222 ERICACEAE. 



Fursdon and Common Wood, Egg Buckland. Damp ground 

 on Dartmoor, near the head of Tory Brook. Near Lovaton. 

 V. Near Chohvichtown. In an enclosure below Hanger Down. By 



a tril)iitary of the Yealm near Dalamore. 

 VI. Ivybridge ; Stew. Fl. Torq. 78. 

 Ascends to nearly 900 feet on Dartmoor. 

 Fu'st record : Jones, 1820. 



ERICACE^. 



VACCINIUM, L. 



450. V. Myrtillus, L. Common Bilberry. 



Native ; on moors and bushy heaths, m copses and woods. Com- 

 mon. April, 3Iay. 

 c. I. Between Polbathick and Hessenford ; Keys, Fl. iii. 108. Be- 

 tween Wacker and Denabole. Sheviock Wood. Wood between 

 Treloy and Seaton. Near Clapper Bridge. Cadsonbury. Hedge 

 at Penters Cross. 

 11. St. Dommick. Cotehele Wood. Between Callington and Tavi- 

 stock. Dupath. 

 D. III. Budshead Wood. Warleigh Wood, &c., Tamerton Foliot. Be- 

 tween Lophill and Milton. About the Tavy Valley. Wood 

 opposite Calstock. 

 IV. Bickleigh Vale ; Keys, S. D. Lit. Chron. 192, and Fl. ib. Saltram 

 Wood. Bircham, &c., Egg Buckland. Abundant in woods 

 about Plymbridge. Ringmore Down. 

 V. In great abundance on Dartmoor ; Polwh. Hist. Devonsh. i. 89, 

 1797. Near Venton. Cornwood. 

 VI. Ivybridge ; Stew. Fl. Torq. 79. Wood by the Erme, a little 

 below Efford. Between Ivybridge and Worthill. 

 Through the uprootmg of much of the aborigmal wood and progress of 

 cultivation this is now a scarce plant in some tracts. The berries are 

 called ' Herts ' and ' Hertleberries ' here, and considerable quantities are 

 gathered by the country folk, and brought to Plymouth market for sale. 

 I have found some ripe by the middle of June. Both raw and when 

 cooked their taste is insipid ; but they and black currants mixed make 

 an excellent tart. 



ERICA, L. 



451. E. Tetralix, L. Cross-leaved Heath. 



Native ; m damp or boggy places on moors and commons. 

 Locally common. July to September. 

 0. I. Viverdon Dowi. Pillaton Down. Near Clapper Bridge. 



