236 47. BurcACEa). 



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

 beneath, fl. several together, st. rounded. — JS. B. 581. St. 12. — 

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

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



** Anth. without ho?-ns on the back. L. evergreen. 



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

 lute and aomeiuhat crenate, fl. racemose terminal, cor. bellshaped. 

 — JE. B. 598. — St. vfoody, 6 — 8 in. high, straggling. L. like 

 those of Box, dark green above. Fl. pink, 4-cleft. Berries 

 red, inferior. — Mountain heaths. Sh. VI. VII. Med Whortle- 

 berry. Cowberry. E. S. I. 



4. V. O.tycoc'cos (L.) ; I. ovate entire with revolute mai-gins 

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

 tate with reflexed segments. — E. B. 319. Oxycoccus palustris 

 DO. — St. procumbent, filiform, rooting. L. small. Fl. bright 

 rose-colour. Oor. deeply divided, remarkably reflexed. Berries 

 crimson. — Wet bogs. Sh. VI. VII. Cranberry. E. S. I . 



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

 lateral on long simple peduncles. — Loughton Bog, Mold, Flint- 

 shire. An American plant, probably sown there.] 



Tribe IV. Pyrolea. 



10. Ptk'ola Linn. Winter-green. 



1. P. rotundifdlia (L.) ; 1. nearly round entire or shghtly cre- 

 nate, fl. racemose, cal.-segments lanceolate acute, style bent down 

 and curved upwards at the end longer than the ascending stam., 

 stigma annular with 5 erect blunt points. — E. B. 213. — Fl. 

 white, rather many, expanded. Style longer than the petals. 

 Stam. all turned upwards. L. many. — j3. arenaria (Koch) ; 1. 

 smaller, st. with bracts throughout, cal.-segments shorter and 

 broader. Sy. E. B. 896. — Damp bushy places and reedy marshes. 

 j8. Sand-hills near Lytham, Lancashire. P. VIII. E. S. 



2. P. mSdia fSw.) ; 1. nearly round or roundish-oval slightly 

 crenate, fl. racemose, cal.-segments ovate-acute, stam. all regu- 

 larly injlexed shorter than the nearly straight declining style, stigma 

 annular with 5 erect points. — E. B. 1945. — Fl. milk-white 

 tinged with pink, rathei^ many, less expanded than in the pre- 

 ceding. Style projecting a httle beyond the corolla, longer 

 than the ovary, always nearly straight. L. many. — Woods in 

 the North. P. VII. VHI. E. S. I. 



