BREXIACEvE ERICACEyE VACCIMACEiE. 333 



ORDER CLXI— ERICACE^, DC— Lindl. Nat. Syst p. 2-20. 



THE HEATH TRIBE. 



Undershrubs, shrubs or trees, by Lindl. referred to 43 genera. Of these, 

 Spreng. syst. enumerates about 50 species from N. America ; 46 from S. 

 America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 26 from Europe ; 9 from Siberia ; 6 

 from the Mascarenhas Islands ; 4 from the Straits of Magellan ; 2 from the 

 Levant, 1 from Caucasus ; 1 from Dahuria ; 1 from Madeira ; 1 from the 

 Canaries ; 1 from Greenland ; 2 from New Zealand ; 3 from China ; and 

 1 from Japan. In S. Africa, have been discovered 450 species, (Harvey) ; 

 and in the E. Indies, according to Wall Cat. and Royl. ill, 22 ; viz. 8 of 

 Andromeda ; 1 of Cassiope ; 3 of Gaultheria ; and 10 of Rhododendron. — • 

 To the E. Indian Ericaceae must be added the Javanese species of Diple- 

 cosia, Vireya, and Hymenanthus, Bl. Exclusive of Java, all the Indian plants 

 of this order have been found on the Himalayas, the Khassya Hills, and the 

 Neelgherries ones excepted. — General properties astringent and diuretic. 

 Rhododendron, L. (Spreng. st/st. 2, p. 275, No. 1548.) 



1. arboreum, Sm. {exot. bot. t. 9 ; — B. Reg. 11, t. 890 ; — Spreng. syst. 

 2, p. 292;— Hook. exot. ft. t. 168 -.— Swt.fl.gard. 3,t. 250.— R. puni- 

 ceum, Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 409. — R. purpureum. Buck. MSS.) 5 Nepal. 

 Kemaoon. Fl. large, dark scarlet. In H. C. G. fl. April and May, 

 (Roxb. H. B. p. 33.) — Wood used for making gun-stocks. {Hard- 

 wicke.) 



* Gaultheria fragrantissima. Wall. % Nepal. 



ORDER CLXII.— VACCINIACE^, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 221. 



THE BILIiERRY TRIBE. 



Shrubs or small trees, by Lindl. referred to 8 genera. Of these, Spreng. 

 syst. assigns 30 species to S. America, Mexico, and the W. Indies ; 30 to 

 N. America ; 3 to Europe ; 3 to Japan ; I to the Society Islands ; 1 to Ma- 

 dagascar ; 1 to Armenia ; and I to Madeira. In the E. Indies, according to 

 Wall. Cat. and Royl. ill., have been discovered 10 species ; viz, 3 of Vac- 

 cinium; 2 of Gaylusaccia ; and 6 of Thibaudia ; — all natives of the Khassya 

 Mountains, except 1 from the Neelgherries ; I from Tavoy, and 1 from 

 Java. — Properties unimportant. 

 Vaccinium, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 171, No. 1421.) 



1. Sprengelii, Wall. (Cat.) S Khassya Mountains. — Has not fl. here. 



2. secundum. Wall, S Neelgherries. 



3. Schmidianum, Wall, B Neelgherries. 



