX. ERICA CEH. MENZIE SLA: 1153 
Spec. Char., &c. Branches, leaves, and calyxes very hairy. 
Leaves opposite and alternate, almost sessile, elliptic. 
Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the 
leaves. (Don’s Mull., iii. p. 850.) A beautiful little shrub, 
but difficult to cultivate; growing to the height of from 
2 ft. to 3ft. Leaves small, like thyme. Flowers large, 
red. A native of South Carolina and Georgia, in barren 
pine woods. It was introduced in 1786, and flowers from 
June to August. From the small size of the leaves, and 
the diminutive habit of growth of the plant, it might be 
admitted among the genus Erica, in what might be called 
a miscellaneous ericetum; taking care to plant it in a 
suitable soil. 
Genus XXII. 

MENZIE‘S/4 Smith. Tue Menziesta. Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 
Identification, Smith Icon. ined., 56.; Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p.251.; D. Don in Edin. Phil. Journ. 
17. p. 170. 
Derivation, Named in honour of Archibald Menzies, F.L.S., &c., surgeon and naturalist to the 
expedition under Vancouver; in which he collected many specimens of plants on the north-west 
coast of America, New Holland, Van Diemen’s Land, &c. 
Description. Deciduous shrubs, natives of North America. 
% 1, M. rerRuGI’NEA Smith. The rusty-flowered Menziesia. 
asi ri Smith Icon. ined., 1. p. 56. t. 56.; Pursh Fl, Amer. Sept., 1. p. 264.; Don’s Mill., 3. 
Spine M. urceolaris Salish. Par. Lond., No. 44. 963 
Engravings. Smith Icon. ined., 1. p, 56. t.56,; and our jig, 963. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Corolla urceolate, with rounded lobes. gS 
Leaves and branches hairy. Leaves obovate-lanceolate. 
Flowers of a rusty colour. (Don’s Mill., iti. p.850.) A  % 
shrub, growing to the height of from 3 ft. to 4 ft.; a native 4% 
of the north-west coast of America, particularly on the /¢ . 
Columbia River, and on the Island of Sitcha. It was intro- 4; 
duced in 1811, and flowers in May and June. 


% 2. M. GLopua'Ris Salish. The globular-flowered Menziesia. 
Identification. Salisb. Par. Lond., t.44.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 264. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 850. 
Synonymes. M. Smithz? Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., p. 235.; Azalea pildsa Lam. Ili.,494.; M. pildsa 
Pers. Ench., 1. p. 420. 
Spec. Char., §c. Corolla globose, with rounded lobes; leaves and branches 
hairy. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers yellowish brown. (Don’s Mill., iii. 
p. 850.) A shrub, growing to the height of from 3 ft. to 5 ft.; a native of 
Virginia and Carolina, on high mountains; plentiful on the Cacapoore 
Mountains, near Winchester, in Virginia. It was introduced in 1806, and 
flowers in May and June. 
Genus XXIII. 

AZA‘LEA D.Don. Tue Azavea. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 830. 
Synonymes. Azalea procimbens Lin. and many authors; Loiseletria Desf.; Chamelédon Link 
Enum., 1. p. 210. 
Derivation. From axzaleos, dry, or arid; in reference to the habitation of the plant. 
Description. A diminutive, procumbent, evergreen shrub, a native of 
Britain and North America. 
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