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. idiginosum. Bog Whortle-beriy. Great Bil- 

 berry. 

 Stalks somewhat aggregate, single-flowered. Leaves ob- 

 ovate, entire, smooth, deciduous. Branches round. 



V. uliginosum. Linn.Sp. PL A99. Willd. v. 2. 350. Fl. Br. 4\5. 



Engl.Bot.v.9.t.5Sl. Hook. Scot. 118. Fl. Dan. t. 231. Ehrh. 



Arb. 52. 

 V. n. 1021. Hall Hist. v. 1.437. 

 Vitis Idaea magna quibusdam,sive Myrtillus grandis. Rail Sijti. 457. 



Bauh. Hist.v. 1.5 18, not the Jig. which is Arbutus alpina. 

 V. Ida.^a foliis subrotundis major. Ger. Em. 1416./. 

 V. Idsea secunda. Clus. Hist. v.\.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. 

 Lighffoot. Not rare in the Highlands j 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 ; 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 IdcEa, Red Whortle-berry. Cow-berry. 



Clusters terminal, drooping ; with ovate concave bracteas, 

 longer than the flow^er-stalks. Leaves obovate, revolute, 

 minutely toothed ; dotted beneath. Corolla bell-shaped. 



V. Vitis Idaea. Linn. Sp. PL 500. Willd. v. 2. 354. FL Br. 415. 



EngL Bot. V. 9. t. 598. Hook. Scot. 1 18. FL Dan. t. 40. Ehrh. 



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

 V. n. 1022. HaU. Hist. v. I. 437. 



Vaccinia rubra. Ger. £w. 1415./. Dod.Pempt.770.f. 

 Vitis Idsea sempervirens, fructu rubro. Rati 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. 



