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AUBORETUM AND FKUT1CETUM. 



PART 111, 



north-west coast of Labrador. In Asia : on the mountains of Ucla, in the 

 north. Cultivated in British gardens, in moist peaty soil, where it forms a 

 low, trailing, evergreen heath-like shrub. 



Identification. 

 p. 833. 



2. P. .EMPETRIFO'RMIS D. Don. The Empetrum-like Phyllodoce. 



D. Don. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ.,July, 1834; Don's Mill., 3 

 Lin. Soc. Trans., 10. p. 280. 



Synonyme. Menzidsto empetriformis Smith in 



Hook. Bot. Mng., t 3176. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3176. ; and our fig. 91& 



Spec. Char. f fyc. Leaves with denticulated margins. Peduncles 

 aggregate, sparingly glanded. Segments of the calyx ovate, 

 obtuse. Corolla pale red. Anthers the length of the filaments. 

 (Don's Mill., iii. p. 833.) A native of North America ; intro- 

 duced in 1810, and forming a low, creeping, heath-like shrub, 

 seldom exceeding 6 in. in height, and producing its pale red 

 flowers in June and July. 



GENUS XII. 



DAB(E N C.L4 D. Don. THE DABCECIA. Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 

 Synoiiytnes. Erica sp. Lin. ; Andromeda sp. Lin. ; Menzidsia sp. Juss. 

 Derivation. D. polifblia D. Don is called, in Ireland, St. Dabeoc's heath. 



Description, $c. Low, heath-like, evergreen, shrubs, natives of the north of 

 Europe and North America. 



. 1. D. POLIFO V LIA D. Don. The Poly-leaved Dabrecia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don'? Mill., 3. p. 833. 



Synonyms. Andromeda Dabce'cia Lin. Syst., *. ; Erica DabreWa Lin. Sp., 509. ; Eng. Bot., t. 35. ; 



Menziesw Dabce x cz Dec. Fl. Gall., 674. ; Erica hiWrnica, &c., Raii Hist., 3. Suppl. 244. ; Men- 



zies*V polifdlia Juss. Ann. Mus., 1. p. 55., Fl. Hib., p. 180.; Facet niutn cantabricum Huds. Fl. 



Angl., ed. 1. p. 143., Petiv. Gaz., 27. f. 4 ; Irish Whorts, Cantabrian Heath, St. Dabeoc's 



Heath. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 35. ; Petiv. Gaz., 27. f. 4. ; Sweet's Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2. s. t. 276. ; and our 

 figs 917, 918. 



Spec. Char., $c. A bushy evergreen shrub, 1 ft. to 2 ft. high. Leaves 

 elliptic, flat, clothed with white tomentum beneath. Flowers purple, in 

 terminal racemes. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 

 833.) A native of Ireland and the 

 Pyrenees. In Ireland, it is very abun- 

 dant, on the sides of mountains and dry 

 heaths all over Cunnemara ; and, in 

 Mayo, as far north as the mountain 

 called Croagh Patrick. (J. T. Mackay, 

 Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. iv. p. 167.) 

 It is, besides, " found on the Western 

 Pyrenees, and at Anjou." (Id.) Culti- 

 vated in British gardens, in moist peaty 

 soil- This species and its variety are very commonly introduced into 

 heatheries, as closely resembling hardy low-growing heaths in their foliage 

 and general habit. The foliage is of a darker green than almost any other 

 heaths, and the leaves, singly, are also larger. 



Variety. 



* D. p. 2 flore dlbo Swt. Brit. Fl. Gard., 2d ser., t. 276. A variety 

 with white flowers, which was discovered in Cunnemara, in 1820, 

 growing along with the common variety. (Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. iv. 

 p. 167.) There are plants in Knight's Exotic Nursery, King's 

 Road ; and in other nurseries. 



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