Yacciniunt.j 



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XLIX. VACCINIACE^. 



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2— 3-cellerl, the upper part free 2-valved, loculicidal. — Named 

 in honour of MattMas Lohel or L Ohel, a Fleming, who settled in 

 Eno-land, where he published several learned botanical works. 



L L. urens\j. {acrid L,); leaves toothed nearly glabrous, 

 radical ones obovate petioled, upper ones lanceolate sessile, 

 raceme terminal bracteate, calyx rough. E. B. t. 953. 



Heathy ground, very rare, near Axminster ; Ashford, Kent; Devon- 

 shire ? %* S, 9. — Milky, and, as its name implies, highly acrid. 

 One foot or more high, with distant leaves and axillary branches. 

 Flowers deep-purple, slightly downy externally. 



2. L. Dortmdnna L. {Water L.); leaves radical subcylin- 

 drical and obtuse of two parallel tubes, stem scarcely leafy, 

 flowers racemed. JS, B, t. 140. 



Lakes in the north and north-west of England, Scotland, and Ire- 

 land, especially in the mountainous parts, frequent; often forming a 

 green carpet at the bottom of the water with its densely matted 

 foliage. 11, 7, 8. — Root a small, thick, fleshy stock, from which 

 descend many fibres, and sending forth creeping filiform runners. 

 Leaves 2—3 inches long, a little recurved, formed of two parallel 

 tubes or cells. Scapes, or almost leafless stem, a foot or more high, 

 according to the depth of the water. Flowers pale blue, drooping ; 

 fruit erect. 



Ord. XLIX. VACCIXIACEiE Be Cand. 



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Calyxdahe adnate with the ova?vj ; the limb with from 4- 

 more or less distinct lobes or teeth. Coi^olla lobed as the calyx. 

 Stamens distinct, free from the corolla, and double the number 

 of its lobes, inserted beneath an epigynous disk. Anthers with 

 two cells, opening by 2 pores, and often furnished with 2^awns. 

 Ovary 4— 5-celled, 1- or many-seeded. Style and stigma simple. 

 Berry with minute seeds. Albumen fleshy. — Shrubs ; with al- 

 ternate often coriaceous leaves ; chiefly inhabiting mountainous 

 situations or high northern latitudes^ slightly tonic and astringent; 

 the fruit esculent, 



1. Vaccinium Li7in. "Whortleberry. 



Cor, ovate, campanulate or rotate, 4— 5 -fid. Ber?^ globose, 

 4-celled, many-seeded. — Name: some say the vatctvOog of the 

 Greeks, and hence synonymous with Hyacinthus^ but more pro- 

 bably altered from baccinia^ denoting a plant with abundance 

 of bacccE or berries. 



* Cor, ovate or campamdate, 

 f Leaves deciduous. Anthers with 2 dorsal awns, 



1. V. Myrtillus L. {Bilberry or Whortleberry)'^ peduncles 



