Bryanthus

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Read about Bryanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Bryanthus (Greek, bryon, moss, and anthos, flower: growing among mosses). Ericaceae. Heath-like low shrub with pretty pink flowers, suitable for rockeries, but not yet in cultivation. Leaves evergreen, linear, remotely denticulate: calyx 4-parted; corolla rotate, 4-parted; stamens 8: caps, subglobose, 4-valved.—One species on Kamtchatka and Behrings Isls. The genus Phyllodoce has been referred by several botanists to Bryanthus, but it differs considerably in its urceolate or campanulate 5-lobed corolla, 10 stamens, 5-valved caps, and solitary or umbellate fls. This prostrate evergreen shrub has small needle- shaped leaves and small rosy pink flowers in peduncled, slender, 3-10-flowered racemes. Bryanthus will probably require the same treatment as Chiogenes, Loiseleuria and Phyllodoce. The only species is B. Gmelinii, Don. For illustration, see Pallas, Fl. Ross. 2:74 (as Andromeda Bryanthus). B. Breweri, Gray-Phyllodoce Breweri.—B. empetriformis. Gray -Phyllodoce empetriformis.—B. erectus, Lindl.-Phyllodoce erecta. —B. glanduliflorus, Gray - Phyllodoce glanduliflorus.—B. taxifolius, Gray - Phyllodoce taxifolia. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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