CHAP. LXIX. ERICA CEH. ENKIA’NTHUS. 1173 
to 10 ft. ; a native of the south of China. Introduced 
in 1812, and flowering from February to September 
E. bifldrus Lour. Coch., p.276., Don’s Mill., 3. p. $34. 
Stem shrubby. Leaves oval-lanceolate. Flowers twin, 
terminal, and red. A shrub, a native of the south of 
China. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 834.) Not yet introduced. 
Viréyais a genus which differs from Rhododéndron 
in the calyx being small, and in the stamens not being 
attached to the corolla. The leaves are scattered and 
verticillate, quite entire, coriaceous, and covered with 
scaly dots beneath ; and the flowers are disposed in ter- 
minal fascicles. ‘The species are chiefly parasitical 
shrubs, flowering throughout the year; five of them are described in 
Don’s Miller, but none of them are introduced. 
Befaria Humb., et Bonp., Bejairia Mutis, is a genus of alpine shrubs, 
with the habit of some species of Rhododéndron; natives of North 
and South America; ten species of which are described in Don’s Miller; but only two of them 
have been yet introduced. The noble genus Befaréa, Dr. Lindley observes, as quoted above, ‘* con- 
tains many species more beautiful than even Rhododéndron and Azalea.” 
B. glatica Aumb. et Bonp. Pl. Aquin., 2. p. 118. t.177., Don’s Mill., 3. p. 849., is a glabrous shrub, 
with leaves oblong, obtuse, glaucous beneath. Racemes terminal and axillary. Pedicels some. 
what fastigiate. ‘The plant is much branched, and the branchlets are angular. The corolla 
is flesh-coloured, and smooth. It is a native of South America, in the alpine regions of the 
province of Venezuela. It was introduced in 1826, grows to the height of from 3 ft. to 6 ft., and flowers 
in June and July. We have not seen the plant. 
B. racemosa Vent. Cels., p. 51. t.5., Don’s Mill., 3. p. 849. ; B. paniculata Miche. ; has the branchlets 
smooth, and sometimes hispid. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, and glabrous; and the flowers are 
disposed in racemose terminal panicles. Corollas purple. It is a native of Georgia and Florida, in 
sandy places. It was introduced in 1810, grows to the height of from 8 ft. to 5 ft., and flowers in June 
and July. 
Hymendnthes japinica Blum, Bijdr., 862., and Don’s Mill., 3. p. 849., is a shrub, nearly allied to the 
preceding genus, but differing from it in having a small calyx, and monopetalous corolla. It isa 
native of Japan, from which country specimens were received by Blume, under the name of Rhodo- 
déndron maximum. 
Gaylussdccia H. B. et Kunth is a genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs, natives of South 
America, with scattered coriaccous leaves, and scarlet bracteate flowers; but none of the species 
have been yet introduced. G. bwrifidia H. B. et Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 276. t. 257., is a 
native of Caraccas, on Mount Avila. The flowers of this, and of most of the other sorts, are 
scarlet. 
Thibatidia is a genus of evergreen shrubs, natives of Peru, with coriaceous entire leaves, and 
crooping bracteolate flowers, disposed in lateral corymbose racemes. Twenty species, green-house or 
stove plants, have been described, but none of them are yet introduced. T. cordifolia H. B. et 
Kunth Nov. Gen. Amer., 3. p. 271. t. 255., a native of New Granada, on the Andes, will give an idea 
of the genus. 
Gavendesiae nébilis Lindl. is a shrub, with laurel-like leaves, and its flowers arranged in capitate 
racemes, mostly terminal. The corolla is bright crimson, and tubular, about 1 in. long “A 
most lovely plant,’’ which constitutes a new genus, nearly related to Thibatidia. It isa native 
of the Cordilleras of Peru, whence dried specimens were sent home by Mr. Mathews; and the 
plant in a living state, Dr. Lindley anticipates, will soon find its way to England. (See Bot. Reg., 
Sept. 1835, and Gard. Mag., xi. p. 523. ; , 
Agapétes D. Don, Don’s Mill., 3. p. 862., is a genus, the species of which are evergreen shrubs, 
Datives of the East Indies, chiefly of Java, with lanceolate coriaceous leaves with denticulated mar. 
ins, and scarlet flowers, corymbose and racemose, Sixteen species have been described by D. Don, 
and also in Don’s Miller ; but none of them have been yet figured or introduced, 
Ceratostima Juss. is a genus of evergreen shrubs, natives of Peru, with oblong coriaceous leaves, 
and large scarlet flowers. C. grandiflora is described by Ruiz et Pav. in Fv. Per., 4. t. 383. f. b. 

App. III. Of the Cultivation of the Hardy Ericacece, including 
the Laying out and Planting of an Ericacetum. 
In taking a survey of all the different species composing the order Ericicez, 
it will be found that, in a practical point of view, they are all shrubs; very few 
of them exceeding 5 ft. or 6 ft. in height, till they attain a considerable aye. 
The only exceptions to this remark are to be found in the genera A’rbutus, 
Andromeda, and Vaccinium ; two or three species of which attain the height of 
small trees in 10 or 12 years. All the species of Ericacee either require, 
or prefer, a soil containing more or less of peat or heath mould; and that, 
though some species of several of the genera will grow in common garden 
soil, that even these will grow better in soil containing a mixture of sand and 
peat, together with rich loam, or loam and leaf mould. Hence the Ericacex, 
from being a truly natural order in their physiognomy, from being all nearly 
alike in point of magnitude, from all requiring the same kind of soil, from the 
species consisting both of deciduous and evergreen plants, and from some of 
them flowering in every month of the year, are peculiarly well adapted for 
being cultivated together, so as to occupy one entire scene or garden. This 
garden, for obvious reasons, we propose to call an ericacetum, which, the 
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