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revolute edges, wHte and cuttony beneath. Fl. large, purple, 

 sometimes white, drooping, on short stalks, in terminal simple 

 unilateral clusters. Anth. verylaa-ge. — Connemara. Sh. "VIII. 

 Coimemara or St. Dabeoc's Heath. I. 



8. Aza'lea Linn. 



1. A. procmn'hens (L.) — Loiseleuria Desv. The original and 

 only Azalea of Linn. — St. woody, spreading, procumbent. L. 

 small, opposite, revolute. Fl. sinaU, on simple stalks, terminal, 

 eoUected together. — Summits of the Highland mountains. Sh. 

 V. YL S. 



Tribe III. Vaccinieee. 



9. YACCTJf'iTrai Linn. 



* AntJwrs with '2 darsal horns. Leaves deciduous. 



1. r. MyrtiClus (L.) ; I. ot-afe sejraie glabrous, fl. solitai'v, st 

 acutely angular. — St. woody, about a foot high, branching. Fl. 

 subglobular, greenish tinged with red, nodding. Berries black. 

 — Stony woods and heaths. Sh. T. BUberry. E. S. I. 



2. F. uligindsum (L.) ; I. ohovate entire glaucous and veined 

 hemath, fl. several together, st. rounded. — St. 12. — St. woody. 

 Fl. ovoid, flesh-coloured, nodding. — ^Berries black. — Mountain 

 bogs. Sh. V. Bog Whortieben-y. E. S. 



** Antliers without horns on the back. Leaves evergreen. 



3. V. Vitis-idce'a (L.) ; I. ohovate dotted beneath, marguis revo- 

 lute and somewhat crenate, fl. racemose terminal, cor. beUshaped. 

 — St. woody, 6 — 8 in. high, straggling. L. like those of Box, 

 dark green above. Fl. pink, 4-cleft Berries red, inferior. — 

 Mountain heaths. Sh. VT. ^TI. Red Whortleberrt/. Cowberry. 



E. S. I. 



4. V. O.iycoc'cos (L.) ; I. ovate entire with revolute margins 

 glaucous beneath, fl. terminal on long simple peduncles, cor. ro- 

 "iaiewithreflexed segments. — Oxycoccus palustris DO. — St. pro- 

 cumbent, filiform, rooting. ^ L. small. Fl. ,bright rose-colom-. 

 Cor. deeply divided, remarkablv reflexed. Berries crimson. — 

 Wet bogs. Sh. VI. VU. Cranberry. E. S. I. 



[ V. macrocar'pum (Ait.) ; 1. oblong with flat margins, fl. 

 lateral on long simple peduncles. — LoughtonBog, Mould, Flint- 

 shire. It has probably been sown there.] E. 



