XLIII. ERICA‘CEE: BRYA/NTHUS. 571 
2.1. P. raxiro‘tia Sal, The Yew-leaved Phyllodoce. 
Identification Sal. Par., t. 36. 3 Don’s Mill., 3. p. 833. 
Synonymes. Menzidsia cerdlea Swz, in Lin. Soc. Trans. 10. 
a 377.; Andrémeda cerdlea Lin. Sp. p. 563. 3 A. zaxifdlia Pall. 
P 1. Ross. p. 54. ; Erica cerdlea Willd. Sp. 2. p. 393. 
y ie a Eng. Bot., t. 2469.; Bot. Cab., t. 164.; and our 
. 1071. 
Spec. Char., éc. Leaves with denticulated margins. 
Peduncles aggregate, glanded. Segments of the 
calyx acuminate. Anthers one third of the length 
of the filaments. Corolla blue or purple; red, on 
the authority of Pursh, in the species as found in 
North America. (Don’s Mill.) A low, trailing, ever- 
green, heath-like shrub. Europe, North America, 
bs and Asia; in Scotland on dry heathy moors, rate. 
1071. P. taxifdlia. Height 6in. Flowers red; June and July. 
2. 2. P, EmpeTRiro’RMIs D. Don. The Empetrum-like 
Phyllodoce. 
Identification. D. Donin Ed. Phil. Journ., July, 1834 ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 833. 
Synonyme. Menziésta empetriformis Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans. 10. p. 280. 
ngravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3176. ; and our fig. 1072. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves with denticulated margins. Pedun- 
cles aggregate, sparingly glanded. Segments of the calyx 
ovate, obtuse. Corolla pale red. Anthers the length of 
the filaments. (Don’s Mill.) A low, trailing, heath-like 
evergreen shrub. North America. Height 6in. Introduced 
in 1810. Flowers pale red; June and July. P. empetsiforrnis 
Genus XII. 
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BRYA/’NTHUS Gmel. Tue Bryantuus. Lin. Syst. Decandria Mono- 
gynia. 
ened Wndiomenese: Leet Mendon’ Byatt and Paris Epes vp, thas, 
Derivation. From bryon, a moss, and anthos, a flower. 
Gen. Char., §&c. Calyx 5-leaved, imbricate. Corolla deeply 5-parted, spread- 
ing. Stamens 10, shorter than the corolla; filaments | flattened, glabrous ; 
cells of anthers short, mutic, or awned behind, dehiscing by a terminal 
hole. Stigma obtuse. Capsule 5-celied, with a septicidal dehiscence, many- 
seeded. Seeds ovoid, shining, with a keeled raphe. (Don’s Mill.) ' 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; small, crowded, spreading, 
flattish. Flowers terminal, solitary, or somewhat racemose.—Shrubs, small, 
trailing, evergreen. Natives of Asia and North America; rare in British 
gardens. 
e. 1. B. Gme'tinz D. Don. Gmelin’s Bryanthus. 
"i jon. D.Don in Ed. Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 833. 2 : 
pa eis reece bryantha Swartz jin Lin. Trans. 10. p. 378. ; Andrémeda bryantha Lin. 
Wane. 238.; Erica bry4ntha Thunb. Diss. No. 8.; BryAnthus répens serpyllifdlia dre rdseo 
. Sib. 4. p. 183. t. 57. f. 
gee Pail. Fl. Ross., p. 57. t. 74. f. 1.5; and ourfig. 1073. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branchlets pruinose. Leaves with denticulated margins.: 
Peduncles glandular, many-flowered. Anthers mutic. Style filiform. (Don’s 
Mill.) A trailing, moss-like, evergreen, diminutive shrub, Kamtschatka, 
about Port Ochotsk, and of Behring’s Island, where it grows in thick masses 
covering a great extent of surface, like wild thyme; and various other 
