CHAP. LXIX. 



£RiCACE.i;. enkia'nthus. 



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998 



997 to lOft.; a nativeof thesouthofCliina. Introduced 



in 1812, and flowering from February to September 



E. bifldrus Lour. Coch., p. 276., Don's Mill., 3. p. 834. 

 Stem shrubby. Leaves oval-lanceolate. Flowers twin, 

 terminal, and red. A shrub, a native of the south of 

 China. i^Don's Mil/., iii. p. 834.) Not yet introduced. 



f'iiei/a is a genus which differs from .Rhododendron 



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 descril)ed in 



Don's Miller, but none of theui are introduced. 



Be/aria Htimb. et Bonp., Bej^r/n Mutis, is a genus of alpine shrubs, 

 with the habit of some species of ifhododendron ; natives of North 

 and South America; ten species of which are described in Don's Miller; 1 ut only two of tliem 

 have been yet introduced. The noble genus Befar;'a, Dr. Lindley observe.?, as quoted above, " con. 

 tains maiiy'species more beautiful than even /Rhododendron and Azalea."' 



B. glauca Humb. et Bonp. PI. .Equin., 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 axe 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 182d,grows to the height of from 3 ft. to 6 ft., and flowers 

 in June and July. We have not seen the plant. 



B. racemisa Vent. Cels., p. 51. t. 3., Don's Mill., 3 p. 849. ; B. paniculata Michx. ; 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 introducea in 1810, grows to the height of from 3 ft. to 5 ft., and flowers in June 

 and July. 



Hymendnthes japf'inica 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 is a 

 nativeof Japan, from which country specimens were received by Blume, under the name of iJhodo- 

 dcndron maximum. 



Gaylussdcc'ia. H. B. et Kiinth is a genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs, natives of South 

 America, with scattered coriaceous leaves, and scarlet bracteate flowers; but none of the species 

 have been yet introduced. G. buxi/o/ia 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 

 scarleL 



Tliibaudia. is a genus of evergreen shrubs, natives of Peru, with coriaceous entire leaves, and 

 drooping bracteolate flowers, disposed in lateral corymbose racemes. Twenty species, preen-houseor 

 stove plants, have been described, but none of them are yet introduced. T. cordif'ulia 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. 



Cauendislna nSbilis 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 pl.-int," which constitutes a new genus, nearly related to Thibaiid/nr. It is a 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. l.s.vj, and Gard. Mag., xi. p. 523.) 



Agapetes D. Don, Don's Mill., 3. p. 862., is a genus, the species of which are evergreen shrubs, 

 natives 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. 



Ceratoftima Juss. is a genus of evergreen shrubs, natives of Peru, with oblong coriaceous leaves, 

 and large scarlet flowers. C. grandijlhra is described by Ruiz et Pav. in Fl. Per., 4. t. 383. f. b. 



App. III. Of the Cultivation of the Hardy Y^ricdcece, including 

 the Laying out and Planting of an Ericacetum. 



In taking a survey of all the different species composing the order .EricacejE, 

 it will be found that, in a practical point of view, they are ail shrubs; very few 

 of them exceeding 5 ft. or 6 ft. in height, till they attain a considerable age. 

 The onlv exceptions to this remark are to be found in the genera J'rbutus, 

 Andr6med«, and J'accinium ; two or three species of which attain the height of 

 small trees in 10 or 12 years. All the species of Ericaceae 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 £'ricaceae, 

 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 

 thfm 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 olnious reasons, we propose to call an ericacetum, which, the 



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