FLex.cal. 36. ERICINiE. 155. Menziesia. 397 
A. Anthers 2-celled, opening in 2 foramens ; corolla tubu- 
lar, 5-cut. 
I. 155. MENZIESIA. Jussieu. Menzies . 
Calyx 4-parted ; corolla bellied, falling off ; limb 5-cut, 
recurved, stamens 8 ; filaments on the base of the corolla ; 
anthers opening at the tip by 2 reverse-ovate foramens; 
capsule 4-celled; dehiscence septicidal; seeds many, scro- 
biculate. — Stem undershrubby ; leaves alternate, broad, 
lanceolate, annual ; edge not cut, turned down ; flowers 
spiked, drooping ; bractece 3 to each peduncle, 2 side ones 
smaller. 
Menziesia polifolia. Many-leaved menzies . 
Leaves ovate ; edge turned over, beneath tomentose, 
snowy ; racemes long. 
Erica Cantabrica flore maximo, foliis myrti subtus incanis, Dillen in 
Rail Syn. 472, 6. 
Erica Sancti Dabeoci Hibernis D. Lhwyd. Rail Hist . 3 ; Dendr . 98. 
Vaccinium Cantabricura, Huds. FI. Angl. ed. J, 143. 
Erica Daboecia, Lin. S. F. 509. 
Andromeda Daboecia, Lin. Syst. Veg. ed. 13, 338. 
Menziesia polifolia, Juss. Ann. Mus. 1, 55. 
Menziesia Daboecia, Be Cand. FI. Gall. 674. 
Irish heath. 
Mountain bogs, in Ireland; shrubby; June and July. 
Stem slender, upright; lower leaves opposite; flowers 
purple. 
II. 156. PHYLLODOCE. R. A. Salisbury. Phyllodoce . 
Calyx deeply 5-cut; corolla bellied, falling off; tube 
5-cut, bent; stamens 10, at the bottom of the corolla; 
anthers opening near the tip in 2 reverse-ovate foramens ; 
capsules 5-celled ; dehiscence septicidal ; seed semi-orbicu-r 
late. — Stem shrubby ; leaves linear, perennial ; edges turned 
down ; furrowed beneath ; flowers aggregate, out of the 
axilla of the terminal leaves. 
Phyllodoce taxifolia. Yew-leaf phyllodoce. 
Leaves linear, blunt/ edge toothed ; teeth cartilaginous ; 
tube of the corolla pitchershape. 
Andromeda caerulea, Lin. S. P. 563. 
Erica caerulea, Willd. Sp. P . 2, 39. 
Andromeda taxifolia, Pallas FI. Ross . 2,54. 
Menziesia caerulea, Swartz Act. Holm. 10, 377. 
Phyllodoce taxifolia, Salisb. Farad. Land. 36. 
Heaths; shrubby; June and July. 
Leaves fringed with glandular hairs ; flowers bluish flesh- 
colour. 
