ERICACE^ 



Indigenous in Scotch Highlands. Known also as Alpine A/alea. Generic 

 name after Ijoiseleur Deslongchamps, a French botanist. Syn. Azalea 

 procumbens. 



SCOTTISH MENZIESIA, RnjantJms taxifhKus. 



Mountainous heaths in Scotland ; gardens. May — July. Propagated 

 by layers in autumn. 



Floxvers lilac, drooping, in terminal umbellate eorymbs of 3-4 flowers, 

 pedicels ^-1|^ in. long, bracteate and bibracteolate ; Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, 

 glandular-pubescent ; Corolla .'; in. long, ovoid, urceolate, deciduous, 5-cleft, 

 lobes short; St am ens 10, hypogynous, filaments slender, anthers purple, 

 truncate, open by pores, awnlcss ; Ovarij .5-celled, glandular, pubescent, 

 style slender, stigma capitate ; Fruit a capsule, erect, 5-celled, 5-valved, 

 many-seeded, seeds shining. 



Leaves alternate, crowded, spreading, linear-obtuse, glandularly serrate, 

 rigid, coriaceous, glabrous, margins reflexed to midrib, glossy green both 

 surfaces, \-lj in. long ; petioles short. 



An evergreen shrub, 5-10 ins. ; much branched ; Braiiehes tubercled ; 

 Buch scaly. 



Native of Scotland ; found in Perthshire. Known also as Blue Menziesia. 

 Syns. Andromeda eccrulea, A. taxi folia, Menziesia ca?rulca, Plnjllodoee taxifolia, 

 P. c(crulea. 



ST. DABEOC'S HEATH, Daboeeia polifolia. 



Moist heaths in Ireland ; gardens in England. May — September. Needs 

 peaty soil. Cut away old flowering stems in early winter. 



Floivers crimson, purple, or white, in a lax, terminal, drooping raceme 

 of 5-10 flowers ; pedicels short, stout, curved ; bracts leafy ; Cahjx 4-partite, 

 lobes ovate-lanceolate, ciliate ; Corolla urceolate, ventricose, deciduous, shortly 

 4.-clcft, lobes broad, slit, reflexed, 5 in. long; Stamens 8, included, anthers 



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