VACCINIUM. PYROLA. 281 



5. F. Oxycoc'cos (L.) ; I. ovate entire with revolute margins 

 glaucous beneath, fl. terminal on long simple peduncles, cor. 

 rotate with refiexed segments. E. B. 319. Oxycoccus quadri- 

 petala (Gilib.). St. procumbent, filiform, rooting. L. small. 

 FL bright rose-colour. Cor. deeply divided, remarkably 

 refiexed. Berries crimson. Wet bogs. Sh. VI. VII. Cran- 

 berry. E. S. I. 



[F. macrocarp'um (Ait.); 1. oblong with flat margins, fl. 

 lateral on long simple peduncles. Soughton Bog, Mold, Flint- 

 shire. An American plant, probably sown there.] 



Tribe IV. Pyrolea. 



10. PYR'OLA Linn. Winter-green. 



1. P. rotundifolia (L.) ; 1. nearly round entire or slightly cre- 

 nate, fl. racemose, cal. -segments lanceolate acute, style bent down 

 and curved upwards at the end longer than the ascending stam., 

 stigma annular with 5 erect blunt points. E. B, 213. Fl. 

 white, rather many, expanded. Style longer than the petals. 

 Stam. all turned upwards. L. many. /3. arenaria (Koch) ; 1. 

 smaller, st. with bracts throughout, cal.-segments shorter and 

 broader. Sy. E. B. 896. Damp bushy places and reedy marshes. 

 /3. Sand-hills near Lytham, Lancashire. P. VIII. E. S. I. 



2. P. media (Sw.) ; 1. nearly round or roundish-oval slightly 

 crenate, fl. racemose, cal.-segments ovate-acute, stam. all. regu- 

 larly inflexed shorter thanthe nearly straight declining style, stigma 

 annular with 5 erect points. E. B. 1945. Fl. milk-white 

 tinged with pink, rather many, less expanded than in the pre- 

 ceding. Style projecting a little beyond the corolla, longer 

 than the ovary, always nearly straight. L. many. Woods in 

 the North. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



3. P. minor (L.) ; 1. roundish-oval crenate, fl. racemose, cal.- 

 segments ovate-prolonged acute, stam. regularly inflexed equal- 

 ling the straight style, stigma without a ring 5-lobed pointless. 

 E. B. 2543. St. 13. 12. Fl. pale pink, many, on .very short 

 pedicels, nearly closed. Style shorter than the ovary, included. 

 L. many. Mossy woods and thickets. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



4. P. secun'da (L.) ; 1. ovate acute serrate, y?. in a secund ra- 

 ceme, cal.-segments triangular rounded notched, stam. regularly 

 inflexed equalling the long straight style, stigma 5-lobed without 



