Pl.ex.cal 36. ERICIN.^. 1G2. Uva-ursi. 401 



Stem procumbent, much branched ; bark smooth ; leaves 

 alternate ; corolla flesh-colour ; lerry red, austere. 



2. Uva-vrsi alp'ma. Alpine lears-grape. 



Leaves reverse- ovate, pointed, wrinkled ; edge serrated. 



Veronica Pannunica, sive Vitis Idsea, Ger.eni. 1416, 4. 

 Vaccinia nigra Pannonica, Park. 1486. 

 Arbutus Alpiua, i^m. S. P. 566. 

 Hungary whortleberries. 



Dry alpine rocks ; shrubby ; May. 



Stem prostrate ; bark falling off; leaves fringed ; corolla 

 white ; Iractece fringed ; berry black. 



B. Anthers 2-celled, opening by 2 foramens ; corolla 3 to 

 5-parted, nearly to the base. 



IX. 163. CHAMiECISTUS. Clusius'. Rose-bay. 

 Calyx 5-parted ; corolla bellshaped ; limb 5-parted, re- 

 gular ; stamens 5, equal, enclosed, not declihate ; capsule 

 oyate, 5-celled; dehiscence septi.cidal ; seeds many. — Shrub 

 procumbent; leaves opposite, edge turned over, not nicked, 

 furrowed beneath, perennial ; flowers terminal, upright, 

 solitary or in pairs j bractecR 3 at the base of each peduncle, 

 2 large, 1 small. 



Cham(Bcistus serpyllifolius. Thyme-leaf rose-lay . 



Branches diffuse, procumbent; leaves elliptical, quite 

 bald. 



Chamaecistus serpyllifoliis, Ger. em, 1284. 

 Azalea procuinbens, Lin. S. P. 215. 

 Thyme-leaved dwarf cistus. 



Alpine heaths ; shrubby ; July and August. 



Stem much branched, branches intermixed; leaves pe- 

 tioled, spread, blunt; petioles fringed ; ^ozt/er^ dark rose- 

 colour. - 



X. J^'t. EMPETRUM. Dioscorides. Crakeberry, 

 Calyx 3-parted; corolla 3-parted or 3-petaled; lobes 



turned over ; stamens very long, opposite to the lobes, 3, 

 or rarely 9 ; anthers opening lengthways on the sides ; ovary ; 

 flattened; style 1, short; stigma 9-rayed; berry flattenedf, 

 6 or 9-seeded. — Shrub low; leaves crowded, alternate or 

 nearly whirled, small; edge turned over, concave beneath; 

 flowers solitary, axillary, unisexual, rarely hermaphrodite, 

 frequently dioicous ; Iractece 3 to each flower. 

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