NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



523 



1698 Gesnferw L. 



1699 Codon6phora Lindl. 



I 1700 Pentaraphia Lindl. \ 



\ 1701 Sinningia Nees 



335. ORDER CXIV. VACCINIE X JE. 



1809 Beslferta L. 

 1702 Gloxinia Herit. 



Genera 2, Species 56 ; Hot-house Species 2 ; Green-house Species 1 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 53 : 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. f 28J ft. ; feet ; =fe feet 



Elegant shrubs, chiefly natives of North America, Europe, and Asia. The Oxycoccos macrocarpus 

 furnishes the cranberries sent from North America, and the Oxycoccus palustris those of Europe. Faccinium 

 Myrtillus is the well known whortle-berry. The order is chiefly distinguished by its inferior berry. The 

 utility of the fruit of Faccinium is well known ; its bark is reckoned tonic, stimulant, and astringent, and 

 the fruit slightly styptic. Cuttings, layers, and seeds. 



1194 Faccinium L. *49 1 1193 Oxycoccus Pers. *4 



336. ORDER CXV. ERI'CEJE. 



Genera 28, Species 958 ; Hot-house Species 7 ; Green-house Species 683 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 255; 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 13. 78| feet ; j 4 feet ; =*= feet. 



These are distinguished from the neighbouring orders by their polyspermous fruit, aristate anthers, and dry 

 shrubby habit. Every genus is eminently beautiful, and worthy of the most assiduous cultivation. The first 

 tribe is a native of hill-sides and open plains, chiefly of the extra-tropical regions of the earth. Some are 

 famous for their beauty, some for their fragrance, and many for their foliage. The Heaths are the glory 

 of the Cape, the Arbutuses of Europe, the Andromedas of America, and Clethra of the Canaries. The 

 species are principally North American. Monotrbpeaa stand in their systematic station as they grow in their 

 native woods, lowly herbs among thickets of bushes and trees. Rhodoraceaa, once considered as a distinct 

 order, are chiefly North American ; their flowers are less tubular than those of true Ericeae ; but their 

 habit is not materially different ; here the Azalea, the Kalnua, and the Rhododendron, the pride of Euro- 

 pean gardens, as they are of their native woods, find their station. The berries of ^rctostaphylos uva-ursi are 

 considered lithontriptic ; its leaves have also been employed successfully in infusions in obstinate cases of 

 gonorrhoea. Extract of Chimaphila umbellata, in the form of pills, in doses of five scruples a day, has been 

 found successful in cases of dropsy. Some of the species are possessed of narcotic qualities ; this is the case 

 with Z,edum, .Rhododendron chrysanthum, and especially Azalea pontica, honey obtained from the juice of 

 which is said by Xenophon to have caused the death of many soldiers in the famous retreat of the ten thousand. 

 An infusion of .Rru>dod<ndron maximum is used in America in cases of chronic rheumatism, and that of 

 .Rhododendron ponticum in Asia, against gout and rheumatism. Cuttings, layers, division, and sometimes 

 by grafts. 

 337. Section 1. ERICF.^E -VE^RJE. 



lig. 103. herb.O. 145|ft. 



1346 ^rctostaphylos^daw. *2 

 1345 ^'rbutus L. *10 

 1344 Gaultherza L. 2 

 1343 Enkianthus Lou. 



1341 Andromeda L. *37 



1342 Lybnia Nut. 6 

 1348 Mylocaryum W. en. 



1347 Clethra L. 6 

 695 CyrillaL. 



P1175 Elli6ttza Mhl. 

 693 Bross<e N a L. 

 374 Bla? x rta L. 



341. ORDER CXVI. PENEAXJEJE. 



Genus 1, Species 8; Hot-house Species 0; Green-house Species 8 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. 1 feet ; feet ; ^ feet. 



Beautiful shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, with the habit of Pimelea, and with corymbs of elegant 

 pink flowers. Chiefly distinguished from Epacrideaa in the calyx being of two leaves, and in the stigma 

 being 4-cornered, as well as in the fruit being 4-valved with two seeds in each cell Cuttings. 



373 Pen^a L. 



SUBCLASS III. COROLLIFLCTRjE. Petals cohering in the form a hypogynous corolla, 

 which is not attached to the calyx. 



Genera 485, Species 4190; Hot-house Species 1256 ; Green-house Species 902 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 233 : 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 1799. * 147 j ft. ; 96Jfeet ; ^ 8 feet. 



To this subclass are to be referred all genera which have a monopetalous corolla, with the stamens inserted 

 into it, and a superior ovarium. 



342. ORDER CXVTI. EPACRI'DE^. 



Genera 18, Species 71 ; Hot-house Species ; Green-house Species 71 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. feet ; ] feet ; ^ feet. 



Elegant shrubs, all natives of New Holland, of a dry prickly habit, with tubular white or red flowers. 

 They are chiefly distinguished from Ericeae in the anthers being awnless. Cuttings. 



343. Section 1. EPACRIDE.K \E*RJE. 

 512 Dracophyllum R. Br. 

 3294 Sphen6toma Suit. 



509 Sprengeh'a Sm. 



510 Andersonia R. Br. 



516 Ponceldtza R. Br. 



517 Cosmelia It. Br. 



511 Lysinema R. Br. 

 504 E'pacris Forsk. 



344. Section 2. STYPHE'LI/E. 



513 Trochocarpa R. Br 



514 Acr6triche R. Br. 



515 Monotoca Jt. Br. 



518 Leucoptigon R. Br. 



507 Lissanthe R. Br. 



519 Cyathodes Lab. 



520 Stenanthera R. Br. 

 506 Melichrus R. Br. 



508 Astroloma R. Br. 

 505 Styphfelia R. Br. 



345. ORDER CXVIII. SYMPLOCI'NE^. 



Genus 1, Species 4 ; Hot-house Species 1 ; Green-house Species 3 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 



Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. f feet ; feet ; =fe feet. 



Shrubs with serrated leaves, turning yellow in drying, and small white flowers, which are sometimes fragrant. 

 The leaves of most of them are astringent ; those of Symplocos tinctbria are used in America under the name 

 of Sweet-leaf, for dyeing yellow. Cuttings. 



2186 Symplocos L. 



