PHYLLODOCE.] ERICACEAE. 235 



J-J in., rigidly coriaceous, glossy and channelled above, margins reflexed to 

 the puberulous midrib beneath. Flowers few, drooping, in terminal umbel- 

 late corymbs ; pedicels \-\\ in. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, glandular-pubes- 

 cent. Corolla ^ in., lilac, urceolate. Anthers purple. Ovary glandular- 

 pubescent. DISTKIB. Scandinavia (Arctic), Mts. of W. France, Pyrenees, 

 Siberia to Kamtschatka, E. and W. N. America. 



1O. LOISELEU'RIA, Desvaux. 



A small glabrous depressed, branching, rigid, evergreen shrub ; buds 

 scaly. Leaves small, opposite, quite entire, margins revolute. Flowers 

 on terminal 1 -flowered peduncles, pink, small. Sepals 5. Corolla hypo- 

 gynous, broadly campanulate, 5-fid. Stamens 5, hypogynous, slightly 

 adnate to the corolla ; anthers short, included, slits lateral. Ovary sub- 

 globose, 2-3-celled ; style short, straight, stigma capitate ; ovules many. 

 Capsule 2-3-celled, septicidally 2-3-valved, valves 2-fid. Seeds several, 

 ovoid, testa thick pitted. DISTJUB. Arctic and Alpine (excl. Pyrenees) 

 Europe, cold and Arctic Asia and America. ETYM. Loiscleur-Deslony- 

 chainps, a French botanist. 



1. L. procum'bens, Desv.; leaves rigidly coriaceous recurved linear- 

 oblong obtuse. Azalea, L. 



Moorlands on the high Scotch Alps, alt. 1,500-3,600 ft., from Ben Lomond 

 northwards ; fl. May-June.- -Forms flat patches with interlaced rigid woody 

 branches. Leaves |-$ in., crowded, petioled, deep green, glossy, deeply 

 channelled above, beneath densely pubescent, midrib very stout. Flowers 

 usually 2-3, inclined, subcorymbose ; peduncle red, |-^ in., stout, ebrac- 

 teolate. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, red. Corolla fa in. diam., pink ; lobes 

 obtuse. Stamens included. Capsule minute, valves 2-fid. 



11. PY'ROLA, Tournef. WINTER-OREEN. 



Biennial or perennial herbs ; rootstocks slender, creeping ; stems short, 

 almost woody ; buds scaly. Leaves chiefly radical, alternate, broad, 

 petioled, evergreen. Flowers secund, racemose, rarely solitary, white pink 

 or yellowish, nodding ; scapes bracteate ; pedicels bracteolate at the base. 

 Sepals 5 V Corolla globose, rarely spreading, of 5 free or slightly connate 

 orbicular petals, subpersistent. Stameiis 10, in pairs opposite the petals, 

 hypogynous, erect or declinate, filaments subulate, tip incurved ; anther- 

 cells opening by terminal pores. Ovary 5-celled ; style erect or decimate, 

 stigma capitate 5-lobed or -cleft ; ovules many. Capsule, globose, 5-angled, 

 5-celled, loculicidally 5-valved; valves septiferous, usually with tomentose 

 edges ; central column bearing the seeds on fungous placentas. Seeds 

 very minute, elongate, testa produced loose, nucleus minute. DISTKIB. 

 N. temp, zone ; species about 12. ETYM. Pyrus, from a similarity iu the 

 foliage to that of the pear. 



SUB-OEN. 1. Py'rola proper. Flowers racemose. Petals 5, free, 

 incurved. Antlier-cells short, obtuse. Stigmatic lobes short. Valves of 

 capsule cohering by fibres. 



1. P. mi'nor, Sw. ; leaves orbicular-ovate obscurely creiiate, stamens 

 erect as long as the short straight style, stigma-rays large. 



