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ARBORETUM AND FRUTJCETUM. 



PART 111. 



north-west coast of Lalmulor. In Asia : on the mountains of Uda, in the 

 north. Cultivated in British gartlcns, in moist peaty soil, where it forms a 

 low, traihng, evergreen lieath-Uke shrub. 



t^ 2. P. je:mpetrifo'r3IIs D. Don. The Empetrum-Hke Ph 



Idcnlification. D. Don. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ.,July, 18.'j4 ; Don's Mill., 3. 



p. f«3. 

 Synonynie. Menzi^/a rmpetriftrmis Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans., 10. p. 280. ; 



Huot. But. M.yg., t. 3176. 

 Engravings. Bet. Mag., t. 3176. ; and o\xx Jig. 916. 



Spec. Char.,^c. Leaves with denticulated margins. Peduncles 

 aggregate, sparingly glaniled. Segments of the caly.x ovate, 

 obtuse. Corolla pale red. Anthers the length of the filaments. 

 (D(>u\i Mill., iii. p. 83.3.) 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. 



DABOS^C/yl D. Don. The DABaxiA. Lin. Stfst. Octdndria Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in E<linb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. IfiO. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 

 Synoiiymes. /,'rica sp. I.in. ; Antlromodn sp. Lin. ; Mcnzids/» sp. Jiiss. • 



Derivation. D. /jolifblia yj. Don iscalltil, in Ireland, St Dabeoc's heath. 



Description, Sfc. Low, heath-like, evergreen, shrubs, natives of the north of 

 Europe and North America. 



«. I. D. PoLiFo^Li.\ D. Don. The Poly-leaved Daboecia. 



Jdfnlifiraliun. D Don in Edinb. New Phil. Jonm., 17. p. IfiO. ; DonV Mill., 3. p. 833. 



Syrioiit/nic : AndnHncdn Dabte'cin Lin. Sysl., 406 ; Er'tira Dabcc'ciVi Lin. Sp.,5()!J. ; Eng. Bot., t. 35. ; 



Menzi^:^/V( Daba-'c/n Dec. Fl. Gall , 674. ; A'rica hibi'rnica, &c., Raii Hist., 3. Suppl. 244. ; Mon- 



zifes/Vi /^olifcMid Juss. Ann. .Vi/<., 1. p. 55., Fl. Hib., p. 1H(). ; raccfniiim cantabricuin Huds. Fl. 



Angl., ed. 1. p. I4J., Fetiv. Gaz., 27. f. 4 ; Irish VVhorts, Cantabrian Heath, St Dabeocg 



Heath. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot, t. 35. ; Petiv. Gaz., 27. f. 4. ; Sweet's Brit. Fl.-Gard , 2. 8. t 276. : and our 

 Jigs 917, 918. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. A bushy evergreen shrub, 1 ft. to 

 elliptic, flat, clothed with white tomentum beneath. 



2 ft. high. Leaves 

 Flowers purple, in 



917 



918 



terminal racemes. (Don^s Mill., iii. 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. T. Mackatj, 

 jMag. of Xrif. Iliaf., vol. iv. p. 167.) 

 It is, besides, " found on the Western 

 Pyrenees, and at Anjou," {Id.) Culti- 

 vated in British gardens, in moist peaty 

 This species and its variety are very commonly introduced into 

 heatheries, as closely resembhng 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. 



j» D. p. 2 Jlorc 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. (Mng. of Xat. Ili.st., vol. iv. 

 p. 167.) There are plants in Knight's E.\otic Nursery, King's 

 Roatl ; ami in other nurseries. 



