182 ERICACEJl. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 146. SymeE. B. vi. t. 889. 

 Damp parts of heaths ; rare. Shrub. June — August. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 26. Harrow Weald Common ! ; Melv. 50. 

 Stanmore Heath, abundant. 



III. Drilling Ground, Hounslow, abundant. 



IV. Hampstead Heath! ; Ger. 1199, and Park. Theat 1484. 



First record: Gerarde, 1597. E. tenuifoUa caliculata, Ger. 1199, and 

 E. juniperifolia altera, Lob., Johns. Eric, Hampstead Heath ; pro- 

 bably forms of E. Tdralix. Johnson says {Ger. em. 1385): 'There 

 are not above three or four sorts of heath that I could ever observe 

 to grow on Hampstead Heath,' whereas Gerarde records six. 



430. B. cinerea, L. Fine-leaved Heath. 



Erica tenuifoUa (Ger., Blackst.). E. jpumila calycidata TJncdonis fl., Loh. 



(Johns.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 148 ; iii. 466. Curt. F. L. f. 2. 

 Heaths and roadsides ; rather rare. Shrub. June— September. 

 I. Harefield; Blackst. Fasc. 26. Stanmore, 1827-30; Varennc. 

 Harrow Weald Common, very sparingly. 



III. Hounslow Heath, sparingly. Drilling Ground, abundant. By th( 



road to the Drilling Ground, north of the Powder Mills. 



IV. Hampstead Heath!; Ger. 1199, and Johns. Eric. Eoadside at 



Deacon's Hill, a few plants. 

 VII. South Heath, Hampstead, very sparingly. 

 First record: Gerarde, 1597; also first as a British plant. Less abun- 

 dant than E. Tctralix, though found in a greater number of locali- 

 ties ; both species are exceedingly rare in Hertfordshire. E. cruci- 

 ata and E. pyramidalis of Gerarde, on Hampstead Heath, may 

 perhaps be slight varieties of this species. 



VACCINIUM, Linn. 



431. V, ZlXyrtillus, L. Bilberry. 



Vaccinia nigra (Ger., Park.). Vitis Idcea angulosa, J. B. (Budd.). 



Vitis Idcea fol. oblong, crenat. fructu nigricante (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 156. Syme E. B. vi. t. 879. 

 Heaths and woods ; rather rare. Small shrub. April, May. 



III. Isleworth; Cole. 



IV. On Hampstead Heath!, and the woods adjoining; Ger. 1230 and 



Budd. MSS. Turner's Wood ; Herb. Hardw. Near Hendon, 1823 ; 

 Herb. G. # B. Bishop's Wood. 

 VI. Southgate; Cole. Finchley Wood ; Ger. 1230. 



VIL [St. John's Wood; Park. Theat. 1458.] Cane ( = Ken) Wood!; 

 Blackst. Spec. 103. Still abundant there. South Heath, near the 

 Vale of Health. 



