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(54) Vaccinium. Whortleberry. 



V. Myrtillus : shrub ; stems acutely angular ; leaves ovate, 

 serrated; flowers solitary in the leaf-axils, nearly globular, 

 pale greenish-white, tinged with red, nodding ; fruit a roundish 

 bluish-black berry, covered with bloom. — Bilberry. — Heathy 

 wastes. Fl. May. 



V. uliginosum : shrub ; stems terete ; leaves obovate, entire ; 

 flowers axillary, somewhat clustered, flesh-coloured, nodding ; 

 fruit a black berry. — Great Bilberry. — Mountain bogs. Fl. 

 May. 



(55) Adoxa. Moschatel. 



A. Mosehatellina : root-leaves two or three times ternate, 

 with 3-lobed segments ; flowers small, pale-green, in little 

 globular heads, terminating the short flowering stems. — 

 Shady hedge-banks and groves. Fl. April, May. 



(56) Asperula. Woodruff. 



A. odorata : stems angular ; leaves lance- shaped or obovate, 

 8 in a whorl ; flowers small, white, 4-lobed, in cymes ; fruit 

 globular, hispid; plants smelling like new hay in drying. — 

 Sweet Woodruff*. — Dry mountainous woods. Fl. May. 



(57) Valerianella. Cornsj^lad. 



v. olitoria : annual ; leaves oblong, entire, or with a few 

 coarse teeth, those of the stem narrower and clasping ; flowers 

 inconspicuous, in little terminal cymes. — LamVs Lettuce. — 

 Cornfields. Fl. April to June. 



(58) Bellis. Daisv. 



B. perennis : leaves all from the root, obovate or oblong ; 



