Flower of A, Andracline. 



ERICACEAE, (heath FAMILY.) 509 



2. A. Andraclme, L. ^ qotlib. Fig. 239. 



Qaiqob. 3 to 5 ; branches tortuous, with 

 smooth, red bark, peeling off in sheets, 

 and leaving a reddish surface of inner 

 bark. Leaves elliptical, ,1 .15 long, 

 entire. Panicle somewhat leafy, erect, 

 glandular-jnihescent ; berries numerous, 

 .006 in diameter, orange-colored, somewhat 

 tubercled, not edille — February to April — 

 Woods and copses ; coast and lower 

 inountaiA chains. 



Yar. §erratula, Post. Leaves obtusely serrulate — "Woods of 

 Moab and Gilead. 



2. PSNTAPEHA, Kl. L. Pentapera. 



Sepals 5. Corolla ovate-urceolate, 5-lobed.' Stamens 10, free, an- 

 thers muticou«. 0\rary 5-celled, cells oo-ovuled — A heather-like 

 shrub, distinfT^uished by the quinate parts of the flower. 



P. I§iei3!a, Guss. 5 Branches erect, the younger pubescent. 

 Leaves in fours, velvety, linear-terete, somewhat flattened, grooved be- 

 neath, obtuse. Flowers 4-5, terminal, somewhat umbelled, pedicels 

 3-bracted, longer than calyx ; sepals lanceolate, obtuse, tomentellous, 

 shorter than pink corolla ; ovary white- woolly — May and June. 



Var. Ijibanotica; Barb. Branches longer, more slender, the 

 younger nearly glabrous. Flowers glabrous, glossy, with longer pedicels, 

 more slender 



3. ERICA, L. Heather. 



Calyx-lobes 4. Corolla urceolate, 4-lobed. Stamens 8, free. Ovary 

 4-celled, cells oo -ovuled ; capsule with 4, loculicidal valves — Low 

 shrubs, with racemed, pink, sweet-scented flowers. 



E. verticillata, Forsk. ^ .3 to 1.5; branches white, glabrous. 

 Leaves in whorls of 3, linear, obtuse, . 005 long, grooved beneath. 

 Flovvers 3-5, in lateral clusters, forming long racemes ; corolla .002 to 

 .003 long, short-lobed, thrice to four times as long as calyx ; anthers 

 dark purple, exserted, not appendaged, cells free to base — August to 

 October — Sandstone and chalky rocks ; western slopes of Lebanon, 

 between 100 and 1000 m. ; Nusairy Mountains to Cassius, Amanus, and 

 northward. 



4. RHODODENDRON, L. Rhododendron. 



Calyx more or less plainly 5-toothed or parted. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, campanulate, with irregular 5-fid limb. Stamens (in ours) 10, 

 declined; anthers with 2 pores at apex. Capsule leathery, 5-celled. 

 Seeds numerous, scobiform, with a loose testa. 



R. Poiiticum, L. 5 1 to 2. Leaves leathery, ^ evergreen, 

 glabrous, oblong, acute, with re volute margins, short-petioled, paler 

 ben-ath. Flowering bud strobiliform, ovate, with ovate, ciliate bracts; 

 corymb many-flowered on a short axis; peduncles glabrous; calyx disk- 

 like with short, triangular teeth ; corolla .05 long, with oblong lobes 



