254 ERICACEAE. [CALLUNA, 



branches elongate. Leaves ^ 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. DABEO'CIA, 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, avvnless. 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, Connemara and Mayo ; fl. Aug. Stem 1-2 ft., decumbent ; 

 bark flaking; branches slender, erect, hairy and glandular. Leaves -| 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. ; Menziesia, 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 |-1J in. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 glandular-pubescent. Corolla J in., lilac, urceolate. Anthers 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. Flowers 

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



