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4. E. mmtanum, stem round, smooth or minutely downy; 

 leaves stalked, x ovate, toothed, broad and smooth. Broad-leaved 

 Willow-herb. 



Hab. In stony places, and under hedges frequent. July. 



* * Flowers regular ; stigma undivided. 



5. E, tetragonum, stem erect, roundish with 4 angular ribs ; 

 leaves lanceolate, sessile, minutely toothed ; herb nearly or quite 

 smooth. Square stalked Willow-herb. 



Hab. Watery marshy places. In the vale below Langley- 

 ford. July. V 



6. E. palustre, stem erect, round ; leaves sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late, slightly toothed; herb nearly or quite smooth. Marsh 

 Willow-herb. 



Hab. Bogs frequent. July. 7/ 



7. E. alsinefolium^ root creeping; stem decumbent, obtusely 

 quadrangular ; leaves stalked, ovate, acute, toothed. Chickweed- 

 leaved Willow-herb. 



Hab. In rivulets on the sides of the Cheviot Hills, as 

 mentioned by Ray ; Winch. July. 11 



" In winter it is not deciduous, but forms widely spreading 

 matted tufts of small leaves, among which fibrous roots 

 shoot out, as in proliferous plants. The flower-stems are 

 partially decumbent, cylindrical, at first simple, after- 

 wards much branched, and furnished with numerous el- 

 liptical, slightly toothed soft leaves. The flowers are few, 

 and the style undivided." WINCH, Guide ii. pref. v. 



124. VACCINIUM. 



1. V. myrtillus, stem acutely angular ; leaves ovate, serrated, 

 membranous, smooth, deciduous ; stalks solitary, single-flowered ; 

 flowers drooping, reddish ; calyx wavy, nearly entire. Blaeberry. 

 Hab. Heaths and woods. May. ?7 



The bluish-black berries are said by SMITH to be neither 

 agreeable nor wholesome, an opinion contradicted by our 

 own experience and that of others. They are good 

 plucked from the bush, better when eaten with cream in 



