Plex.cal. 36. ERICINtE. 155. Menziesia. S97 



A. Anthers 2-celled, opening in 2 foramens ; corolla tubu- 

 lar, 5-cut. 



I. 155. MENZIESIA. Jussieu. Menzles, 



Calyx ^-parted ; corolla bellied, falling off; limb 5-cut, 

 recurved, stamens 8 ; filaments on the base of the corolla; 

 antheis opening at the tip by 2 reverse-ovate foramens; 

 capsule 4-celled; dehiscence septicidal; seeds raawy, scro- 

 biculate. — Stem undershrubb_y ; leaves alternate, broad, 

 lanceolate, annual ; edge not cut, turned down ; flowers 

 spiked, drooping ; hraclecB 3 to each peduncle, 2 side ones 

 smaller. 



Menziesia polifoUa. Many -leaved menzies. 



Leaves ovate; edge turned over, beneath tomentose, 

 snowy ; racemes long. 



Erica Canlabrica flore maxirao, foliis mjrti subtus i n can i s, Di/^en in 

 Raii Syn. 472, 6. 



Erica Sancti Dabeoci Hibcrnis D. Lhwyd. Raii Hist, 3; Dendr, 98. 



Vacciiiium Cantabricum, Hiids. FL, jingl. ed. 1, 143. 



Erica Daboecia, Lin. S- P. 509. 



Andromeda Daboecia, Lin. Syst. Veg. ed. 13, 338. 



Menziesia polifolia, Juss. Ann. Mus. 1, 55. 



Menziesia Daboecia, De Cand. FhGall. 674. 



Jrisli heath. 



Mountain bogs, in Ireland ; shrubby ; June and July. 

 Stem slender, upright; lower leaves opposite; flowers 

 purple. 



II. 156. PHYLLODOCE. R.A.Salisbury. Phyllodoce. 

 Calyx deeply 5-cut; corolla bellied, falling off; tube 

 5-cut, bent; stamens 10, at the bottom of the corolla; 

 aniliers opening near the tip in 2 reverse-ovate foramens ; 

 capsules 5-ce\\eA\ dehiscence septicidal; seed semi-orbicu- 

 late. — Stem shrubby ; leaves linear, perennial ; edges turned 

 down ; furrowed beneath ; flowers aggregate, out of the 

 axilla of the terminal leaves. 



Phyllodoce taxifolia. Yeiv-leaf phyllodoce. 



Leaves linear, blunt, edge toothed; teeth cartilaginous; 

 tube of the corolla pitchershape. 



Andromeda caerulea, Lin. S. P. 563. 

 Erica caerulea, Willd. Sp, P. 2, 39. 

 Andrnoieda taxifolia, Pallas Ft. Ross. 2,54. 

 Menziesia caerulea, Sivarlz ylct. Holm. 10, 377. 

 Phyllodoce (axifulla, Salisb. Farad. Land. 36. 



Heaths ; shrubby ; June and July. 



Leaves fringed with glandular \\2iivs',floivers bluish flesh- 

 colour. 



