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Bennett that this plant differs somewhat from those 
described in my botany books, he wrote :—“ Four of 
my ‘English Floras’ insist on glabrous peduneles. 
Two or three Continentals do not do this. So your 
plant differs from the ordinary plant by having, first, 
hispid peduncles ; second, hispid calyx lobes. 
OrDER XX1X.—ERICACE. 
Genus CXXV.—ARCTOSTAPHYLOS (Adans.) 
257. A. ALPINA (Spreng.), Bear-berry. Scarce. 
Hills, Hoy and Rousay. 
258. A. Uva-uRsI (Spreng.), Red Bear-berry. Rare. 
Hoy Hills and Walls. 
Genus CXXVI.—CALLUNA (Salisb.) 
259. C. VULGARIS (Sal.), Common Ling. 
Var. glabrata is found on nearly all the islands. 
A hairy variety occurs near the Berry, Walls (Dr 
Fortescue). 
Genus CXXVII.—ERICA (Linn.) 
260. E. TrerraLix (Linn.), Cross-leaved Heath. 
Common. 
261. E. CINEREA (Linn.), Fine-Leaved Heath. 
Common. 
Genus CXXVIII.—LOISELEURIA (Desv.), Azalea. 
262. L. PROCUMBENS. Very rare. 
Hoy Hills and Knap of Trowie Glen, Hoy (Dr 
Boswell). 
