RHODERACEJE 8y 



Obs: Genus constans unica stirpe ( L. buxifolium 

 Berg: , thjmifolium Pers: ) a Ledo divulsa ob di- 

 versum dehiscendi locum in capsula , ceterum pra3- 

 cedentibus simillimum; fruticulus ex Amer: bor: fo- 

 liis ellipticis parvis ; utrinque glaberrimum dicunt 

 Auctores, in specim: meis ex loco natali et in plantis 

 cultis subtus ferrugineus uti in Ledis. 



Trib: V. 



Genus Ericineis affine. 



XXII. Empetrum Lin: gen: ed: Schreb: n. 1496. = Spr: 

 syst: n. 3 167. = Lam: ill: t. 8o3. (^Dioec: triandz 

 L. , Empetracece Spr: ). 



» Flores ssepe dioici. Cal: 3 - partitus persistens. 

 » Cor: 3-petala. Masc: Stam: 3-9. antheris 2-partitis. 

 » Foem: Slyl: sub-nullus. Stigm: stellatum depressum 

 » 3-9-lobum. Bacca supera orbiculata 3-9-sperma. » 



Obs: Genus habitu equidem Ericearum , sed iru- 

 ctificatione ex allatis valde distinctum , hinc forsaa 

 recte a cl: Spr: ad ordinem proprium amandatum , 

 constans 3. stirpibus fruticulosis vix inter se distin- 

 ctis, foliis angustissimis sub-ternis, floribus axilla- 

 ribus sessilibus solitariis. 



% 1. E. nigrum = L. h. ClifF: 47°- = Spr: sysl: 

 III. 901. = Lobel: ic: 621. (Eun, Asia med: et bor: 

 Peclem: in summis frigidis alpibus 31. Cenisii , I'e- 

 suli , Rosa , S. Bjrnardi et di Faussigny All: n. 866. 

 Re fl: segus: p. 81. Inter Rimella et Campanello ad 

 rupes Biroli fl: acon: II. p. 1 33. ). Procumbens tor- 



