HEATH TRIBE. 



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VULGARIS (Ling, or Heather). 



of Athol," in Perthshire, but "nearly, if not quite 

 extirpated by an Edinburgh nurseryman." Babington. 

 A small shrubby plant, naked below, very leafy and 

 hairy above, with large, pale purplish-blue flowers. 

 Fl. June, July. Shrub. 



2. M. poUfolia (Irish Menziesia, or St. Dabeoc's 

 Heath). Leaves egg-shaped, with the margins rolled 

 back, white, and downy beneath ; corolla 4-cleft ; sta- 

 mens 8. Mountainous heaths in Ireland.; rare. A small 



