184 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. VIII. 



nearly entire, on short stalks ; stem decumbent, two or three- 

 flowered ; root creeping. Stems three or four inches long : 



flowers generally two, rose-coloured. Perennial : flowers in June 

 and July : grows on the edges of rills on almost all the Highland 

 mountains. Eng. Bot. vol. xxviii. pi. 2001. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 217. 



588. 

 3. CHLO'RA. YELLOW-WORT. 



Calyx inferior, of eight linear, spreading, permanent leaves. 

 Corolla of one petal, salver-shaped ; the tubes shorter than the 

 calyx ; the limb with eight elliptical segments, longer than the 

 tube. Filaments thread-shaped, short ; anthers linear, erect. 

 Germen superior, oblong. Style cylindrical, erect; stigmas 

 two, oblong, cleft. Capsule egg-shaped, one-celled, two-valved. 

 Seeds very numerous, angular. Named from chloris, pale- 

 green. 209. 



1. C. perfolidta. Perfoliate Yellow-wort. Leaves egg-shaped, 



opposite, united ; panicle many-forked, many-flowered. Stem 



about a foot high, erect, round, panicled : flowers numerous, bright- 

 yellow. Annual : flowers in July and August : grows in chalky 

 and hilly ground : not common. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 60. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 218. 589. 



4. VACCINniM. WHORTLE-BERRY. 



Calyx superior, very small, permanent, four-toothed. Co- 

 rolla of one petal, bell-shaped, with four re volute segments. 

 Filaments awl-shaped, flattened, fixed to the receptacle ; anthers 

 oblong, with two points, erect, terminal. Germen inferior, 

 roundish ; style simple, cylindrical, erect, longer than the 

 stamens. Stigma obtuse. Berry globular, with a central de- 

 pression, four-celled. Seeds few, small. Name of unknown 

 origin. 210. 



* Leaves deciduous. 



1. V. Myrtil'lus. Bilberry. Blaeberry. Black Whortle-berry. 

 Flower-stalks solitary, one-flowered; leaves egg-shaped, serrated, 



smooth ; stem and branches acutely angular. Stem bushy, from 



one to two feet high, smooth, green : leaves stalked, thin, decidu- 

 ous: corolla pale red dish-purple: berry bluish-black. The berries 

 are agreeable and wholesome, but stain the lips and fingers of a 

 dark-purple colour : they are eaten by grouse and other birds. A 

 shrub : flowers in May: grows on heaths and hilly ground : com- 

 mon. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 456. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 219. 590. 



2. N. uliginosum. Great Bilberry. Bog Whortle-berry . Flower- 

 stalks one-flowered ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, entire, smooth ; 



branches round. About two feet high : corolla flesh-coloured : 



berry large, bluish-black. A shrub : flowers in May : grows on 

 boggy mountainous heaths, in the north of England 'and in Scot- 

 land. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 581. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 219. 591. 



** Leaves evergreen. 



3. V. Vitis-id&'a. Red Whortle-berry. Cow-berry. Clusters ter- 

 minal, drooping ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, re volute, minutely 



toothed, dotted beneath ; corolla bell-shaped. Stems from three 



to six inches high : flowers flesh-coloured : berry deep -red. The 



