CHAP. LXIX. 



.ERICA CEiE. MENZIE SIA. 



1153 



Spec. Char., fyc. Branches, leaves, and calyxes very hairy. 

 Leaves opposite and alternate, almost sessile, elliptic. 

 Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the 

 leaves. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 850.) A beautiful little shrub, 

 but difficult to cultivate ; growing to the height of from 

 2 ft. to 3 ft. Leaves small, like thyme. Flowers large, 

 red. A native of South Carolina and Georgia, in barren 

 pine woods. It was introduced in 1786, and flowers from 

 June to August. From the small size of the leaves, and 

 the diminutive habit of growth of the plant, it might be 

 admitted among the genus -Erica, in what might be called 

 a miscellaneous ericetum j taking care to plant it in a 

 suitable soil. 



Genus XXII. 



962 



MENZTE V S7^1 Smith. The Menziesia. Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Smith Icon, ined., 56. ; Nutt. Gen. Amer., 1. p. 251. ; D. Don in Edin. Phil. Journ. 



17. p. 170. 

 Derivation. Named in honour of Archibald Menzies, F.L.S., &c, surgeon and naturalist to the 



expedition under Vancouver; in which he collected many specimens of plants on the north-west 



coast of America, New Holland,.Van Diemen's Land, &c. 



Description. Deciduous shrubs, natives of North America. 



Si 1. M. ferrugi'nea Smith. 



Smith Icon, ined., 1. p. 56. t. 56. 



The rusty -flowered Menziesia. 

 Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 264. ; Don's Mill. 



963 



Identification 



p. 850. 

 Synonyme. M. urceolaris Salisb. Par. Lond., No. 44. 

 Engravings. Smith Icon, ined., 1. p. 56. t. 56. ; and our fig. 963. 



Spec. Char. y Sj-c. Corolla urceolate, with rounded lobes. 

 Leaves and branches hairy. Leaves obovate-lanceolate. 

 Flowers of a rusty colour. (Don's Mill., in. p. 850.) A 

 shrub, growing to the height of from 3 ft. to 4 ft. ; a native 

 of the north-west coast of America, particularly on the 

 Columbia River, and on the Island of Sitcha. It was intro- 

 duced in 1811, and flowers in May and June. 



Sk 2. M. globula^ris Salisb. The globular-flowered Menziesia. 



Identification. Salisb. Par. Lond., t. 44. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 264. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 850. 

 Synonymes. M. Smiths Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., p. 235. ; Azalea pilosa Lam. III., 494. ; M. pilosa 

 Pers. Enck., 1. p. 420. 



Spec. Char.y cfc. Corolla globose, with rounded lobes ; leaves and branches 

 hairy. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers yellowish brown. (Don's Mill., iii. 

 p. 850.) A shrub, growing to the height of from 3 ft. to 5 ft. ; a native of 

 Virginia and Carolina, on high mountains ; plentiful on the Cacapoore 

 Mountains, near Winchester, in Virginia. It was introduced in 1806, and 

 flowers in May and June. 



Genus XXIII. 



A ZA V LE A D.Don. The Azalea. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. Phil. Journ. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 830. 



Synonymes. Azalea procumbens Lin. and many authors ; Loiseleurm Desf. ; Chamffiledon Link 



Enum., 1. p. 210. 

 Derivation. From azaleos, dry, or arid; in reference to the habitation of the plant. 



Description. A diminutive, procumbent, evergreen shrub, a native of 

 Britain and North America. 



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