376 Dr. Hooker's Account of a 



Greenland ; Dr. Richardson, of the shores of the Arctic Sea. 

 It was found likewise in Melville Island and in Five Hawser 

 Bay by Captain Parry. ^^ .j / 



VACCINES. 



18. Vaccinium. 



36. V. uliginosum. 



A small-leaved variety, with the foliage entirely of a reddish 

 hue ; from the circumstance, perhaps, of its being gathered in 

 autumn. )iiq ,/ 



This species is a native of marshy and generally alpine 

 grounds in various parts of Europe, Asia and North America ; 

 as France, Switzerland, Piedmont, Germany, Britain, Lap- 

 land, Kamschatka, about Lake Baikal and other parts of Si- 

 beria, and Iceland : in various parts of North America, to the 

 shores of the Arctic Sea, and on the islands adjacent, as well 

 as in Greenland. 



ERICINEjE. 



19. Rhododendron. 



37. R' lapponicum. 



This charming plant may also be considered as exclusively 

 arctic, the alps of Dahuria only being an exception. It seems 

 otherwise confined to Lapland, Norway (but rare), the shores 

 of the Arctic Sea and Greenland. — Only one specimen of it 

 exists in the present collection. 



20. Andromeda. 



38. A. tetragona. 



Inhabiting only high northern latitudes. Found exclusively 

 in Lapland, Spitzbergen, Labrador and Canada, the north- 

 west 



