202 OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



higher hills ^bout Loch-Rannoch in Athol^ upon 

 the mountains of Rofs-JhirCy about Loch-Ey'ccm^ 

 and Invernefs-Jhire about Locb-Urn^ &:c. and in 

 the lov7 boggy grounds of the ifland of Mull^ 

 and near the Duke of ArgyUs^ at Inverar}\ &c. 



The leaves, are full of veins, fniooth and glaucous, 

 efpccially on the under fide : the berries are eat- 

 able, but not fa rpuch efteem'd as the preceding, 

 as they are apt, if eaten in any quantity, to give 

 ^ the head-ach. 



** FoUis fempervirentihus^ 



y\mid(ea 3 VACCINIUM r^cemis terminalibus nutantibus, 

 folijs obovatis reyolutis integerrimis fubtus punc- 

 tatis. Sp, pL 500.. (Osd. Dan, /. 40. opt, Ger. 



Em. 14^6-/* ^0 



Ked Whortle-Berries. Jnglis^ 



LtJs-nam-braoileag, Ganlis, 



In dry places in heaths, Vv'oods, and on mountains, 

 very frequent. T? . V. 



The berries have an acid cooling quality, ufeful 

 to quench the third in fevers. The Szvedes are 

 very fond of them made into the form of a rcb 

 or jelly, which they eat with their meat as an 

 agreeable acid, proper to correal the animal al- 

 call. 



ds'sccccos 4 ^' foliis integerrimis revolutis ovatis, caulibus re- 

 pentibus filiformibus nudi.s. Sp, pL 500. {Oed. 

 Dan. /. %o, o^'t. Ger, Em. 4.19 J 



Cran-berries, 



