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ERICACE.E. XXXVII. AGARISTA. XXXVIII. DIPLECOSIA. 



Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnsea, 1. p. 520. Leaves shining above, 

 ciliated with long stiff hairs on the nerves beneath, and margins 

 while young. Larger leaves 8 lines long. Racemes approxi- 

 mate at the tops of the branches. Calyx hairy. Style ex- 

 serted. Corolla urceolate, with short, obtuse, reflexed teeth, 

 scarlet. ? 



Money-mort-]eaved Agarista. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



11 A. NERIU-6LIA; quite glabrous ; leaves petiolate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, ovate at the base, coriaceous ; panicle termi- 

 nal, composed of numerous racemes ; ovarium glabrous. I? . S. 

 Native of Brazil, within the tropic. Andr6meda neriifblia, 

 Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnsea, 1. p. 522. Leaves 3 inches 

 long, shining above and paler beneath. Racemes secund ; flowers 

 drooping. Corolla urceolate, with short, obtuse, hardly spread- 

 ing teeth, scarlet. ? Galycine segments finely ciliated. 



Nerium-leaved Agarista. Shrub 2 feet. 



12 A. OLEIFOLIA ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, subacumi- 

 nated, mucronate, acutish at the base, or rounded, with reflexed 

 margins, flat, glabrous, coriaceous ; racemes axillary, length of 

 leaves; calycine segments ovate, acuminated, acute; corollas 

 oblong ; ovarium glabrous. ^ S. Native of equinoxial 

 Brazil. Andromeda oleifolia, Cham, in Linnsea, 8. p. 504. 

 Flowers scarlet, with white filaments and yellow anthers. There 

 are varieties of it having the inflorescence either hairy or gla- 

 brous. 



Olive-leaved Agarista. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



ISA. SERRULA'TA ; leaves subimbricated, almost sessile, 

 spreading, stifF, ovate, cordate, acute, reticulately veined, with 

 reflexed margins, and serrulately-ciliated near the margin above, 

 very scabrous, hairy on the nerve beneath as well as the branch- 

 lets, inflorescence, and calyxes ; racemes terminal, and from the 

 axils of the upper leaves, and much exceeding them ; calycine 

 segments ovate, acuminated, acute or lanceolate, one-half the 

 length of the corolla ; ovarium downy. fj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, within the tropic. Andromeda serrulata, Cham, et 

 Schlecht. in Linnaea, 8. p. 506. Corollas scarlet, with obtuse 

 spreading teeth. 



Serrulated-leaved Agarista. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



14 A. risTRix ; branchlets bluntly angular ; leaves on short 

 petioles, ovate-cordate, acute in the young state, and obtuse in 

 the adult state, always mucronate, coriaceous, marginated, 

 clothed with fine white tomentum beneath, as well as the branch- 

 lets, inflorescence, and calyxes ; racemes terminal and axillary, 

 exceeding the leaves ; calycine segments broad, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, acute, spreading ; corollas downy ; ovarium clothed with 

 white tomentum. t? . S. Native of Brazil. Andromeda Pis- 

 trix, Cham, in Linnsea, 8. p. 508. Leaves 15 lines long. Co- 

 rollas ovoid, coriaceous, scarlet, much larger than those of A. 

 pulchra. Style woolly at the base. 



Whale Agarista. Shrub. 



15 A. CHLORA'NTHA ; leaves on short petioles, ovate- cordate, 

 obtuse, mucronate, coriaceous, glabrous, with revolute margins ; 

 branches, inflorescence, and calyxes downy ; racemes terminal 

 and axillary, a little longer than the leaves ; calycine segments 

 narrow-ovate, acuminated, or lanceolate, acute, longer than the 

 third part of the corolla, which is ovoid-cylindrical ; ovarium 

 downy or villous. T? . S. Native of Brazil. Andromeda 

 chlorantha, Cham, in Linnaea, 8. p. 508. A box-like shrub, 

 with the habit of A. Bracamorensis and A. revoluta. Corollas 

 white, green at the apex, glabrous. 



Green-flowered Agarista. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 1 



16 A. PULCHE'LLA ; leaves on short petioles, cordate, ovate- 

 oblong, mucronate, marginated, rather coriaceous, flat, pubescent 

 on the midrib beneath while young, as well as the petioles, 

 branchlets, and inflorescence ; racemes terminal and axillary, 

 3-8-flowered, a little longer than the leaves ; flowers on long 



pedicels ; calycine segments broad-ovate, acuminated, acute. 

 Pj . S. Native of Brazil. Andromeda pulchella, Cham, in 

 Linnaea, 8. p. 509. Like A. neriifolia and A. pulchra, but 

 differs much in the inflorescence. Leaves ^ inch long. Young 

 branches angular. Racemes crowded at the tops of the 

 branches. 



Neat Agarista. Shrub. 



17 A. PYRIFOLIA; leaves ovate, acuminated, quite entire, and 

 are, as well as the panicle, glabrous. J? . S. Native of the 

 Mauritius. Andromeda pyrifolia, Pers. ench. 1. p. 481. 

 Tree 20 feet high, with sulcately striated bark. Flowers ob- 

 scure, purple. 



Pear-leaved Agarista. Tree 20 feet. 



18 A. ILICIFOLIA ; leaves cordate, broad, coriaceous, slightly 

 toothed ; racemes axillary and terminal, crowded at the tops of 

 the branches. Pj . S. Native of Peru. Andromeda ilieifolia, 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 481. Leaves on short petioles, ovate and 

 quite entire when young, but when larger and older furnished 

 with a few distant teeth at the base. 



Holly-leaved Agarista. Shrub. 



19 A. ERIOPHY'LLA ; leaves roundish-ovate, tomentose on 

 both surfaces, and terminated by a gland, quite entire ; racemes 

 terminal, secund, bracteate ; corollas ovate. Tj . G. Native of 

 Brazil, on the mountains. Andromeda eriophylla, Vand. fl. 

 lus et bras. spec. Pers. ench. 1. p. 482. 



Woolly-leaved Agarista. Shrub. 



20 A. ? ANASTOMOSANS ; leaves ovate, subserrated, dotted 

 beneath, with anastomosing veins ; racemes axillary, glomerate. 

 \2 S. Native of New Granada. Andromeda glomerata, Cav. 

 icon. 6. p. 42. Stem villous. Leaves rather veiny. Corollas 

 glabrous. Bracteas longer than the pedicels. 



Anastomosing Agarista. Shrub. 



Cult. Agarista is a genus of most showy and elegant shrubs, 

 well worth the cultivator's care. Peat and sand is the best soil 

 for them : and cuttings not too young will strike root in sand 

 under a hand-glass, in a moderate heat. Although the species 

 are said to require the stove, they would probably be better if 

 treated as greenhouse plants. 



XXXVIII. DIPLECO'SIA (from Strove, diplous, double, 

 and KWC, fcos, a covering ; in reference to the double covering, 

 the calyx and calyculus.) Blum, bijdr. 857. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, girded 

 by a calyculus at the base, which is composed of 2 com- 

 bined bracteas. Corolla campanulate, with a 5-cleft reflexed 

 limb. Stamens 10, inclosed, inserted in the calycine disk; an- 

 thers bifid at the apex, the lobes undivided. Style erect; stigma 

 truncate. Capsule subglobose, depressed, inclosed in the calyx, 

 which is baccate, 5-celled, and dehiscing irregularly. Seeds nu- 

 merous, cuneated, compressed, fixed to fleshy prominent recep- 

 tacles. Parasitical shrubs. Leaves scattered, coriaceous. Flow- 

 ers solitary or in fascicles, axillary. Corollas pale-greenish. 

 This genus is intermediate between Andromeda and Gaultheria. 

 It differs from the latter in the structure of the corolla and an- 

 thers ; and from the first in the baccate calyx and dehiscence 

 of the fruit. 



1 D. PILOSA (Blum, bijdr. 858.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minated, strigose above and pilose beneath, as well as the 

 branchlets ; pedicels solitary or twin. Jj . S. Native of Java, 

 on Mount Salak, in woods, where it is called by the natives 

 Kila Ge Daijbula. 



Pilose Diplecosia. Shrub. 



2 D. LATIFOLIA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves oval, acutish at both 

 ends, with recurved margins, glabrous ; pedicels fascicled. Jj . 

 S. Native of Java, upon trees on the mountains. 



Broad- leaved Diplecosia. Fl. Year. Shrub par. 



