216 47. ERICACEJE. 



with revolute margins, white and cottony beneath. Fl. large, 

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

 simple unilateral clusters. Anth. very large. — Cunnamara. Sh. 

 Vni. Cunnamara or St. Daheoc's Heath. I. 



8. Azalea Linn. 



1. A. procumbens (L.). — E. B. 865. The original and only 

 Azalea. — St. woody, spreading, procumbent. L. small, opposite, 

 revolute. Fl. small, on simple stalks, terminal, aggregated. — 

 Summits of the Highland mountains. Sh, V. VI. S. 



Tribe III. Vacciniece. 



9. Vaccinium Linn. 



* Anthers with 2 dorsal horns. 



1. V. Myrtillus (L.) ; I. ovate serrate glabrous deciduous, fl. 

 solitary, st. acutely angular. — E. B. 456. — St. woody, about a 

 foot high, branching. Fl. greenish, tinged with red, nodding. 

 Berries black. — Stony woods and heaths. Sh. V. Bilberry. 



2. V. uliginosum (L.) ; I. obovate entire glaucous and veined 

 beneath deciduous, fl. aggregate, st. rounded. — E. B. 581. St. 12. 

 — St. woody. Fl. flesh-coloured, nodding. Berries black. — 

 Mountain bogs. Sh. V. Bog Whortleberry. E. S. 



** Anthers without horns on the back. 



3. V. Vitis-idma (L.) ; I. obovate dotted beneath persistent, 

 margins revolute and somewhat crenate, fl. racemose terminal, 

 cor. campanulate. — E. B. 598.— St. woody, 6 — 8 in. high, strag- 

 gling. L. like those of Box, dark green above. Fl. pink, 4-cleft. 

 Berries red. — Mountain heaths. Sh. VI. VII. Red Whortleberry. 

 Cowberry. 



4. V. Oxycoccos (L.); I. ovate entire persistent with revolute 

 margins glaucous beneath, fl. terminal on long simple peduncles, 

 cor. rotate with reflexed segments. — E.B. 319. Oxy coccus pa- 

 lustris DC. — St. procumbent, fihform, rooting. L. small. Fl. 

 bright rose-colour. Cor. deeply divided, remarkably reflexed. 

 Berries crimson. — Wet bogs. Sh. VI. VII. Cranberry. 



[y. macrocarpum (Ait.) ; 1. oblong with flat margins, fl. lateral 

 on long simple peduncles. Loughton Bog, Mould, Flintshire. 

 It has probably been sown there.] 



