254 ERIC ACE JE. [Calltjna. 



branches elongate. Leaves T \ in., linear-oblong, glabrous (E. glabrata, 

 Seem.) or ciliate or pubescent or hoary (var. incana). Flowers very many ; 

 pedicels very short ; outer bracts leaf -like, inner scarious. Sepals ^ in., 

 concave, obtuse, rose-purple or white, shining. Corolla-lobes triangular. 

 Anthers short, dorsally fixed, 2-fid. Style exserted. Ovary pubescent. 



7. DABEOCIA, D. Don. St. Dabeoc's Heath. 



A small shrub ; buds scaly. Leaves alternate, evergreen. Flowers ter- 

 minal, racemose. Sepals 4. Corolla hypogynous, urceolate ; lobes 4, re- 

 flexed. Stamens 8, hypogynous, included ; anthers obtuse, cells opening 

 by pores, awnless. Ovary 4-celled ; style simple, stigma dilated ; ovules 

 many. Capsule 4-celled, septicidally 4-valved, axis persistent. Seeds 

 small, testa smooth or pitted. — Distrib. Ireland, W. France, Spain. 

 Portugal, Azores. — Etym. St. Dabeoc. 



D. polifo'lia, Don ; leaves elliptic-ovate obtuse ciliate. 

 Boggy heaths, Conuemara and Mayo ; fl. Aug. — Stem 1-2 ft., decumbent ; 

 bark flaking ; branches slender, erect, hairy and glandular. Leaves ^-J in., 

 shortly petioled, margins recurved, bright green, glossy above, white and 

 woolly beneath. Raceme terminal, lax, 5-10-fld., glandular ; flowers droop- 

 ing ; pedicels stout, curved ; bracts leafy. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, ciliate. 

 Corolla § in., crimson purple or white, lobes short. Filaments flat ; anthers 

 sagittate, 2-fid, purple. Ovary villous and glandular. 



8. PHYLLODO'CE, Salisb. 



Small glandular shrubs ; buds scaly. Leaves evergreen, scattered. Flowers 

 solitary or umbelled. Sepals 5. Corolla urceolate or campanulate, 5-fid. 

 Stamens 10, hypogynous, filaments slender ; anthers truncate, opening by 

 pores, awnless. Ovary 5-celled ; style slender, stigma capitate. Capsule 

 5-celled, septicidally 5-valved, many-seeded. Seeds shining. — Distrib. 

 Arctic regions ; species 3. — Etym. Mythological. 



P. cseru'lea, Bab. ; leaves shortly petioled crowded spreading linear 

 obtuse denticulate glabrous. P. taxifolia, Salisb. ; Mcnziesia, Wahlb. 

 Heathy moors, Sow of Atholl, Perthshire, alt. 2,400 ft., extremely rare ; fl. 

 June. — Short, depressed, much branched, woody ; branches 5-10 in., tuber- 

 cled. Leaves ^-^ in., rigidly coriaceous, glossy and channelled above, 

 margins reflexed to the puberulous midrib. Flowers few, drooping, in 

 terminal umbellate corymbs ; pedicels §-l§ in. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 glandular-pubescent. Corolla J in., lilac, urceolate. A nthers purple. Ovary 

 glandular-pubescent. — Distrib. Scandinavia (Arctic), Mts. of W. France, 

 Pyrenees, N. Asia, N. America. 



9. LOISELEU RIA, Desvaux. 



A small, glabrous, depressed, branching, rigid, evergreen shrub ; buds 

 scaly. Leaves small, opposite, quite entire, margins revolute. Floivcrs 

 on terminal 1-fld. peduncles, pink, small. Sepals 5. Corolla hypogynous, 



