78 CALYCIFLOR^E. 



and dry pastures. Stem from 6 to 12 inches high, very slender. 

 Radical leaves roundish heart-shaped, on long stalks ; lower leaves 

 of the stem lanceolate, stalked ; upper ones linear and sessile. 

 Flowers one or more on a stalk, bell-shaped, 5-cleft at the mouth, 

 of a beautiful blue colour, and gracefully bending over. Berry 

 Head. Woodhouse lane, near Ilsington, FL D. (E. B. t. 866.) 

 P. VII. vin. 



2. C. hederacea (ivy-leaved B.) In marshy places and peaty 

 bogs. Stem prostrate and thread-like ; leaves roundish, cut into 

 5 angular lobes, of a delicate transparent green ; flowers on 

 long stalks, pale reddish-blue, at first nodding over, but when 

 fully open erect. Holne Chase. Foot of Middledon Down, near 

 Chagford. Ivybridge. Bovey Heath. Forde bog, near Newton. 

 Haldon. Wahlenbergia, Bab. (E. B. t. 73.) P. vn. vm. 



3. C- hybrida (corn B.) In cornfields. Stem from 6 to 12 

 inches high, covered with small stiff hairs, sparingly branched. 

 Leaves oblong, wavy at the edges, sessile ; lower leaves tapering 

 towards the stem. Flowers few, solitary, reddish-purple, small, 

 surrounded by the spreading divisions of the calyx, and sur- 

 mounting the long, triangular seed-vessel. Fields above Mead- 

 foot. Cliff- walks between Meadfoot and Hope's Nose. Cornfields 

 at Marychurch. Specularia, Bab. (E. B. t. 375.) A. vi.-ix. 



JASIONB. SHEEP'S-BIT. 



J. montana (annual $., or Scabious.) On dry, heathy pas- 

 tures. Stems from 6 to 10 inches high, branched, arising from 

 the crown of the root, surrounded by numerous, spreading, 

 bluntish-oblong leaves, which are rough and wavy. Flowers light 

 but bright blue, in closely crowded terminal heads, surrounded 

 by a leafy involucre. Meadfoot Cliffs. Warberry Hill, etc. (E. 

 B. t. 882.) B. vi.-ix. 



OED. XLVIII. LOBELIACE.E. 



OED. XLIX. VACCINIACEJE. 



VACCINIUM. WHOETLEBEEEY. 



V. Myrtillus (Bilberry, or W.) In woods and heaths in 

 rocky districts. A stiff, woody plant, from 1 to 2 feet high. 



