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6. E. vdgans (L.) ; 1. 4 — 5 in a whorl linear glabrous, fl. axil- 

 lary crowded, cor. short bellahaped, sep. small ovate blunt, antk. 

 lateral ovate of 2 distinct cells gibbous at the base. — E. S. 3. 

 Probably E. deoipiem St. Amand. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, copi- 

 ously branched. Fl. usually collected in large numbers con- 

 siderably below the top of the branches, cor. red or white. 

 Anth. dark purple, not spurred. Ovary glabrous. — ^West of 

 Cornwall. Sh.VK. VIH. Cornish Heath. E. 



6. Phtllod'ooe Scdisb. 



1. P. c«8?-MZea (Bab.) ; 1. linear denticulate, pet. glandular-hairy, 

 calycine segments lanceolate acute, anth. two-thirda shorter than 

 the glabrous filaments. — Menziesia Sm. E. B. 2469. — St. 4 — 6 

 in. high, branched, naked below, densely hairy above. Fed. 

 terminal, all together, simple. Fl. large, pale bluish red. — Sow 

 of Athol, Perthshire. Sh. VI. VII. S. 



7. Dabbo'cia D. Bon. 



1. D. polifdlia (D. 'Don).—Menidesia Sm. E. B. 35.— St. 

 bushy, 1 — 2 feet long, ultimately decumbent. L. ovate or 

 elliptic, flat, with revolute edges, white and cottony beneath. 

 Fl. large, purple, sometimes white, drooping, on short stalks, in 

 terminal simple unilateral clusters. Anth. very large. — Con- 

 nemara. Sh. VIII. St. Eaheoo's Heath. I. 



8. Aza'iea Linn. 



1. A.procwm'bens(L.). — E. B. 865. Zoiseleuria T)esY. The 

 original and only Azalea of Linn. — St. woody, spreading pro- 

 cumbent. L. small, opposite, revolute. Fl. small, on simple 

 stalks, terminal, collected together. — Summits of the Highland 

 mountains. Sh. V. VI. S. 



Tribe III. Vaccinieue. 



9. VACcuf'rcTM Linn. 



* Anth. vnth 2 dorsal horns. L. deciduous. St. erect. 



1. V. Myrtil'lus (L.) ; I. ovate serrate glabrous, fl. solitary, st. 

 acutely angular. — E. B. 456.— St. woody, about a foot high, 

 branching. Fl. subglobular, greenish tinged with red, nodding. 

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



E. S. I. 



