AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 149 
FE. Tetralix, Cross-leafed Heath, leaves 4 in 
a whorl, flowers rose-coloured, of a waxen look, 
delicately shaded, growing in an umbellate 
head. 
There are four other species which are dis- 
tinctively local, as Z. vagans, in Cornwall, and 
others in Ireland. The Ling, of which brooms 
are made, is Calluna vulgaris ; its long racemes 
of pretty pale lilac-coloured flowers end in a 
leafy shoot. The flowers of these plants have 
8 stamens. <Avrctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Red 
Bear-berry, has 10 stamens; the leaves are 
obovate, thick, and evergreen, the flowers pale 
rose or white, in short terminal clusters; the 
plant is found on mountain heaths. Axdyro- 
meda polifola, Marsh Andromeda, is a pretty 
native of peat bogs, with drooping clusters of 
pink flowers, usually with 10 stamens. JZen- 
ziezta poltfolia, a West of Ireland plant, is 
common in gardens. This is the Connemara 
or St. Dabeoc’s Heath, Dadeocia polifolia. 
The several species of Pyrola are also among 
the Ericacez; and also the genus Vaccznzum, 
of which we must distinguish V. AZyrtzllus, the 
Bilberry, leaves ovate, serrate, flowers solitary, 
greenish tinged with red, and stem angular ; 
