216 47. ERICACEAE. 



with revolute margins, white and cottony beneath. Fl. large, 

 purple, sometimes white, drooping, on short stalks, in tenmnal 

 simple unilateral clusters. Anth. very large. Cunnamara. sh. 

 VIII. Cunnamara or St. Dabeoc's Heath. I. 



8. AZALEA Linn. 



1. A. procumbens (L.). E. B. 865. The original and only 

 Azalea. St. woody, spreading, procumbent. L. small, opposite, 

 revolute. Fl. small, on simple stalks, terminal, aggregated. 

 Summits of the Highland mountains. Sh. V. VI. S. 



Tribe III. Vacciniea. 

 9. VACCINIUM Linn. 



* Anthers with 2 dorsal horns. 



1. V. Myrtillus (L.); I. ovate serrate glabrous deciduous, fl. 

 solitary, st. acutely angular. E. B. 456. St. woody, about a 

 foot high, branching. Fl. greenish, tinged with red, nodding. 

 Berries black. Stony woods and heaths. Sh. V. Bilberry. 



2. V. uliginosum (L.) ; I. obovate entire glaucous and veined 

 beneath deciduous, fl. aggregate, st. rounded. E. B. 581. St. 12. 

 St. woody. Fl. flesh-coloured, nodding. Berries black. 

 Mountain bogs. Sh. V. Bog Whortleberry. E. S. 



** Anthers without horns on the back. 



3. V. Vitis-idtea (L.); /. obovate dotted beneath persistent, 

 margins revolute and somewhat crenate, fl. racemose terminal, 

 cor. campanulate. E. B. 598. St. woody, 6 8 in. high, strag- 

 gling. L. like those of Box, dark green above. Fl. pink, 4-cleft. 

 Berries red. Mountain heaths. Sh. VI. VII. Red Whortleberry. 

 Cowberry. 



4. V. Oxycoccos (L.) ; I. ovate entire persistent with revolute 

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

 cor. rotate with reflexed segments. E. B. 319. Oxy coccus pa- 

 lustris DC. St. procumbent, filiform, rooting. L. small. Fl. 

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

 Berries crimson. Wet bogs. Sh. VI. VII. Cranberry. 



[V. macrocarpum (Ait.) ; 1. oblong with flat margins, fl. lateral 

 on long simple peduncles. Loughton Bog, Mould, Flintshire. 

 It has probably been sown there.] 



