XLIII. VRICA^CEM I BRYA'NTHUS. 



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Identification 



1. P. :TAXIFO V LIA Sal. The Yew-leaved Phyllodoce. 



Sal. Par., t. 36. ; Don's Mill. 

 Synonymet. 



3. p. 833. 

 Menzi 



dsw cjerulea Swz. in Lin. Soc. Trans. 10. 



p. 377. ; Andrdmedfl czerulea Lin. Sp. p. 563. ; A. /axifblia Pall. 

 FI. lloss. p. 54 ; Erica caerilea Willd. Sp. 2. p, 393. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 2469. ; Bot. Cab., t. 164. ; and our 

 fig. 1071. 



Spec. Char., qc. Leaves with denticulated margins. 

 Peduncles aggregate, glanded. Segments of the 

 calyx acuminate. Anthers one third of the length 

 of the filaments. Corolla blue or purple ; red, on 

 the authority of Pursh, in the species as fbutid in 

 North America. (Don's Mill.} A low, trailing, ever- 

 green, heath-like shrub. Europe, North America, 

 and Asia ; in Scotland on dry heathy moors, rare. 

 Height 6 in. Flowers red ; June and July. 



<u 2. P. EMPETRIFO'RMIS D. Don. The Empetrum-like 

 Phyllodoce. 



Identification. D. Don in Ed. Phil Journ., July, 1834 ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 

 Synonyme. Menziesza tfiupetriftirmis Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans. 10. p. 280. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3176. ; and our Jig. 1072. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves with denticulated margins. Pedun- 

 cles aggregate, sparingly glanded. Segments of the calyx 

 ovate, obtuse. Corolla pale red. Anthers the length of 

 the filaments. (Don's Mill.) A low, trailing, heath-like 

 evergreen shrub. North America. Height Gin. Introduced 

 in 1810. Flowers pale red; June and July. p. 



GENUS XII. 



BRYA'NTHUS Gmel. 



THE BRYANTIIUS. 



gynia. 



Lin. Syst. Decandria Mono- 



Identtftcation. Gmel. Sib., 4. p. 133. t. 57. f. 3. ; Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don's Mill, 3. p. 833. 

 Synoni/mes. Andr6meda sp. Lin. ; Menziesm Swartz and Pursh ; Erica sp. Thunb. 

 Derivation. From bryon, a moss, and anthos. a flower. 



Gen. Char., $c. Calyx 5-leaved, imbricate. Corotta deeply 5-parted, spread- 

 ing. Stamens 10, shorter than the corolla; filaments flattened, glabrous j 

 cells of anthers short, mutic, or awned behind, dehiscing by a terminal 

 hole. Stigma obtuse. Capsule 5-celled, with a septicidal dehkscence, many- 

 seeded. Seeds ovoid, shining, with a keeled raphe. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; small, crowded, spreading, 

 flatfish. Flowers terminal, solitary, or somewhat racemose. Shrubs, small, 

 trailing, evergreen. Natives of Asia and North America ; rare in British 

 gardens. 



<u 1. B. GME'LINZ D. Don. Gmelin's Bryanthus. 



Identification. D. Don in Ed. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 



Synonymcs. Menzidsz'a bryantha Swarlz in Lin. Trans. 10. p. 378. ; Andr6meda bryantha Lin. 



Mant 238. ; Erica bryantha Thunb. Diss. No. 8. ; Bryanthus repens serpyllifblia Hbre rdseo 



Gmtl. Sib. 4. p. 133. t. 57. f. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 57. t. 74. f. 1. ; and our^. 1073. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branchlets pruinose. Leaves with denticulated margins. 

 Peduncles glandular, many-flowered. Anthers mutic. Style filiform. (Don's 

 Mill.) A trailing, moss-like, evergreen, diminutive shrub. Kamtschatka, 

 about Port Ochotsk, and of Bern-ing's Island, where it grows in thick masses 

 covering a great extent of surface, like wild thyme ; and various other 



