CL. VIII.] OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 185 



berries are very acid and rather harsh, but are made into jelly and 

 rob. A shrub : flowers in June : grows on dry heaths : frequent. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 598. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 220. 592. 



4. V. Oxycoc'cos. Marsh Whor tie -berry . Cran-berry. Flowers 

 terminal ; leaves egg-shaped, entire, revolute, acute ; stems creep- 

 ing, thread-shaped, smooth ; corolla deeply four-cleft. Stems 



slender, prostrate : flowers several together, pale-red : berry deep- 

 red. The berries made into tarts are much esteemed. A small 

 trailing shrub : flowers in June : grows in boggy heaths : frequent. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 319. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 221. 



5. MENZIE'SIA. MENZIESIA. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, four-cleft or five-cleft, permanent. 

 Corolla of one petal, inflated, deciduous; limb divided into four 

 or five spreading segments. Filaments eight or ten, thread- 

 shaped, shorter than the corolla ; anthers oblong, cleft at the 

 base. Germen superior, roundish. Style angular, erect; stigma 

 obtuse, with, four or five notches. Capsule oblong, with four or 

 five valves and cells ; partitions double, formed by the inflected 

 edges of the valves. Seeds numerous, small, oblong. Named 

 after Archibald Menzies, a Scottish botanist. 211. 



1. M.polifolia. Irish Menziesia. Leaves egg-shaped, the margins 

 curved backwards, white and downy beneath ; flowers four-cleft, 



octandrous, in terminal leafy clusters. Stems bushy, a foot or 



more high : leaves rather crowded : flowers drooping, purplish-red. 

 A shrub : flowers in June and July : grows on mountainous heaths 

 in the counties of Mayo and Galwav. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 35. Eng. 

 Fl vol. ii. p. 223. 594. 



2. M. cceruka. Scottish Menziesia. Leaves linear, obtuse, with 



cartilaginous teeth ; flowers five-cleft, decandrous. Stem four or 



five inches high, decumbent below, leafy above : flowers four or five 

 at the top of the highest branch, drooping : corolla pale -purple. A 

 shrub : flowers in June and July. Found near Aviemore, in Strath- 

 spey, by Mr. Brown, and in the Shiant Isles by Mr. G. Don. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. xxxv. pi. 2469. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 222. 



6. CALLU'NA. LING. 



Calyx inferior, permanent, double ; the outer of four oblong, 

 blunt, fringed leaves ; the inner of four elliptical, coloured, 

 polished leaves, concealing the corolla. Corolla of one petal, 

 bell-shaped, deeply four-cleft, erect, much shorter than the 

 inner calyx. Filaments thread-shaped, short, curved; anthers 

 erect, terminal, lance-shaped, united before bursting, with two 

 deflected bristles at the base. Germen superior, orbicular, de- 

 pressed. Style cylindrical, erect ; stigma knobbed, with four 

 notches. Capsule orbicular, four-valved, four-celled ; the par- 

 titions unconnected with the valves, fixed to a central column, 

 seeds numerous, small, oblong. Named from culluno, to cleanse 

 or adorn. 212. 



1. C.vulgdris. Common Ling. A bushy shrub, from six inches to 



