220 OCTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Vaccinium. 



acid, but not agreeable nor wholesome, except when dressed. 

 They are nevertheless eaten raw in some countries, with boiled 

 cream, and sugar. 



2. V. uliginosum. Bog Whortle-berry. Great Bil- 



berry. 

 Stalks somewhat aggregate, single-flowered. Leaves ob- 

 ovate, entire, smooth, deciduous. Branches round. 



V. uliginosum. iim?. S/). P/.499. WiUd.v.2.2>h^. Fl.Br.4\5. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 9. t.58\. Hook. Scot. 1 1 8. Fl. Dan. t.23\. Ehrh. 

 Arb» 52. 



V. n. 1021. Hall. Hist. V.]. 437. 



Vitis Idaea magna quibusdam, sive Myrtillus grandis. Rati Syn.457. 

 Bauh. Hist. u. 1. 518, not the Jig. which is Arbutus alpina. 



V. Idaea foliis subrotundis major. Ger. Em. 1416./. 



V. Idsea secunda. Clus. Hist. v.l.6\.f. 62. 



On boggy mountainous heaths. 



At Gamblesby, 6 miles from Penrith, Cumberland ; also in Whin- 

 field forest, Westmoreland. Ray. In the Highlands of Scotland. 

 Lightfoot. Not rare in the Highlands ; in low moist ground, as 

 well as at the summits of the mountains. Hooker. 



Shrub. May. 



Taller than the preceding, with round branches. Leaves stalked, 

 rather coriaceous, obovate, obtuse, occasionally somewhat point- 

 ed, entire, slightly revolute, veiny, smooth j glaucous beneath. 

 Fl. several together, flesh-coloured, generally 4-cleft, with 8 

 stamens ; the anthers horned. Berries large, blueish black, less 

 acid, and less wholesome than the former. Seeds finely striated. 



** Leaves evergreen. 



3. V. Vitis ld(Ea. Red Whortle-berry. Cow-berry. 



Clusters terminal, drooping ; with ovate concave bracteas, 

 longer than the flower-stalks. Leaves obovate, revolute, 

 minutely toothed ; dotted beneath. Corolla bell-shaped. 



V, Vitis Idaea. Linn. Sp. PL 500. Willd. v. 2. 354. F/. Br. 415. 



Engl. Bot. V. 9. t. 598. Hook. Scot. 1 1 8. FL Dan. t. 40. Ehrh. 



PL Of. 163. Girard Obs. 15. L 2. 

 V. n. 1 022. HalL HisL v. 1 . 437. 



Vaccinia rubra. Ger. £m. 1415./. Dod. PempL770.f. 

 Vitis Idaea sempervirens, fructu rubro, Raii Syn.457. Bauh. Hist. 



V. 1. 522./. 

 V. Idaea rubra. Camer. Epit. 136./. 

 On dry stony, turfy heaths, or in mountainous woods, in Scotland, 



Wales, and the north of England. Plentiful in Derbyshire. 



