XLIV. 
MENZIESIA GLOBULARIS. 
Globular Menziesia. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
‘Rhododendra. Juss. Gen. p. 158. 
Sect. I. Corolla 1-petalae 
Calyx brevissimus, parum 4-fidus. Corolla ventricosa limbo brevi recurvo, decidua. Filamenta 8, 
toro inserta. Anthere juxta apicem foramine obovato dehiscentes. Pericarpium superum, 
4-loculare; septis e marginibus valvarum, ab axi dehiscentibus; placentis longis. Semina 
scobiformia. Frutices humiles. Folia alterna, frondosa, late lanceolata, autumno decidua 
Flores spicd brevissima terminali medio ramulorum novorum bases! “ae toe cernui. Brac- 
tee 3 ad singulos pedunculos 2 interioribus perangustis, gem Genus herbé et 
inflorescentid Azalearum ut hodie nema be a et corollds “Vaca ta distinctum. 
Species jam detecte sunt 
Urceolaris. M. foliis subtus extra nervos states etre vix 4-fido : corolle tubo urceolari. 
M. ferruginea. eS se Pl. ined. 
Sponte nascentem in Americe Borealis osicaegiaetalsbes copiose, legit A. Menzies. 
Globularis, M. foliis subtus ao nervos ae calyce 4-fido: corolla tubo globoso. 
M. Smithi. Mich. Fl. Boreali-Am. v. 1. p. 
- Sponte nascentem in South Carolina, 6 A. Michaux. 
Floret a8 nos fine seit Junio. 
some Andromedas, Vacciniums, and Ericas, which are pure varieties, differ as bane but until 
individuals between these two are discovered, I think they should not be joined, and as the co- 
lour of the flower is the same in both, I have changed their names for others by which they cog 
be instantly distinguished. Nothing can sound more uncouthly than Menziesia Smithi, besides it 
is not the one described by that botanist 
The sears was made from one of the plants in the rich collection which Mr. Lyon is now 
selling, whe informs me that the stem seldom at more than 3 feet in height: it is erect and 
round with spreading branches coming out generally 3 F togethi as if verticillated, but unequal in 
length: cuticle of the bark detached in long reticulated shavings. Stipules gemmaceous, cadu- 
cous, Leaves alternate, frondose: Petiole short, hairy > + Lamina broad-lanceolate, nearly quite 
> terminated uf an obtuse oes seater on the upper surface, = glauc oy 
half an inch =e or more, lor green, scatte a with inne hairs. aves 3 
shundultiovoes hairs. Corolla citowish «Bot with red: Sopa about | ne and i -_ 
long, globular and smooth: Limb in 4 recurved semicircular —— 2 oC ek 
with the corolla as if they were dared to it, but really inserted in the Aarts 8 i 2 P, ong 
long as the tube, gradually narrowed, flattish, smooth. ae ee erect and st i ht: 
earpium broad-conical, while young covered with glanduliferous hairs. oe oe Pistillaris 
Stigma obtuse with 4 knobs in the disc: by these which terminate Correa’s ; . pra 
the impregnating matter of the anthers is absorbed, for upon destroying one o en rays abortive 
Ericas before the flower expanded, the corresponding cell of the — ; hae 
oe long and narrow, ahiiquely truncated where sey. are a 
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