ERICACEAE. XLV. BEJARIA. XLVI. HYMENANTHES. 



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rough; flowers scarlet, fy . G. Native of the west of Java, on 

 high mountains. 



Refuse-leaped Vireya. Fl. Year. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Agaiista, p. 838. 



XLV. BEJA'RIA (so named by Mutis after a Spanish bota- 

 nist of the name of Bejar). Mutis, amer. 1. t. 8. Lin. gen. 

 Reich, no. 648. Juss. gen. 159. Befaria, Humb. et Bonpl. pi. 

 requin. 2. p. 118. t. 117. nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 290. Acunna, 

 Ruiz et Pav. 



LIN. SYST. Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Calyx deeply 7-cleft. 

 Corolla so deeply 7-cleft as to appear of 7 petals, spreading. 

 Stamens 14, hypogynous ; anthers obverse or pendulous, awn- 

 less. Ovarium free, 7-furrowed. Style elongated ; stigma de- 

 pressedly capitate, 7-furrowed. Capsule depressedly globose, 

 girded by the permanent calyx, and terminated by the style, 7- 

 celled, 7-valved, with a septicidal dehiscence; cells many-seeded. 

 Elegant alpine shrubs ; with scattered, crowded, quite entire, 

 coriaceous leaves ; racemose or corymbose, bracteate flowers. 

 Corollas usually purple. 



1 B. RESINOSA (Mutis, amer. 1. t. 8. Lin. syst. 443. suppl. 

 246.) branchlets downy ; leaves ovate, smooth ; corymbs ter- 

 minal, simple ; pedicels downy ; corollas resinous and viscid ; 

 filaments downy near the base. J? . G. Native of New Gra- 

 nada. Branches proliferous. Leaves an inch long. Corollas 

 purple. 



.ffesmous-flowered Bejaria. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



2 B. RACEMOSA (Vent. eels. p. 51. t. 51.) branchlets smooth 

 or hispid ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous ; flowers disposed 

 in racemose terminal panicles, f? . G. Native of Georgia and 

 Florida, in sandy places. B. paniculata, Michx, fl. bor. amer. 1. 

 p. 280. t. 26. Corollas purple. 



/Jaceniose-flowered Bejaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 3 to 5 feet. 



3 B. GLAU'CA (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. sequin. 2. p. 118. t. 177.) 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong, obtuse, glaucous beneath ; racemes 

 terminal and axillary ; pedicels somewhat fastigiate. T? . G. 

 Native of South America, in the alpine region of the province of 

 Venezuela, near the top of Silla de Caraccas. Shrub much 

 branched ; branchlets angular. Corolla flesh-coloured, glabrous : 

 filaments glabrous. 



Glaucous-leaved Bejaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



4 B- COARCTA^TA (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. sequin. 2. p. 125. t. 

 121.) branchlets clothed with pubescent tomentum ; leaves ob- 

 long, glabrous, glaucous beneath ; corymbs terminal, simple ; 

 peduncles, pedicels, rachi, and calyxes clothed with rusty to- 

 mentum. fy . G. Native of Peru, in cold places near the city 

 of Caxamarca. Shrub much branched. Flowers purple. Fila- 

 ments glabrous, but dilated and pubescent at the base. 



Coarctate-corymbed Bejaria. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



5 B. GRANDIFLO'RA (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. aequin. 2. p. 122. t. 

 119.) leaves ovate, glabrous above, but clothed with rusty to- 

 mentum beneath, as well as the pedicels, peduncles, rachi, 

 calyxes, and branchlets ; corymbs terminal, branched a little, 

 many-flowered. fj . G. Native of the province of Quito, in 

 cold places between Loxa and Ona, in Paramo de Saraguru ; and 

 near Alto de Pulla, and Vinajacu. Shrub much branched ; 

 branches subverticillate. Corollas purple, about the size of 

 those of Dictdmnus dibits. Filaments glabrous, but dilated and 

 ciliated at the base. 



Great-flowered Bejaria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



6 B. S'STUANS (Mutis, in Lin. fil. suppl. 247. mant. 242. 

 Humb. et Bonpl. pi. aequin. 2. p. 120. t. 118.) leaves elliptic, 

 rather glabrous above, but downy and glaucous beneath, while 

 young clothed with rusty tomentum, and ciliated with glands ; 



VOL. III. 



corymbs terminal, simple ; peduncles, pedicels, rachi, calyxes, 

 and branchlets clothed with clammy glandular hairs, fj . G. 

 Native of New Granada, near Gonzanama. Much branched ; 

 branchlets subverticillate. Flowers smaller than those of the 

 preceding, purple. Filaments villous at the base. 

 Heating Bejaria. Shrub 10 to 15 feet. 



7 B. LEDIFOLIA (Humb. et Bonpl. pi. sequin. 2. p. 124. t. 

 120.) leaves oblong, somewhat mucronate, with revolute edges, 

 glaucous beneath, beset with glandular hairs on both surfaces -* 

 along the middle nerve ; racemes terminal ; peduncles, pedicels, 

 rachi, branchlets, and calyxes clothed with clammy glandular 

 hairs. Tj . G. Native of South America, on the top of Silla 

 de Caraccas. Shrub much branched ; branches purplish. Flowers 

 about the size of those of B. glauca, purple. 



Ledum-leaved Bejaria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



8 B. CAXAMARCE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 294.) branchlets pilose ; leaves oblong, glabrous above, pubes- 

 cently hairy and glaucous beneath ; corymbs terminal, simple ; 

 peduncles, pedicels, and rachi, clothed with rusty pilose tomen- 

 tum ; calyxes hairy. ^ . G. Native of Peru, on the Andes, 

 about Caxamarca. A much-branched shrub. Flowers size of 

 those of the preceding, purple ; petals narrow. 



Caxamarca Bejaria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



9 B. LANCEOLA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 1513. f. b.) 

 branches and racemes hairy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; corymbs 

 simple, racemose ; pedicels short. >? . G. Native of Peru, on 

 the high hills of Rodos Pillao and Huassa-Huassi, where it is 

 called Rosa-Rosa, or Rosa Huaytta. Acunna lanceolata, Ruiz 

 et Pav. syst. p. 124. Flowers purple or rose-coloured. 



Lanceolate-leaved Bejaria. Fl. May, Aug. Shrub 4 to 6 

 feet. 



10 B. OBLONGA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 4. t. 1513. f. a.) leaves 

 oblong, with revolute margins ; flowers corymbose ; pedicels 

 long. I? . G. Native of Peru, in the province of Tarma, at 

 Churupallana ; and of Panatahua, at Acomaya and Macora, 

 where it is called Rosa-Rosa, from the copious rose-coloured 

 flowers. Acunna oblonga, Ruiz et Pav. syst. p. 123. Flowers 

 purple or rose-coloured. Branches, petioles, and corymbs downy. 

 Corymbs compound. 



Oblong-leaved Bejaria. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Agaiista, p. 838. 

 Extremely elegant plants, with the habit of some species of 

 Rhododendron, and are therefore well worth the cultivator's 

 care. 



XLVI. HYMENA'NTHES (from V". hymen, a mem- 

 brane ; and avdoe, anthos, a flower ; in reference to the thin 

 corollas). Blum, bijdr. 862. 



LIN. SYST. Dodecdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, obsoletely 

 denticulated. Corolla campanulate, with a short compressed 

 tube, and a 7-parted limb ; segments of the limb imbricated. 

 Stamens 14, hypogynous: alternate ones shortest. Anthers 

 fixed by the back, mutic, opening by 2 pores at the apex. 

 Ovarium free, girded by a nectariferous tumid margin at the 

 base. Style long ; stigma obtuse, 7-crenated. Capsule oblong, 

 7-celled, 7-valved, many-seeded. Nearly allied to Bejaria, but 

 differs from it in the small calyx and monopetalous corolla. 



1 H. JAPONICA (Blum. 1. c.) shrub a little branched ; leaves sub- 

 verticillate, 3 to 4 in a whorl, petiolate, oblong, acutish, nar- 

 rowed at the base, quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous, reticulated 

 above, veinless and yellowish beneath ; flowers disposed in 

 dense, terminal, bracteate spikes. Jj . G. Native of Japan, 

 from whence it was received by Blume under the name of Rho- 

 dodendron maximum. 



Japan Hymenanthes. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Agansta, p. 838. 

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