184 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. VIII. 



nearly entire, on short stalks ; stem decumbent, two or three-flowered ; 



root creeping. Stems three or four inches long : flowers generally 



two, rose-coloured. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows on the 

 edges of rills on almost all the Highland mountains. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxviii. pi. 2001. Eng. Fl. vol.ii. p. 217. 588. 



3. CHLO'RA. YELLOW-WORT. 



Calyx inferior, of eight linear, spreading, permanent leaves. 

 Corolla of one petal, salvsr-shaped ; the tubes shorter than the 

 calyx j the limb with eight elliptical segments, longer than the 

 tube. Filaments thread-shaped, short; anthers linear, erect. 

 Germen superior, oblong. Style cylindrical, erect ; stigmas two, 

 oblong, cleft Capsule egg-shaped, one-celled, two-valved. Seeds 

 very numerous, angular. Named from chloris, pale-green. 209. 



1. C. perfolidta. Perfoliate Yellow-wort. Leaves egg-shaped, opposite, 



united ; panicle many-forked, many-flowered. Stem about a foot 



high, erect, round, panicled : flowers numerous, bright-yellow. Annual : 

 flowers in July and August : grows in chalky and hilly ground : not 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 60. Eng. Fl. vol.ii. p. 2 18. 589. 



4. VACCI'NIUM. WHORTLE-BERRY. 



Calyx superior, very small, permanent, four-toothed. Corolla 

 of one petal, bell-shaped, with four revolute segments. Filaments 

 awl-shaped, flattened, fixed to the receptacle; anthers oblong, with 

 two points, erect, terminal. Germen inferior, roundish ; style 

 simple, cylindrical, erect, longer than the stamens. Stigma obtuse. 

 Berry globular, with a central depression, four-celled. Seeds few, 

 small. Name of unknown origin. 210. 



* Leaves deciduous. 



1. V. Myrtitlut. Bilberry. Blaeberry. Black Whortle-berry. Flower- 

 stalks solitary, one-flowered ; leaves egg-shaped, serrated, smooth ; stem 



and branches acutely angular. Stem bushy, from one to two feet 



high, smooth, green: leaves stalked, thin, deciduous: corolla pale red- 

 dish-purple : berry bluish-black. The berries are agreeable and whole- 

 some, but stain the lips and fingers of a dark-purple colour : they are 

 eaten by grouse and other birds. A shrub : flowers in May : grows on 

 heaths and hilly ground: common. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 456. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iu p. 219. 590. 



2. V. uligindsum. Great Bilberry. Bog Whortle-berry. Flower- 

 stalks one-flowered ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, entire, smooth ; 



branches round. About two feet high : corolla flesh-coloured : berry 



large, bluish-black. A shrub : flowers in May : grows on boggy moun- 

 tainous heaths, in the north of England and in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 ix. pi. 581. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 219. 59) . 



** Leaves evergreen. 



3. V. Vitit-ida'a. Red Whortle-berry. Cow-berry. Clusters terminal, 

 drooping ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, revolute, minutely toothed, dotted 



beneath ; corolla bell-shaped. Stems from three to six inches high -. 



flowers flesh-coloured : berry deep-red. The berries are very acid and 

 rather harsh, but are made into jelly and rob. A shrub : flowers in 



