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in appearance, and the fruit superior in flavour to the other 
species. It grows in peat bogs, principally in the north, 
also in Scotland and Ireland. In Cumberland it forms an 
article of great trade. The berries are gathered by the 
country people, who are obliged to go into the water to reach 
them, as they grow among the bog mosses which cover the 
surface of clear shallow water. It is scarcely in flower till 
June, when amidst its straggling branches may be found 
the pretty rose-coloured blossoms. The corolla is deeply 
divided, the segments turned back. The Swedes use the 
berry as a sauce to roast meat. 
OcTANDRIA. TETRANDRIA. 
PETALOIDES. ASPARAGE. 
PARIS. (Herp Parts.) 
Generic Character. Calyx of four leaves. Petals four. 
Berry four-celled, each cell with several seeds in two rows. 
Paris QUADRIFOLIA. (Plate VIIT. Fig. 32.) Herb Paris. 
This singular plant is supposed to derive its name from pars 
equal, on account of the regularity of its different parts. 
The calyx divisions, the petals, and cells of the berry being 
