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solitary under each partial stalk, recurved. FL very elegant, of 

 a greenish, semitransparent white, with a shade of red, destitute 

 of scent. Berrij crimson, the size of a cherry, very like a straw- 

 berry, being covered with hard tubercles, but the' seeds are in- 

 ternal. This fruit is insipid, and scarcely eatable in England ; 

 but in the Levant it is said to be much larger, and more'agree- 

 able as well as wholesome. It is 12 months in arriving at per- 

 fection. 



2. A. alpiaa. Black Bear-berry. 



Stems procumbent. Leaves rugged, serrated. Clusters 

 terminal. 



A. alpina. Linn. Sp. PL 566. ^'illd. v.2. 6\S. FL Br. 442 En^d 

 BoLv. 29.1.2030. Lighff. 215. t. \].f. n,]). Hook. ScoL \2G. 

 FLDan. t.73. 



A. n. 1019. Hall. Hist, v. 1. 436. 



Vitis Idasa. CI us. Hist. v.\.6\.f. 



V. Idsea fructu nigro. Bank. Hist. v. ].p. 1. 519./. 



Vaccinia pannonica, sive Vitis Idaea. Ger. Em. 1410. f. 



On stony mountainous heaths. 



Not uncommon on the most dry and barren moors of Scotland, 



Shrub. Mil!/. 



Stems woody, trailing, spreading extensively, round, with a deci- 

 duous bark. Leaves deciduous, alternate, stalked, obovate, ser- 

 rated, reticulated with copious veins, smooth, except some mar- 

 ginal hairs at the entire part near the base ; withering and pal- 

 lid before they fall. FL u^hite, in short terminal clusters. Brac- 

 teas solitary at the base of each flower-stalk, concave, reddish, 

 fringed. Cor. hairy about the mouth, ^nth. with very short 

 terminal herns. lierri/ smooth, black, of the size and flavour of 

 black currants. 



Hay and Ddlenius did not well distinguish the synonyms of this 

 plant from the following ; nor are C. Bauhin's references all 

 correct, under his Fitis fdcea foliis ohiongis albicauHbiis, Pi)t(u- 

 470, where he confounds it with f'nccinium idiginosum. 



3. A. Uva urs'i. lied Bear-berry. 



Stems procumbent. Leaves obovate, entire. Clusters ter 

 minal. 



A. Uva ursi. Linn.Sp. PL :')66. FL Lapp. e<i.2. I"9. / (5 f '\ 

 mild. V. 2. f) 1 8. FL Br. 44:i. En-L But. v. 1 0. /. 7 N. m\odr ' 

 Med. Bot. f. 70. Light/. 2]6.t.\\.f.c,d. Hook. Scot. \26. Ft 

 Dan. f. :i.3. 



A. n. 10 IS. HalL Hist. v. 1.434. 



Vaccinia rubra, folii.s myrtinis crisjjis. !)I,ri. Pin. \2:\ liaii Sijn. 

 4')7 ; the synonyms confused. 



