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cannot be separated, though there does exist some 

 difference in the habit of the. two plants. As the 

 leaves of this species bear great resemblance to 

 those of Teucrium polium L. and of Andromeda 

 polifolia, 1 propose to call it Menziesia polifolia. 

 The specific character may be given as follows : 

 Menziesia polifolia : foliis alternis, ovatis, revo- 

 lutis, supra viridibus, glabris, passim pilosis, 

 subtus tomentosis, incanis; floribus race- 

 mosis, terminalibus. 

 And that of Dr. Smith's species, ^ which he has 

 called M. ferruginea, thus : 



Menziesia ferruginea : foliis terminalibus, fasci- 



culatis, lanceolatis, denticulatis, non revo- 



lutis, supra pilosis, subtus lasvibus ; floribus 



inter folia pariter fasciculatis, singulis longe 



pedicellatis. 



A third species of this genus may, perhaps, be 



found in the Azalea pilosa of Michaux, which 



Lamarck* quotes, as a dubious species, at the 



the fruit of E. Daboecia being that of Menziesia, to which genus he refcra 

 this plant in his SpsJej Eruarum. Linn. Trans. Vol. ft. T. 



•Tableau encycloptdique Ct me;hodiquc, &c. pug. 404. 



