Bryanthus
(from bryon, a moss, and anthos, a flower). ORD. Ericaceae. A genus of small trailing shrubs, allied to Loiseleuria. Flowers terminal, somewhat racemose; calyx five-leaved, imbricate; corolla deeply five-parted, spreading. Leaves crowded, spreading, flattish. For culture, see Menziesia. B. empetriformis (Crowberry-leaved). fl. reddish-purple, clustered near the extremities of the branches. l. crowded, linear, on short adpressed petioles. h. 6in. North-west America, 1829. SYN. Menziesia empetrifolia. (B. M. 3176.) B. erectus (erect). fl. red, pentamerous, broadly campanulate. l. linear, obtuse, obscurely serrated. h. about 1ft. Siberia. Trailer. (L. & P. F. G. 1, 19.) B. Gmelini (Gmelin's). fl. red; peduncles glandular, manyflowered. l. with denticulated margins. h. 2in. or 3in. Kamtschatka and Behring's Island.