[Plate 46.] 



THE UPRIGHT BRYANTH. 



(bryanthus erectus.) 



A Hardy Evergreen Dwarf Shrub, of Uncertain Origin, belonging to the Order of Heathworts. 



Specific Character. 



THE UPRIGHT BE.YANTH. —Stem erect, much branched. Leaves linear, obtuse, obscurely serrated. Flower-stalks 

 hairy. Flowers solitary, corymbose. Sepals acute, smooth. Corolla campanulate, tubeless, acutely five-lobed. 

 Style projecting. 



Bryanthus erectus : of the gardens. 



THIS charming little bush is said to be a hybrid, obtained by Mr. Cunning-ham, of 

 Comely Bank, Edinburgh, between the Blue Phyllodoce (P. taxifolia, alias Menziesia 

 ccerulea) and the Cistus Rhododendron [Rhodothamnus Chamcecistus) . Whatever its origin, 

 it is certainly one of the most lovely plants that our gardens know. The specimen from 

 which the accompanying" figure was taken formed a round compact bush as large as a 

 man's head, covered for a long time with the most delicate rose-coloured flowers, re- 

 sembling miniature Kalmias. It was in perfection in April in the Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, where it was grown with the Cistus Rhododendron itself. 



Such plants, although capable of bearing any degree of cold, are found difficult to 

 cultivate on account of their impatience of dry air. Hence it is impossible to keep them 

 in health in the open ground in ordinary places in London. The north side of walls, 

 where the sun never shines, and low, but. thoroughly drained places, are where they 

 succeed best. Better still are damp, cold, shaded pits in which the air always remains 

 damp ; it was in such places that Mr. Gordon grew them in the Garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



And now for the question is this really a hybrid, or such a one as is pretended. 



