CHAP. LXIX. 



'CK.K. PIIYLLO'DOC/;. 



1115 



1 I. P. OVALIFO'LIA 1). Don. The oval-leaved Picris. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 3. p. 892. ; Don's 



Mill, 3. p. 832. 

 Synonytnes. Andromeda ovalifulia Wall, in Asittt. Res. t 13. p. 391., with 



a figure ; A. capriclda llnmilti'ii .1/s.s. 

 Engravings. Asiat. Res., 13. p. 391. ; and our fig. 913. 



Sjec. Char., S(C. Leaves oval, acuminated, 2 4 in. long, 1 2 in. broad, 

 rounded at thelwse, entire, downy when young. Flowers upon downy 

 pedicels, and disposed unilaterally in lateral, leafy, lengthened racemes, 

 many in a raceme. Racemes numerous. Segments of calyx ovate, and 

 acute. Corolla oblong, downy, pale flesh-colour. (Don's Mi//., iii. p. 8.52.) 

 A native of Nepal at Suembu and Sirinagur, where it forms a tree from 

 20 ft. to 40 ft, in height, the leaves and branches of which are poisonous 

 to goats, as is implied in the epithet capriclda. It flowers in May. It 

 was introduced in 1S'J5, and there are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's. With 

 a view to keep up a distinctive character between the plants kept in 

 green-houses and hot-houses, and those grown in the open air.wedonot 

 think it advisable to multiply, in collections, exotic species of genera of 

 which the majority are hardy, and common in gardens ; but, botanically 

 every species is interesting. 



App. i. Half-hardy Species of Picris not yet introduced. 



P.formdsa D. Don ( Don's Mill., 3. p. 832.), Andromeda formbsa Wall 

 is a native of Nepal, where it forms an evergreen tree, with the habit of 

 /Trbutus or Cldthra. The leaves are lanceolate, acuminated, crenulated, 

 and glabrous ; and the flowers rose-coloured, each furnished with a small 

 bractea at the base. This would appear to be a very desirable species ; 

 and if it were introduced,~and even found only half-hardy, some new sort 

 might be obtained from it by means of cross-fecundation "with hardy free- 

 growing species. 



P. lanceolata D. Don (Don's Mill., 3. p. 382.), Andromeda lanceolata 

 Wall., A. squamulosa D. Don (Prod. Fl. Nep.,p. 149.), is a small-branched 

 tree, with elliptic leaves from 3 in. to 4 in. long, and purplish corollas. 



P. japonica D. Don, Andromeda japonica Thunb., and our Jig. 914., 

 is a native of Japan, with glabrous, lanceolate, crenulated leaves, and red 

 flowers. 



GENUS XI. 



914 



PHYLLO'DOC.E Sal. THE PHYLLODOCE. Lin. Syst. Decandria 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. Sal. Par., t. 36. ; D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July, 1834 ;"Don's Mill., 3. p. 832. 

 Sytioni/nics. Andn'.mecU/ sp. /,. ; Menzics/Yi sp. Swartz, Smith. 



Derivation. Phyllodoce, in mythology, was the name of one of the nymphs of Cyrene, daughter of 

 the river Peneus. 



Description, fyc. Small evergreen shrubs, natives of the north of Europe, 

 Asia, and North America; with linear leaves, obtuse, and spreading; and 

 flowers terminal, solitary, or several together, in a sort of umbel. 



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



Sal Par., t. 36 ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 



Menzifesw caerulea Swz. in Lin. Soc. Trans., 10. p. 377. t. 30. f. a., Smith Engl. Bot., 

 t.24b9., Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 164. ; Andr6med cair.Mea Lin. Sp., p. 56.5., Lin. Fl. Lapp., p. 165. 1. 1., 

 f. 5. ; A. texifblia Pall. Fl. Ross., p. 54. t. 72. f. 2., Liu. Fl. Lapp., cd. 2., p. 133. t 1. f. - 

 Dan., t 57. ; .Erica cterulea Willd. Sp., 2. p. 393. 



Identification. 

 Synoitymcs 



t.24b9., 1 



f. 5. ; A. texifblia Pal'l. Fl. Ross., p. 54. t. 72. f. 2., Lin. Fl. Lapp., ed. 2., p. 133. t 1. f. 5., Fl. 



~ ; .Erica cajrulea Willd. Sp., 2. p. 393. 

 Engravings. Lin. Soc. Trans., 10. t. 30. f. a. ; Eng. Bot, t. 2469. ; Bot. Cab., t. 164. ; Fl. Lapp., t. 1. 



attravmgg. Lin. Soc. irans., lu. t. 3V. t. a. ; n.ng. liot., t. inoy. ; not. t,au., t. Jo4. ; ri. i,app., t. 1. 

 f. 5. ; Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 72. f. 2. ; Fl. Dan., t. 57. ; Gmel. Sib., 4. p. 131. t. 57. f. 2. ; and our jig. 915. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves with denticulated margins. Peduncles aggregate, 

 glanded. Segments of the calyx acuminate. An- 

 thers one third of the length of the filaments. Co- 

 rolla blue or purple ; red, on the authority of 

 Pursh, in the species as found in North America. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 833.) A native of Europe, 

 North America, and Asia. In Europe : in Scotland 

 on dry heathy moors, rare; near Aviemore, in 

 Strathspey, on the authority of Mr. R. Brown of 

 Perth; in the Western Isles of Shiant, on the 

 authority of Mr. G. Don. In North America : on 

 the White Hills of New Hampshire; and on the 



