NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



523 



1699 Codoiiuphora Lindl. 



1700 Pentar&pJila Lindl. 



1701 Sinningia Nees 



1809 Boslfer»Vi 



1702 Gloxinia Herit. 



335. Order CXIV. VACCINlE^iE. 



Genera 2, Specks 5G ; Ilot-housc Species 2 ; Green-hmise Species 1 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 53 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. f '2Hi ft. ; f feet ; ^ feet 

 Elegant shrubs, chiefly natives of North America, Europe, and Asia. The Oxycoccos macrocftrpui 

 AimiRTies the cranberries sent from North America, and the Oxycoccus palustris those of EurojK?. /'accinium 

 Myrtillus is the well known whortle-berry. The order is chiefly distinguished by its inferior berry. The 

 utility of the fruit of /'accinium is well known ; its bark is reckoned tonic, stimulant, and astringent, and 

 the fruit slightly styptic. Cuttings, layers, and seeds. 



1194 racciniumL. *VJ 1 119J Oxycoccus Prr*. *i 



SZa. Order CXV. ERrCE.E. 



Genera 28, Species 9.'>8 ; Hot-house Speci4\<i 7 ; Green house Species f)8;3 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 255; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species la f 78^ feet ; £ 4 feet ; ^ feet 

 These are distinguished from the neighbouring orders by their polyspermous fruit, aristate anthers, and dry 

 shrubby habit. Every genus is eminently beautiful, and worthy of the most assiduous cultivation. The first 

 tribe is a native of liill-sidcs and open plains, chiefly of the extra-tropical regions of the earth. Some are 

 famous for their beauty, some for their fragrance, and many for their foliage. The Heaths are the glory 

 of the Cape, the Arbutuses of Europe, the Antlromedas of America, and CKthra of the Canaries. The 

 sjK'cies are principally North American. Monotrbpca; stand in their systematic station as they grow in their 

 native woods, lowly herbs among thickets of bushes and trees. Rhodoraceae, once considered as a distinct 

 order, are chiefly North American; their flowers are less tubular than those of true Ericea; ; but their 

 habit is not materially different ; here the Az^ilea, the Kalmia, and the /fhodotlendron, the pride of Euro- 

 I)ean gardens, as they are of their native woods, find their station. The berries of yfrctostaphylos uva-Grsi are 

 considered lithontriptic : its leaves have also been employed successfully in infusions in obstinate cases of 

 gonorrhosa. Extract of Chimaphila umbcUMa, in the form of pills, in doses of five scruples a day, has been 

 found successful in cases of dropsy. Some of the species are possessed of narcotic qualities ; this is the case 

 with Ledum, /^hodotli'ndron chrysanthum, and especially Azalea pontica, honey obtained from the juice of 

 which is said by Xenoplion to have caused the death of many soldiers in the famous retreat of the ten thousand. 

 An infusion of /fhvKiodendron maximum is used in America in cases of chronic rheumatism, and that of 

 //hotlodendron p6nticura in Asia, against gout and rheumatism. Cuttings, layers, division, and sometimes 

 by grafts. 



375 Sympi^za Lich. 



1173 A'rlca L. *29 



1174 Menzifes/ar Sm. ♦ll 



337. Section 1. Er'ice.e VE^RiE. 



lig.m. herb.O. J45|ft. 

 1346 Arctosthy>hy\os Adan. *2 

 134.5 rbutus L. *10 



1.544 Gaulthfer/rt L. 2 



1.34.3 Enkianthus Lou. 

 1,'>41 Atuironu'dfl L. *o7 

 1,>42 Lyun/rt Nut. 6 



1.348 Mvlociryura IV. en. 

 1.547 Cli'thra L. 6 



695 Cyrillrt L. 

 ?1175 Elliiittia Mhl. 



69.3 Brossi^^rt L. 



574 Bla;"r/a L. 



338. Section 2. Monotrope^. 

 lig.O. herb. 2. j£lift. 



1330 Mon6tropa L. *0 2 



339. Section 3. Pvrijlejj. 

 lig. 0. herb 11. ^o^ft. 



1349 I^rola L. *0 9 



1350 Chim&phila Ph. 2 



341. Order CXVI. PENEA^CE.i:. 



340. Section 4. RnoDORA'cEiE. 

 lig. 152. herb.O. l&Hft. 



1335 Kklmia L. 

 1340 EpigK^a L. 

 1.338 Ahodora L. 

 1339 /fhododendron L. 



521 Azalea L. 

 1337 Amm^rsine Ph. 



522 ChamsElklon Lk. 



1336 LMum L. 

 1426 Bojkria Mx. 



694 / tea L. 



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39 







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Genus 1, Species^; Hot-house Species 0; Green-house Species 8 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. ± feet ; £ feet ; ^ feet. 

 Beautiful shrubs, natives of the Cajn; of Good Uope, with the habit of I'imclfea, and with corymbs of elegant 

 pink flowers. Chiefly distinguishetl from Epacridea? in the calyx being of two leaves, and in the stigma 

 being 4-corncrcd, as well as in the fruit being 4-valved with two seeds in each cell. Cuttings. 



373 Pcrup^a L. 



Subclass III. COROLLIFLO^R.^. Petals coJwring in the form a hijpogynous corolla^ 

 which is not attached to the calyx. 



Genera 485, Species 4190; Hot-house Species 1256 ; Green house SjKcies 902 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 233 : 

 Hardy Herbaceous Specks 1799. 1 147| ft. ; £96Kect ; ^ 8 feet. 



To this subclass arc to be referred all genera which have a monopetalous corolla, with the stamens inserted 

 into it, and a superior ovarium. 



342. Order CXVII. EPACRI'DE^E. 



Genera 18, Specks 71 ; Hot-house Species ; Green-house Species 71 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0, 1 feet ; £ feet ; ^ feet. 



Elegant shrubs, all natives of New Holland, of a dry prickly habit, with tubular white or red flowers. 

 They are chiefly distinguished from Erices in the anthers being awnless. Cuttings. 



343. Section 1. EpACRiDEiE ve^re. 



512 DracophS'llum R. Br. 

 3294 Sphenotoma Sivt. 



.509 Sprengfel/rt Sm. 



510 Anders(')niVi R. Br. 



516 Ponceldt/Vi R. Br. 



517 Cosmfelia /{. Br. 



511 Lysin^ma H. Br. 

 504 E'pacris Forsk. 



344. Section 2. Stvphe'li*. 



513 Trochoc&rpa R. Br 



514 Acrotriche R. Br. 



515 Monutoca R. Br. 



518 I.«ucop(\gon R. Br. 

 FA)! Lissftnthe R. Br. 



519 Cyathr.des Lab. 



520 Stenanthira R. Br. 

 50() Melichrus R. Br. 

 508 Astrol^ma R. Br. 

 505 Styphilia R. Br. 



345. Order CXVII L SYMPLOCI'NE^ 

 Genus 1, Specks 4 ; Hot-house Species 1 ; Green-house Species 3 ; Hardy Ligneous Species ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. JO feet ; £ feet ; ^ feet. 

 Shrubs with serrated leaves, turning yellow in drying, and .small white flowers, which are sometimes fr.igr.inf. 

 The leaves of most of them are astringent ; those of Symplocos tinctbria are used in America uijder the najuc 

 of Swcet-lcaf, for dyeing yellow. Cuttings. 



2186 Symplocos L. 



