400 160. Andromeda. 36. ERICIN^. Pl.ex,cal 



Ledum palustre nostras, arbuti florc, Rati Syn, 472, 1. 

 Rosmarinum sylvestre minus nostras. Park. 76, 

 Andromeda polifolia, Lin. S. P. 564. 

 Andromeda montana, Salisb. Prod. 290. 

 Marsh cistus. Wild rosemary. 



Turf bogs: shrubby; June. 



Rhizoma creeping ; stem creeping ; leaves pointed, glau- 

 cous beneath ; Jluwers flesh- colour. 



VII. 161. ARBUTUS. Pliny. Strawlerry-iree. 



Calyx very small, 5-cut; corolla ovate; limb small, 5-cut, 

 turned over, inside villous; stamens 10; filaments villous 

 beneath ; anthers awned, opening at the tip with 2 pores ; 

 stigma peltate ; herry tubercular, 5-celled ; cells many- 

 seeded. — Stem woody; leaves perennial, alternate ; ^oit/e/'s 

 terminal, racemous, panicled; hractea 1, at the bottom of 

 each peduncle. 



Arbutus serrat'ifolia. SajvleaJ" strawberry-tree. 



Stem shrubby : leaves oblong, bald, bluntly serrate ; ra- 

 cemes compound, terminal, drooping. 



Arbutus, Raii Syn. 464, 1 ; Ger. em. 1496; Park. 1489. 

 Arbutus Unedo, Lin. S. P. 566. 

 Arbutus serrat'ifolia, Salisb. Prod. 208. 

 Arbutus. Arbute-tree. 



Chalky rocks ; shrubby ; September. 

 Leaves blunt; jiowers reddish white. 



VII. 162. UVA-URSI. Dodonaeus. Bears-grape. 



Calyx small, 5-parted; corolla ovate; limb small, 5-cut, 

 turned over; stamens \0\ Jilaments bald; anthers awned, 

 opening by 2 pores at the base ; berry smooth, 5-celled, 4 

 or 5-seeded. — Stem undershrubby ; leaves perennial, reti- 

 culately veined ; Jiowers terminal, racemose ; bractea 1 to 

 each peduncle. 



1. Uva-ursi bux'ifolia. Box-leaf bears-grape, 



heaves reverse-ovate, blunt; edge not in the least cut. 



Vitex Idsea q. Vaccinia rubra foliis myrtinis crispis, Raii Syn. 457,4. 



Vaccinia ursi, sive Uva ursi apud Clusium, Ger. em, 1416, 5, 



Uva ursi Galeni, Ciusii, Park. 1457. 



Arbutus Uva-ursi, Lin. S. P. 566. 



Arbutus procumbens, Salisb. Prod. 289. 



Arbutus buxifolia, Stokes Bot. M. M. 509. 



Bears whortleberry. 



Alpine heaths ; shrubby ; June. 



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