1172 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
2. 2. B. Sre’LterZ D. Don. Steller’s Bryanthus, 
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Identification. D. Don, 1. ¢c.; Don’s Mill, 3. p. 833. 
Synonymes. Andrémeda Stelleriana Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 58. 
t. 74. f.2.; Menziésza empetriférmis Pursh Fl, Amer. Sept., 
1. p. 265., but not of others. 
Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 58. t. 74. f.2.; and our fig. 996. 
Spec. Char., &c. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves with obsolete 
crenulated edges. Flowers solitary, nearly sessile. Anthers 
2-horned behind, Style conical. Flowers pale red. (Don's 
Mill., iii. p. 833.) A trailing shrub, a native of the north- 
west coast of America, on the Rocky Mountains, and near 
the mouth of the Columbia River, and in the Island of 
Sitcha. This plant, Pallas observes, although a specimen is 
preserved in the herbarium of Steller, has been altogether 
omitted by the two Gmelins ; perhaps because Steller him- 
self described it imperfectly. Inhis MS. he says, “‘ it occurs 
together with the former (B. Gmélinz); its mode of growth, 
and time and place of flowering, are also much the same, so 
that before the flowers expand they can scarcely be distinguished from each other.” The flowers, 
however, are different ; being larger, and about half an inch broad ; with a monopetalous, white, 
§-cleft corolla. The fruit resembles that of B. Gméliné. It appears to us highly probable from 
this description, that the two sorts are only different states of the same species; but, be this as it 
may, the plants would not be the less interesting, if introduced into our cellections. We recom- 
mend such of our readers as live in alpine situations, to direct their attention to the procuring of 
plants of Bryanthus from their native habitats either in Russia or North America. Perhaps they 
may be procured from the most northern parts of North America ; or by means of some of those 
numerous British travellers who, at present, are to be found in every part of the globe. 

Cladothémnus pyroleflorus Bongard in Mém. Acad, Petersb., 2. p. 155.; PYrola fruticdsa 
Eschscholtz; is a much-branched evergreen shrub, a native of the north-west coast of America, 
growing to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft. 
App. Il. Half-hardy ligneous Species of Ericacee. 
There are no plants, Dr. Lindley observes, “‘ more general favourites among collectors than the 
species of Ericacez. It is, however, very remarkable,that, notwithstanding the extensive ec mmerce 
of England, the zeal of her merchants, and the enterprise of individuals, some of the most magni- 
ficent of these plants are still known to Europeans only from the dried specimens in the herbariums 
of botanists. We allude to the noble genus Befaria, which contains many species more beautiful 
than eyen Rhododéndron and Azalea; to the Thibaudias, with long tubular crimson blossoms, 
and to many species of Gaylussacc/a. The finest of these plants inhabit the Cordilleras of Peru, in 
the country of the cinchonas ; and, certainly, if. one half the sum that has been sometimes wasted 
in ill-considered undertakings were applied judiciously to an expedition into this region, there 
would be no reasonable doubt of success, and the results would be indescribably important.” (Bot. 
Reg., as quoted in Gard. Mag., xi. p. 523.) 
Genus I. 
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ENKIA’‘NTHUS Lour. Tue Enxiantuus, Lin. Syst. Decandria Mo- 
nogynia. 
Identification. Lour, Cochin., 276.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 833. 
Synonyme, Meladdra Sal. in Hort. Trans., 2. p. 156. 
Derivation, From egkuos, pregnant, and anthos, a flower. The flowers swollen. 
Gen. Char., &c. Calyx 5-cleft, with coloured bracteas. Covolla campanulate, with a 5-cleft limb, 
and with 5 pits at the base of the tube. Stamens 10, inserted in the base of the corolla. Style fili- 
form. Ber7y 5-celled.—Low evergreen shrubs, natives of China, where they are held in high ve- 
neration by the natives ; in Britain, somewhat difficult of culture. They grow best in sandy loam, 
mixed with a little peat, with a very moderate degree of heat, rather less than that of a conserva- 
tory, and placed near the glass. Cuttings of the ripened wood will root in sand under a bell-glass, 
As they flower from September to February, and as their flowers, which are of piuk mixed with 
white, are extremely beautiful and showy, they are valuable ornaments in the winter; but, from 
their flowers appearing at that season, they are more fit for a cold-pit or a conservatory, than a 
conservative wall. ‘Till lately, as far as we have been able to learn, these plants have only been 
well cultivated and flowered, in England, in the conservatory of W. Wells, Esq., at Redleaf, in 
Kent. A plant, however, flowered in the spring of 1836, at Drayton Green, in the garden of Mrs, 
Lawrence. They do not succeed well, if disturbed after being once planted. 
# 1. E. quinqueFto‘rus Lour. The five-flowered Enkianthus. 
Identification. Lour. Cochin., p. 276. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 834. 
Synonyme. E, reticulatus Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 883., Botanist, t. 1. 
Engravings. Andr. Rep., t.102.; Ker Bot. Reg., t.201.; Bot. Mag., t.1649,; Lodd. Bot. Cab., 
t.1101.; Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 833. ; Botanist, t. 1. ; and our figs. 997, 998. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem shrubby. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminate somewhat waved on the 
margins. Flowers 5—6 together, at the tops of the branches; generally pink, or with the calyx red, 
and the corolla nearly, white. (Don’s Mill, iii. p. 834.) A shrub, growing to the height of from 3 ft. 
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