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Menziesia (after Archibald Menzies, surgeon and naturalist). Ericaceae. Low deciduous shrubs, allied to Rhododendron, with small 4-merous fls. appearing with the lvs. in terminal clusters: corolla urceolate or bell- shaped, 4-lobed; stamens 8: fr. a 5-valved caps, with many linear caudate seeds. Seven species in E. Asia and N. Amer. Interesting shrubs for alpine rockeries, but not particularly ornamental. M. pilosa, Juss. (M. globularis, Salisb.), is sometimes offered by dealers in native plants. Shrub, 2-6 ft.: lvs. oval to oblong- obovate, glandular-mucronate, entire, strigose, ciliate, 1-2 in. long: fls. few, drooping, on slender glandular pedicels; corolla yellowish, often tinged reddish, ¼ in- long; anthers included. May, June. Pa. to Ga. in the mountains. B.M. 1571. For cult., see Andromeda and Rhododendron.
Menziesia (after Archibald Menzies, surgeon and naturalist). Ericaceae. Low deciduous shrubs, allied to Rhododendron, with small 4-merous fls. appearing with the lvs. in terminal clusters: corolla urceolate or bell- shaped, 4-lobed; stamens 8: fr. a 5-valved caps, with many linear caudate seeds. Seven species in E. Asia and N. Amer. Interesting shrubs for alpine rockeries, but not particularly ornamental. M. pilosa, Juss. (M. globularis, Salisb.), is sometimes offered by dealers in native plants. Shrub, 2-6 ft.: lvs. oval to oblong- obovate, glandular-mucronate, entire, strigose, ciliate, 1-2 in. long: fls. few, drooping, on slender glandular pedicels; corolla yellowish, often tinged reddish, ¼ in- long; anthers included. May, June. Pa. to Ga. in the mountains. B.M. 1571. For cult., see Andromeda and Rhododendron.
M. caerulea Swartz-Phyllodoce caerulea.—M. empetriformis, Smith- Phyllodoce empetriformis.—M. pentandra, Maxim. Shrub, to 4 ft.: lvs. elliptic: fls. subglobose, greenish white; anthers exserted. Japan.—M. polifolia, Juss.=Daboecia polifolia.
M. caerulea Swartz-Phyllodoce caerulea.—M. empetriformis, Smith- Phyllodoce empetriformis.—M. pentandra, Maxim. Shrub, to 4 ft.: lvs. elliptic: fls. subglobose, greenish white; anthers exserted. Japan.—M. polifolia, Juss.-Daboecia polifolia.
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