118 OCTAND. - MONOG. 



HAB. On many, probably most of the Highland mountains, G. and-D, 

 Don and Mr. J, T. Mackay. Ben Nevis, Mr. Murray. Side of a 

 rivulet on Hart-fell, Mr. Arnott. Fl. July. "I/. . - 



The above are the marks I find in my numerous specimens from the 

 English and Scotch mountains, Switzerland, Savoy, and Iceland j 

 and they appear to be permanent. Smith says, however, that the 

 germen is downy. A very slight appearance, indeed, of pubescence 

 is visible with a glass, which entirely disappears in the fruit. Root 

 much creeping. The habit is altogether different from E. monta- 

 tium, to which it approaches in character, wanting its rigidity and 

 being much smaller, seldom more than 6 8 inches high. Wahlen- 

 berg considers it a var. of the following, to which I can by no means 

 assent. 



8. E. alpinum (alpine Willow -her I), leaves elliptical glabrous on 

 short footstalks nearly entire, stem nearly glabrous, and fruit 

 entirely so, stigma undivided. Lig/itf. p. 199. /. 10. E. B. 



HAB. Wet places on all the Highland mountains. .F7. July. 2/ . 



Three to five inches high. Root creeping. Stem angular, with two 

 lines of very obscure pubescence, procumbent at the base. Flowers 

 seldom more than one or two from the summit of the stalk. 



2. VACCIN1UM. 



* Leaves deciduous. 

 1 .V. Myrtillus(Billerry or Whor tie-berry), peduncles 1 -flowered^ 



leaves serrate ovate deciduous, stem angular. Lishtf. p. 200. 



E. B. t. 456. 



Hab. Woods and heathy places, frequent. Fl. May. ^ 

 Small shrub about 1 foot high. Flowers drooping, urceolate, very ele- 



gant, greenish, with a red tinge. Stam. 8 or 10. Anthers tubu- 



lar, with a pore on the top and a horn behind. Berries black, glau- 



cous, very agreeable to the taste. 



2. V. uliginosum (great Bilberry), peduncles I -flowered, leaves 

 obovate entire veined deciduous, stems rounded. Lightf. 

 p. 201. E.5./.581. 



HAB. Highlands, not rare : in low moist grounds, as well as at the 



summits of the mountains. Fl. May. F? . 

 Leaves glaucous, especially beneath. Cor. ovate, flesh-coloured, smaller 



than the last. Anthers the same. Stam. 8 or 10. Berries very in- 



ferior to the last in flavour. 



** Leaves persistent, evergreen. 



3. V. Vitis Idcea (red Whortle-lerry), racemes terminal droop- 

 ing, leaves evergreen obovate dotted beneath, their margins re- 

 volute nearly entire. Lightf. p. 202. E. B. t. 598. 



HAB. Dry places on heaths, mountains, and in woods. Fl. May. Tj . 



A low, somewhat straggling shrub, with leaves shaped like those of the 

 box. Flowers pale flesh-coloured, campanulate. Berries red, acid, 

 but not pleasant. A dwarf variety, very bushy, with leaves much 

 crowded, and only half the size of the common plant, but having 



