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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



*~ 2. B. Stealer/ D. Don. Steller's Bryanthus. 



996 



Identification. D. Don, 1. c. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 



Synonywes. Andromeda StellertdfM Tall. FL Ross., p. 58. 

 t. 74. f -2. ; Meniiesia empetriformia Pursh Fi, Atner. Sept., 

 1. p. 265., but not of others. 



Engravings. Pall. FL Ross., p. 58. t. 74. f.2.; and our fig 996. 



Spec. Ckar. t Qc. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves with obsolete 

 crenulated edges. Flowers solitary, nearly sessile. Anthers 

 2-horned behind. Style conical. Flowers pale red. {Don's 

 Mill., in. p. 833.) A trailing shrub, a native of the north- 

 west coast of America, on the Rocky Mountains, and near 

 the mouth of the Columbia River, and in the Island of 

 Sitcha. This plant, Pallas observes, although a specimen is 

 preserved in the herbarium of Steller, has been altogether 

 omitted by the two Gmelins ; perhaps because Steller him- 

 self described it imperfectly. In his MS. he says, " it occurs 

 together with the former (B. Gmelint); its mode of growth, 

 and time and place of flowering, are also much the same, so 

 that before the flowers expand they can scarcely be distinguished from each other." The flowers, 

 however, are different ; being larger, and about half an inch broad; with a monopetalous, white, 

 5-cleft corolla. The fruit resembles that of B. Gmelin?'. It appears to us highly probable from 

 this description, that the two sorts are only different states of the same species; but, be this as it 

 may, the plants would not be the less interesting, if introduced into our collections. We recom- 

 mend such of our readers as live in alpine situations, to direct their attention to the procuring of 

 plants of Bryanthus from their native habitats either in Russia or North America. Perhaps they 

 may be procured from the most northern parts of North America ; or by means of some of those 

 numerous British travellers who, at present, are to be found in every part of the globe. 



Cladotfidtnnus pyrolceflbrus Bongard in Mem. Acad. Petersb., 2. p. 155. ; Pyrola frutiebsa 

 Eschscholtx ; is a much-branched evergreen shrub, a native of the north-west coast of America, 

 growing to the height of from 4 ft. to 6 ft. 



App. II. Half-hardy ligneous Species qfEricacete. 



There are no plants, Dr. Lindley observes, " more general favourites among collector.; than the 

 species of iJricacea;. It is, however, very remarkable,that, notwithstanding the extensive commerce 

 of England, the zeal of her merchants, and the enterprise of individuals, some of the most magni- 

 ficent of these plants are still known to Europeans only from the dried specimens in the herbariums 

 of botanists. We allude to the noble genus Befaria, which contains many species more beautiful 

 than even /Rhododendron and Azalea; to the Thibaudias, with long tubular crimson blossoms, 

 and to many species of Gaylussaccm. The finest of these plants inhabit the Cordilleras of Peru, in 

 the country of the cinchonas ; and, certainly, if. one half the sum that has been sometimes wasted 

 in ill-considered undertakings were applied judiciously to an expedition into this region, there 

 would be no reasonable doubt of success, and the results would be indescribably important." {Bot. 

 Jieg., as quoted in Gard. Mag., xi. p. 523.) 



Genus I. 



ENKIA'NTHUS Lour. The Enkianthus. Lin. Syst. Decandria Mo- 



nogynia. 



Identification. Lour. Cochin., 276. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 



Synonyme. Melad&ra Sal. in Hort. Trans., 2. p. 156. 



Derivation. From egkuos, pregnant, and anthos, a flower. The flowers swollen. 



Gen. Ctiar.,8fC. Calyx 5-cleft, with coloured bracteas. Corolla campanulate, with a 5-cleft limb, 

 and with 5 pits at the base of the tube. Stamens 10, inserted in the base of the corolla. Style fili- 

 form. Berry 5-celled. — Low evergreen shrubs, natives of China, where they are held in high ve- 

 neration by the natives ; in Britain, somewhat difficult of culture. They grow best in sandy loam, 

 mixed with a little peat, with a very moderate degree of heat, rather less than that of a conserva- 

 tory, and placed near the glass. Cuttings of the ripened wood will root in sand under a bell-glass. 

 As they flower from September to February, and as their flowers, which are of pink mixed with 

 white, are extremely beautiful and showy, they are valuable ornaments in the winter; but, from 

 their flowers appearing at that season, they are more fit for a cold-pit or a conservatory, than a 

 c ■'.n-crvative wall. Till lately, as far as we have been able to learn, these plants have only been 

 well cultivated and flowered, in England, in the conservatory of W. Wells, Esq., at Redleaf, in 

 Kent. A plant, however, flowered in the spring of 1836, at Drayton Green, in the garden of Mrs. 

 Lawrence. They do not succeed well, if disturbed after being once planted. 



* 1. K. ui i.\qi;i;iu/kus Jjour. The five-flowered Enkianthus. 



Identification. \/>ur. ( or Inn., p, 276. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 834. 

 Synonyme. E. reticulata! Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 883., Botanist, t. 1. 



vingt. Andr. Rep., LJ02.J Kor Bot. Reg., t. 201. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1649. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., 



t. 1101. ; Lindl. Bot Reg., t. 883. j Botanist, t. 1. ; and our figs. 997, 998. 

 S/j'c. Char., I(C. Stem shrubby. Leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminate somewhat waved on the 



ruargirm. I lowers 6—6 together, at the top of the branches; generally pink, or with the calyx red, 



• be corolla ncarlv.whitc. [Don's Mill., iii- p. 834.) A shrub, growing to the height of from 3 ft. 



