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of this. In the island of Corsica an agreeable wine is said to be prepared 
from the berries of Arbutus Unedo. Ed. P. J. 2. 199. Gaultheria pro- 
cumbens possesses stimulating and anodyne properties. In North America an 
infusion of it is used as tea. Barton, 1 . 178. An infusion of the berries in brandy 
is taken in small quantities, in the same way as common bitters. Ibid. The 
fruit of Arbutus Unedo, taken in two great quantity, is said to be 'narcotic, 
and a similar quality no doubt exists in several other plants of the order ; Le- 
dum palustre renders beer heady, when used in the manufacture of that beve- 
rage ; Rhododendron ponticum and maximum, Kalmia latifolia, and some 
others, are well known to be venomous. The honey which poisoned some of the 
soldiers in the retreat of the ten thousand through Pontus was gathered by 
bees from the flowers of Azalea pontica. The shoots of Andromeda ovalifolia 
poison goats in Nipal. Don Prodr. 149. It is stated by Dr. Horsfield that 
a very volatile heating oil, with a peculiar odour, used by the Javanese in 
rheumatic aflfections, is obtained from a species of Andromeda. Ainslie, 2. 
107. The flowers of Rhododendron arboreum are eaten by the hill people of 
India ; and are formed into a jelly by European visitors. The ferruginous 
leaves of Rhododendron f ampanulatum are used as snuff by the natives of In- 
dia, as we are informed by De Candolle, is in the United States the brown 
dust that adheres to the petioles of Kalmias and Rhododendrons. Royle’s 
Illustr. 259. 
GENERA.* 
§ 1. Erice^e, D. Don. 
Erica, L. 
* Pachysa, Don. 
* Ceramia, Don. 
* Desmia, Don. 
* Eurylepis, Don. 
* Eurystegia, Don. 
* Lophandra, Don. 
* Dasyanthes, Don. 
Thoracosperma, Klotz. 
Gypsocallis, Salisb. 
Lamprotis, Don. 
Blaeria, L. 
Sympieza, Lichst. 
Nabea, Lehm. 
Callista, Don. 
Euryloma, Don. 
Chona, Don. 
Syringodea, Don. 
Ectasis, Don. 
Octopera, Don. 
Eremia, Don. 
Salaxis, Salisb. 
Philippia, Klotzch. 
Salaxis, W. 
Calluna, Salisb. 
§ 2. Andromede^, 
Don. 
Andromeda, L. 
* Cassandra, Don. 
* Zenobia, Don. 
* Leucothoe, Don. 
* Pieris, Don. 
Cassiope, Don. 
Lyonia, Nutt. 
Bryanthus, Gmel. 
Phyllodoce, Don. 
Bruckenthalia, Rchb. 
Menziesia, Sm. 
Daboecia, Don. 
Candollea, Baumg. 
Enkianthus, Lour. 
Melodora, Salisb. 
Arbutus, L. 
Arctostaphylos,Tourn . 
Pernettya, Gaud. 
Agarista, Don. 
Diplecosia, Bl. 
Gaultheria, L. 
Epigaea, L. 
Phalerocarpus, Don. 
Clethra, L. 
Elliottia, Nutt. 
§ 3. Rhodore^, Don. 
Rhodothamnus, Rchb. 
Rhododendron, L. 
Rhodora, L. 
Anthodendron, Rchh. 
Azalea, L. 
Vireya, Bl. 
Bejaria, Mutis. 
Acunna, R. P. 
Hymenanthus, Bl. 
Kalmia, L. 
Chamaeledon, Lk. 
Loiseleuria, Desv. 
Leiophyllum, Pers. 
Ammyrsine, Ph. 
Fischera, Swz. 
Ledum, L. 
Pickeringia, Nutt. 
Order CLXVII. VACCINACEiE. The Bilberry Tribe. 
Vaccinie^, DC. Theor. Elem. 216. (1813) ; DC. and Duty, 31.6. (1818) ; Lindl. Synops. 
134. (1829). 
Essential Character. — Calyx superior, entire, or with from 4 to 6 lobes. Corolla 
monopetalous, lobed as often as the calyx. Stamens distinct, double the number of the 
lobes of the corolla, inserted into an epigynous disk ; anthers with 2 horns and 2 cells, 
bursting by pores. Ovary inferior, 4- or 5-celled, 1 or many-seeded ; style simple ; stigma 
simple. Berry crowned by the persistent limb of the calyx, succulent, 4- or 5-celled; cells 
1- or many-seeded. Seeds minute ; embryo straight, in the axis of a fleshy albumen; coty- 
ledons very short ; radicle long, inferior. — Shrubs, with alternate coriaceous leaves. 
* In this list the names with an asterisk are probably to be considered as mere sections of 
the genus which they follow. 
