CHAP. LXIX. 



z;kica cem. phyllo'doc£. 



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t 1. p. OVALIFOLIA B.Don. 



The oval-leaved Pieris 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New PhiL Journ., 3. p. 833. ; Don's 

 Mill., 3. p. 832. 



Synonymes. Andromedrt ovalifblia Wall, in Asiat. Res., 13. p. 391., with 

 a figure ; A. capricUla Hamilton MSS. 



Engravings. Asiat. Res , 13. p. 391. ; and our Jig. 913. 



Spec. Char.,%c. Leaves oval, acuminated, 2 — !■ in. long, 1 — Sin. broad, 

 rounded at the base, entire, downy when young. Flowers upon downy 

 pedicels, and disposed unilaterally in lateral, leafy, lengthened racemes, 

 many in a raceme. Kacemes numerous. Segments of calvx ovate, and 

 acute. Corolla oblong, downy, pale flesh-colour. {Don's Mill., iii. p. 832.) 

 A native of Nepal at Suembu and Sirinagur, where it forms a tree from 

 20 ft. to -KJ ft. in height, the leaves and branches of which are poi.sonous 

 to goats, as is implied in the epithet capricida. It flowers in JIay. It 

 was introduced in 182o, 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 do not 

 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. ' 



App. i. Half-hardy Species of PVeris not yet introduced. 



P.formdsa D. Don [Don's Mill., 3. p.83i), Andromeda formbsa Wall., 

 IS a native of Nepal, where it forms an evergreen tree, with the habit of 

 -d'rbutus or Clethra. 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 obtanied from it by means of cross-fecundation with hardy free, 

 growing species. 



P. lanccolata D. Don {Don's Mill., 3. p. 382.), Andromeda lanceoliXta 

 Wall., A. squamuU.sa D. Don {Prod. Fl. AV/).,p. 149.), is a small-branched 

 tree, with elliptic leaves from 3 in. to i in. long, and purplish corollas. 



P.japuHica D. Don, Andromeda japonica Thunb., and our fig. 914., 

 is a native of J»pan, with glabrous, lanceolate, crenulated leaves, and red 

 flowers. 



Genus XI. 



PHYLLO'DOC^ Sal. 



The Phyllodoce. 



Monogynia. 



Lin. S^st. Decanclria 



Identification. Sal. Par., t. 36. ; D. Don in Edinb. Now Phil. Journ., July, 1834 ;;;Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. 

 Synonymes, Andromeda sp. L. ; Menzies/a 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. 



tt. ]. P. taxifo'lia Sal. The Yew-leaved Phyllodoce. 



Identification. SaL Par., t. 36; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 



Synonymes. Menzifesia csriilea Swz. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 10. p. 377. t. 30. f. a., Smith Engl. Bot., 



t. 2469., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 164. ; Andromeda cajrCilea Lin. Sp., p. 563., Lin. Fl. Lapp., p. 165. t. 1., 



f. 5. ; A. /axif61ia Pall. Fl. Boss., p. 54. t. 72. f. 2., Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 133. t. 1. f. 5., Fl. 



Dan., t. 57. ; Erica cseriilea 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, ; PaU. Fl. Ross., t. 72. f. 2. ; Fl. Dan., t. 57. ; Gmel. Sib., 4. p. 131. t. 57. f. 2. ; and o\XT fig. 915. 



Sj)ec. Char., ^-c. Leaves with denticulated margins, 

 glanded. Segments of the calyx acuminate. An- 

 thers one third of the length of the filaments. Co- 

 rolla blue or purple ; red, on the authority of 

 Pursh, in the species as found in North America. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 83.3.) A native of Europe, 

 North America, and Asia. In Europe : in Scotlancl 

 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 

 authority of Mr. G. Don. In North America : on 

 the White Hills of New Hampshire; and on the 



Peduncles aggregate. 



