NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. 



523 



1698 Gesnerto L. 



1699 Ccdon6phora Lindl. 



1700 PentaraphiaZz'no?. 



1701 Sinningia Nees 



1809 Beslerfo L. 

 1702 Gloxima Herit. 



335. Order CXIV. VACCINIE v >E. 



Genera 2, Species 56 ; Hot-house Species 2 ; Green-house Species 1 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 53 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. $ 28| ft. ; £ 0 feet ; 0 feet. 



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

 furnishes the cranberries sent from North America, and the Oxyc6ccus palustris those of Europe. Faccinium 

 Myrti'llus is the well known whortle-berry. The order is chiefly distinguished by its inferior berry. The 

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

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



1194 Faccmium L. *49 0 1 1193 Oxycoccus Pers. *4 0 



336. Order CXV. ERI'CE^. 



Genera 28, Species 958 ; Hot-house Species 7 ; Green-house Species 683 ; Hardy Ligneous 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 13. *78| feet ; £ 4 feet ; & 0 feet. 



iecies 255 : 



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 tirst 

 tribe is a native of hill-sides 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 Andromedas of America, and Cl^thra of the Canaries. The 

 species are principally North American. Monotrbpeee stand in their systematic station as they grow in their 

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

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

 habit is not materially different ; here the Azalea, the Kalnua, and the Rhododendron, the pride of Euro- 

 pean gardens, as they are of their native woods, find their station. The berries of Jrctostaphylos uva-ursi are 

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

 gonorrhoea. Extract of Chimaphila umbellata, 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, Rhododendron chrysanthum, and especially Azalea pontica, honey obtained from the juice of 

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

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

 Rhododendron p6nticum in Asia, against gout and rheumatism. Cuttings, layers, division, and sometimes 

 by grafts. 



375 Sympieza Lich. 



1173 £rlca L. *29 0 



1174 Menzies/a Sra. *11 0 



337. Section 1. Erice^s ve"*r.e 

 lig. 103. herb.0. 145|ft. 



1346 Jrctostaphylos Adan. *2 

 1345 A rbutus L. *10 

 1344 Gaultherm L. 2 

 1343 Enkianthus Lou. 



1341 Andromeda L. *37 



1342 Lyon/a Nut. 6 

 1348 Mylocaryum W. en. 



1347 Clethrai. 6 

 695 Cyrillrt L. 



?1175 Elli6tt*a Mhl. 

 693 Bross^o L. 

 374 Blae^rm L. 



338. Section 2. MonotropEjE. 

 lig.0. herb. 2. j£l£ft. 



1330 Mon6tropai. *0 2 



339. Section 3. PyrolejE. 

 lig. 0. herb 11. £3! ft. 



1349 Pyrola L. *0 9 



1350 Chimaphila Ph. 0 2 



341. Order CXVI. PENEA\DEiE. 



340. Section 4. Rhodora^ce^e. 

 lig. 152. herb. 0. f64|ft. 



1335 Kalmia L. 

 1340 Epiga^a L. 



1338 Rhodora L. 



1339 Rhododendron L. 



521 Azalea L. 

 1337 Ammyrsine Ph. 



522 Chameeledon Lk. 



1336 iedum L. 

 1426 Bejan'a Mx. 



694 /'tea L. 



12 



0 



1 



0 





0 



39 



0 



90 



0 



2 



0 



*1 



0 



5 



0 



1 



0 



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

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

 Beautiful shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, with the habit of Pimelea, and with corymbs of elegant 

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

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



373 Fencz^a L. 



Subclass III. COROLLIFLCTRiE. Petals cohering in the form a hypogynous corolla, 

 which is not attached to the calyx. 



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



Hardy Herbaceous Species 1799. J 147| ft. ; £96|feet ; g= 8 feet. 

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

 into it, and a superior ovarium. 



342. Order CXVII. EPACRI'DEvE. 



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

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. JO feet ; £ 0 feet ; i 0 feet. ' 



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

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



343. Section 1. Epacr'ide/E ve x r#:. 

 512 Dracophyllum R. Br. 

 3294 Sphen6toma Swt. 



509 Sprengeh'a Sm. 



510 Andersbm'a R. Br. 



516 Poncelgtza R. Br. 



517 Cosmelia R. Br. 



511 Lysinema R. Br. 

 504 E'pacris Forsk. 



344 Section 2. Styphe'li^;. 



513 Trochocarpa R. Br 



514 Acr6triche R. Br. 



515 Monotoca R. Br. 



518 Leucopogon R. Br. 



507 Lissanthe R. Br. 



519 Cyathodes Lab. 



520 Stenanthera R. Br. 

 506 Melichrus R. Br. 



508 Astroloma R. Br. 

 505 Styphelia R. Br. 



345. Order CXVIII. SYMPLOCI'NEiE. 



Genus 1, Species 4 ; Hot-house Species 1 ; Green-house Species 3 ; Hardy Ligneous Species 0 ; 

 Hardy Herbaceous Species 0. JO feet ; ]g 0 feet ; * 0 feet. 

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

 The leaves of most of them are astringent ; those of S^mplocos tinctbria are used in America under the name 

 of Sweet-leaf, for dyeing yellow. Cuttings. 



2186 Symplocos L. 



