ERICA. AZALEA. 279 



*# Cor. bellshaped or shortly tubular, stam. exser ted, filaments 

 flattened, style capitate. GYPSOCALLIS D. Don. 



5. E. mediterrdnea (L.) ; I. 4 in a whorl linear glabrous flat 

 above convex with a central furrow beneath, decurrent line from 

 the 1. reaching but not extending beyond the next whorl, fl. 

 axillary drooping racemose, cor. cylindrical-urceolate twice as 

 long as the coloured calyx, anth. terminal not spurred opening 

 throughout nearly their whole length. E. B. S. 2774. 1?. 

 hibernica Syme. St. 2 5 feet high, with many upright rigid 

 branches terminating in leafy racemes of flesh-coloured flowers 

 but afterwards prolonged. L. many, erect-patent. Bracts 

 above the middle of the pedicels. Stam. and style slightly 

 exserted, style afterwards elongated. Ovary glabrous. Moun- 

 tain bogs. West of Mayo and Galway. Sh. IV. I. 



6. E. vdc/ans (L.) ; 1. 4 5 in a whorl linear glabrous, fl. axil- 

 lary crowded, cor. short bellshaped, sep. small ovate blunt, anth. 

 lateral ovate of 2 distinct cells gibbous at the base. E. B. 3. 

 St. 1 2 feet high, copiously branched. Fl. usually collected 

 in large numbers considerably below the top of the branches, 

 cor. red or white. Anth. dark purple, not spurred. Ovary 

 glabrous. West of Cornwall. Sh.VJI.VHI. Cornish Heath. E. 



6, BRYAN'THUS S. G. Gmel. [PJiyllodoce Salisb. ed. viii.].- 



1. B. taxifolius (A. Gray) ; 1. linear denticulate, pet. glandular- 

 hairy, calycine segments lanceolate acute, anth. two-thirds 

 shorter than the glabrous filaments. Menziesia Sm. E. B. 

 2469. St. 4 5 in. high, branched, naked below, densely hairy 

 above. Ped. terminal, all together, simple. Fl. large, pale 

 bluish red. Sow of Athol, Perthshire, Sh. VI. VII. S. 



7. BORET'TA Neck. [Dcibeocia D. Don, ed. viii.]. 



1. B. cantab'rica (0. Kuntze). Menziesia Sm. E. B. 35. 

 St. bushy, 1 2 feet long, ultimately decumbent. L. ovate or 

 elliptic, flat, with re volute edges, white and cottony beneath. 

 Fl. large, purple, sometimes white, drooping, on short stalks, in 

 terminal simple unilateral clusters. Anth . very large. Western 

 Galway and Mayo. Sh. VIII. St. Dabeoc>$ Heath. I. 



8. AZA'LEA Linn. 



1. A. procum'bens (L.). E. B. 865. Loiseleuria Desv. The 

 original and only Azalea of Linn St. woody, spreading pro- 



