120 DF.CAND.— MONOG. 



Mosses, Rev. Dr. Grahame. Paisley Moss, sparingly ; and Blair 

 DrummoncI Moss, plentifully, Mr. Murray. Fl. May and Sept. 

 {Lightf.). Tj. 

 A small ever-green shrith, with beautiful urceolate rose-coloured 

 drooping'y?o«-er5 a good deal concealed among the terminal leaves^. 



3. MENZIESIA. 



1. M. ccerulea {Scottish Menziesia)^ leaves scattered numerous 

 linear toothed, flower-stalks terminal aggregate simple, flowers 

 5-c!eft decandrous. E. ^. ^ 2-iC9. 



Hab. For this rare and charming plant Smith gives " Aviemore in 

 Strathspey, and in the western isles of Shiant ;" but no authority is 

 given. My friend Mr.Maughan attributes Us discovery to Messrs. 

 Brown, late nurserymen of Perth ; but he adds that he is not able 

 to obtain its precise habitat. Fl. June, July. Fp . 



A small shrub. Stems branched, woody and naked below. Peduncles 

 2 inches long, glandular, reddish. Flowers large, beautiful, purplish 

 blue. Cor. urceolate. The Irish 31. Dabeoci belongs to this genus, 

 and has but 8 stam. ; but our Scotch plant having 10 stam., its 

 close aflinity with Andromeda induces me to place the genus here, 



4. ARBUTUS. 



1. A. alpina [hlack-h err led alpine Arbutus), steni procumbent, 

 leaves rugose serrated. Lightf . p. 2X0. t.W. E.B.t.20oO. 



Hab. On many of the dry barren Highland mountains, especially to 

 the S. of Little Loch Broom in lloss-shire, and between Loch Broom 

 and Loch Mari; upon Ben-na-grion, in Skye, Lightf. On Bcn- 

 naish and hills in Coygach, Ross-shire, Dr. Walker. Hill of Hoy, 

 Orkney, and most abundant on the moors about Cape \\'rath in 

 Sutherland, Borrer and Hook. Fl. May. fj . 



A trailing A-Z/rH^, with ol)ovate marcescent hares which taper down into 

 a short footstalk, and ])ecome in autumn of a fine red colour. Tliere 

 are a few hairs on the petioles and ciliated bractcas at the ba.se of 

 the flower-stalks. Flowers urceolate, very pale rose colour, almost 

 white. Berrij black. 



2. A. Uvu Ursi (Bear-berries) ^ stems procumbent, leaves entire 

 (evergreen). Lightf. p. 216. E.B.t.Jl^. 



» Those who have not the Ftora Lappon'ica of Linnaeus to refer to will with 

 pleasure see the foUoM ing extract, describing the author's reasons for call- 

 ing this ])Lint Andromeda. Comparing her with the plant in question, he 

 says, "Virgo Lrcc lectissima pulchcrrimaque coUo superbit alto et vividissi- 

 nio (peduncutiis), cujus facies roseis labeUis {corolla) vel optimum veneris 

 fucum longe superat ; junceahaec in genera projecta pedibus alligata {eant'tK 

 inferior Incumbeits), aqua (vernali) cincta, rupi (monticulo) adfixa, horridis 

 Dniconibus (ampftibiis) exposlta, terram versus inclinat mcestam facieni 

 {Jlovcm), innocentissimaque brachia {ramos) coelum versus erigit, meliori 

 -sede fatoque dignissinia, donee gratissimus Perseus (vestas) monstris devec- 

 tis, earn ex aqua eduxit e virgine factam foecundam matrem, qua2 turn fa- 

 cieni (f ruction) erectani extollit. Si Ovidio fabulam de Andromeda conscri- 

 hentihaic ante oculos posita fuisset planta, vix melius quadrarent attributa, 

 qui more poetico ex Uumili t\nniilo piodu^issiet Olympum 



