Loiseleuria
(named after Loiseleur Deslong-champs, 1774-1849, a French botanist, who published a Flora of France, and other botanical works). SYNS. Chamaecistus, Chamaeledon. ORD. Ericaceae. A monotypic genus, the species being a low-trailing evergreen shrub, well adapted for cultivating in rock-gardens, in a moist sandy-peat soil. Propagated by layers. L. procumbens (trailing). fl. rose, small, in short, terminal clusters; corolla bell-shaped. July. l. about 1/4in. long, opposite, revolute, smooth. Branches spreading and procumbent. Arctic and alpine regions of Northern hemisphere (Britain--only in the Scotch Highlands). SYN. Azalea procumbens. (Sy. En. B. 884.)