1116 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
north-west coast of Labrador. In Asia: on the mountains of Uda, in the 
north. Cultivated in British gardens, in moist peaty soil, where it forms a 
low, trailing, evergreen heath-like shrub. 
2. 2. P. emperriro’rmis D. Don. The Empetrum-like Phyllo doce. 
metigg rs D. Don. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ.,July, 1834; Don’s Mill, 3. 916 
p. 833. 
Synonyme. Menziesia empetriférmis Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans., 10. p. 280. ; 
Hook, Bot. Mag., t. 3176. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3176.; and our jig. 916. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaves with denticulated margins. Peduncles 
aggregate, sparingly glanded. Segments of the calyx ovate, 
obtuse. Corolla pale red. Anthers the length of the filaments. 
(Don’s Miil., iii. p. 833.) A native of North America ; intro- 
duced in 1810, and forming a low, creeping, heath-like shrub, 
seldom exceeding 6 in. in height, and producing its pale red 
flowers in June and July. 

Genus XII. 
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DABG:'CIA D. Don. Tue Dasacta. Lin, Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 
Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 833. 
Synonymes. Erica sp. Lin.; Andrémeda sp. Lin. ; Menziésia sp. Juss. 
Derivation. D. polifdlia D. Don is called, in Ireland, St. Dabeoc’s heath. 
Description, §c. Low, heath-like, evergreen, shrubs, natives of the north of 
Europe and North America. 
# 1. D. Potiro‘L1A D. Don. The Poly-leaved Dabeecia. 
Ydentification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 833. 
Synonymes. Andromeda Dabee'cia Lin. Syst., 406. ; Erica Dabee'céa Lin. Sp., 509. ; Eng. Bot., t. 35. ; 
Menziésza Dabee’cia Dec. FI. Gall., 674. ; Erica hibérnica, &c., Raii Hist., 3. Suppl. 244.; Men- 
zieséa polifdlia Juss. Ann. Mus., 1. p. 55., Fl. Hib., p. 180.; Vaccinium cantabricum Huds. Fi. 
Angl., ed. 1, p. 143., Petiv. Gax., 27. f. 4; Irish Whorts, Cantabrian Heath, St. Dabeoc’s 
Heath. 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 35.; Petiv. Gaz., 27. f. 4.; Sweet’s Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2. s. t. 276.; and our 
figs 917, 918. 
Spec. Char., §c. A bushy evergreen shrub, 1 ft. to 2 ft. high. Leaves 
elliptic, flat, clothed with white tomentum beneath. Flowers purple, in 
917 terminal racemes. (Don’s Mill., ili. p. 
833.) A native of Ireland and the 
Pyrenees. In Ireland, it is very abun- 
dant, on the sides of mountains and dry 
heaths all over Cunnemara ; and, in 
Mayo, as far north as the mountain 
called Croagh Patrick. (J. 7’. Mackay, 
Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. iv. p. 167.) 
It is, besides, “ found on the Western 
Pyrenees, and at Anjou.” (Jd.) Culti- 
vated in British gardens, in moist peaty 
soil. This species and its variety are very commonly introduced into 
heatheries, as closely resembling hardy low-growing heaths in their foliage 
and general habit. The foliage is of a darker green than almost any other 
heaths, and the leaves, singly, are also larger. 

Variety. 
is, D. p. 2 flore dlbo Swt. Brit. Fl. Gard., 2d ser., t. 276. — A variety 
with white flowers, which was discovered in Cunnemara, in 1820, 
growing along with the common variety. (Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. iv. 
p. 167.) There are plants in Knight’s Exotic Nursery, King’s 
Road; and in other nurseries. 
