CL. VIII.] OCTANDRIA MONONGYNIA. 185 



June : grows on dry heaths : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 598. Eng. 

 Fl. vol.ii. p. 220. 592. 



4. V. Oxycoc'cos. Marsh Whortle-berry. Cran-berry. Flowers termi- 

 nal ; leaves egg-shaped, entire, revolute, acute ; stems creeping, thread- 

 shaped, smooth ; corolla deeply four-cleft. Stems slender, prostrate ; 



flowers several together, pale-red : berry deep-red. The berries made 

 into tarts are much esteemed. A small trailing shrub : flowers in June : 

 grows in boggy heaths : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 319. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 221. 593. 



5. MENZIE'SIA. MENZIESIA. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, four-cleft or five-cleft, permanent. 

 Corolla of one petal, inflated, deciduous; limb divided into four 

 or five spreading segments. Filaments eight or ten, thread-shaped, 

 shorter than the corolla ; anthers oblong, cleft at the base. Ger- 

 men superior, roundish. Style angular, erect; stigma obtuse, 

 with four or five notches. Capsule oblong, with four or five valves 

 and cells; partitions double, formed by the inflected edges of the 

 valves. Seeds numerous, small, oblong. Named after Archibald 

 Menzies, a Scottish botanist. 211. 



1. M. polifolia. Irish Menziesia. Leaves egg-shaped, the margins 

 curved backwards, white and downy beneath ; flowers four-cleft, oct- 



androus, in terminal leafy clusters. Stems bushy, a foot or more 



high : leaves rather crowded : flowers drooping, purplish-red. A shrub : 

 flowers in June and July : grows on mountainous heaths in the counties 

 of Mayo and Galway. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 35. Eng. Ft. vol. it. 

 p. 223. ' 594. 



2. M. coerutea. Scottish Menziesia. Leaves linear, obtuse, with car- 

 tilaginous teeth ; flowers five-cleft, decandrous. Stem four or five 



inches high, decumbent below, leafy above : flowers four or five at the 

 top of the highest branch, drooping : corolla pale-purple. A shrub : 

 flowers in June and July. Found near Aviemore, in Strathspey, by 

 Mr. Brown, and in the Shiant Isles by Mr. G. Don. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxxv. pi. 2469. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 222. 595. 



6. CALLU'NA. LING. 



Calyx inferior, permanent, double ; the outer of four oblong, 

 blunt, fringed leaves; the inner of four elliptical, coloured, 

 polished leaves, concealing the corolla. Corolla of one petal, 

 bell-shaped, deeply four-cleft, erect, much shorter than the inner 

 calyx. Filaments thread-shaped, short, curved; anthers erect, 

 terminal, lance-shaped, united before bursting, with two deflected 

 bristles at the base. Germen superior, orbicular, depressed. Style 

 cylindrical, erect; stigma knobbed, with four notches. Capsule 

 orbicular, four-valved, four-celled ; the partitions unconnected with 

 the valves, fixed to a central column. Seeds numerous, small, ob- 

 long. Named from calluno, to cleanse or adorn. 212. 



1. C. tulgdris. Common Ling. A bushy shrub, from six inches to 

 four feet high : stem irregularly branched : leaves somewhat arrow- 

 shaped, closely imbricated on the young branches, which have a four- 



