226 47. EEICACE-ZE. 



4. E. cilidris (L.) ; Z. 4 in a ■whorl ovate ciliate with revolute 

 edges,^. in terminal unilateral racemes, anth. not spun-ed, mouth 

 of the cor. oblique. — E. B. 8. 2618. — St. long, straggling, ending 

 in a long raceme of large oblong purple flowers and producing 

 many short barren branches. Style protruded. Ovary glabrous. 

 — Heaths. Wareham, Dorset. Carclew. Cornwall. Near Clif- 

 den, Galway. Sh. VII. VIII. E.I. 



* * Cor. bellshaped or shortly tubular, ' stam. exserted, Jilamei^s 

 flattened, style capitate. • Gyksocallis D. Don. 

 •5. E. mediferrdnea. (L. ?) ; I. 4c in a whorl litiear ylabrou^ flat 

 above convex with a central furrow beneath, decurrent line from 

 the 1. reaching but not extending beyond the next whorl, fl. 

 axillary drooping racemose, cor. cylindrical-urceolate twice as 

 long as the coloured ' calyx, anth. terminal not spurred opening 

 throughout nearly their whole length. — E. B. S. 2774. E. 

 hibemica Syme. — St. 2 — 5 feet high, with many upright rigid 

 branches terminating in leafy racemes of flesh-colom'ed flowers 

 but afterwards prolonged. L. many, erect-patent. Bracts 

 above the middle of the pedicels. Stam. and style slightly 

 exserted, style afterwards elongated. Ovary glabrous. — Our 

 plant differs from E. carnea, ' which has weak decumbent 

 stems, by its 1. having a longitudinal fiuTow, not a keel 

 on the back, the decurrent ridge from their base not extending 

 beyond the next whorl (in E. carnea it often reaches the second); 

 the anthers much shorter and their pores much longer in pro- 

 portion ; and the cor. of a difterent shape. — Mountain bogs. 

 West of Mayo and Galway. Sh.IV. I. 



6. E. vdgans (L.) ; 1. 4 — .^ in a whorl linear glabrous, fl. axil- 

 lary crowded, cor. short bellshaped, sep. small ovate blunt, anth. 

 lateral ovate of 2 distinct cells gibbous at the base. — St. 1 — ^2 

 feet high, copiously branched. PI. usually collected in large 

 numbers considerably below the top of the branches, cor. red or 

 white. Anth. dark pm-ple, not spurred. Ovary glabrous. — 

 Western parts of Cornwall. Sh. VII. VIII. Cornish Heath. E. 



6. Phyllod'oce Salisb. 



1. P. cairulea (Bab.); 1. linear denticulate, pet. glandular-hairy, 

 calycihe segments lanceolate acute, anth. two-thirds shorter than 

 the glabrous fllaments. — Menziesia Sm. — St. 4 — 5 in. high, 

 branelied, naked below, densely hairy above. Ped. terminal, all 

 together, simple. Fl. large, pale, bluish red. — Sow of Athol, 

 Perthshire. Bh. VI. VII. S. 



7. Dabeo'ci.4. B. Don. 



1. D.polifulia (D. Dob), — Menziesia Sm.— St. bushy, 1 — 2 

 ftpt long, ultimately decunibent. !>. ovate. or elliptic, flat, with 



