XLiii. z:rica^ce^ : brya'nthus. 



571 



t. 36. 



1. P. TAXiFO^LiA Sal. The Yew-leaved Phyllodoce. 



1071. P. texifolia. 



2. P. 



; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 



Synonymes. Menziesm cjErdlea Swz. in Lin. Soc. Trans. 10. 



p. 377. ; An(lr<5meda ceerulea Lin. Sp. p. .563. ; A. Zaxifdlia Pall. 



Ft. Ross. p. .'il ; rlca cajriilea miid. Sp. 2. p. 393. 

 Engravini's. Eng. Bot., t. 2469. ; Bot. Cab., t. 164. ; and onr 



fig. 1071. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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 found 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. 



The Empetrum-like 



.833. 



mpetrifo'rmis D. Don. 

 Phyllodoce. 



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

 Synonyme. Menziesja rmpetriWrmis Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans. 10. p. 280. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3176. ; and out fig. 1072. 



Spec. Char., 4'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 6 in. Introduced 



in 1810. Flowers pale red ; June and July. 



Genus XII. 



P. cmpetntbrmis. 



BRYA'NTHUS Gmel. 



The Bryanthus. 



gynia. 



Lin. Syst. Decandria Mono- 



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

 Synonymes. Andr6meda sp. Lin. ; MenziesiVi .Swartz and Pursli ; rica sp. Thunb. 

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



Gen. Char., tj-c. Calyx 5- leaved, imbricate. Corolla deeply 5-parted, spread- 

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

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

 hole. Stigma obtuse. Cajjsule 3-ceUed, with a septicidal dehiscence, many- 

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



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

 flattish. Flowers terminal, solitarj', or somewhat racemose. Shrubs, small, 

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

 gardens. 



<u 1. B. Gme'lin/ D. Don. Gmelin's Bryanthus. 



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



Synonymes. Menziesa bryantha Suartz in Lin. Trans. 10. p. 378. ; Andromeda bryantba Lin. 



Mant. 238. ; rica bryantha Thunb. Diss. No. 8. ; Bryanthus repens icrpyllifblia dbre rbseo 



Gmel. Sib. 4. p 133. t. b7. f. 

 Engravings. Pall. Fl. Koss., p. 57. t. 74. f. 1. ; and out fig. 1073. 



Spec. Char., 8fc. 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 Behring's Island, where it grows in thick masses 

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



