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Tribe I. Arbutece. 



1. Ak'btjtus Linn. Strawberry-tree. 



1. A. UnMo (L.) ; bark rougb, 1. elliptic-lanceolate seri'ate 

 coriaceous glabrous, panicle terminal nodding, pedicels glabrous. 

 — E. S. 2377. — ^An evergreen tree. Fl. whitisli, pendulous. 

 Fr. red. — Eillamey, wbere it is truly wild. T. IX. X. I. 



2. Aeciosiaph'tlos Adans. 



1. A. alpina (Spr.) ; procumbent, I. thin wrinkled serrate 

 fading but persistent, clusters terminal. — Arhutus L. E. B. 

 2030. St. 6. 8. — St. woody, trailing, long. L. obovate, netted. 

 Fl. white, bairy about tbe moutb. Berry smootb, black. — Dry 

 barren spots on the Highland mountains. Sh. V. S. 



2. A. Uva-ur'si (Spr.) ; procumbent, I. coriaceous obovate en- 

 tire shining evergreen, clusters terminal. — Arbutus L. E. B. 

 714. St. 6. 8. — St. woody, trailing, long. L. blunt, quite en- 

 tire, rigid. Fl. rose-coloured, smootb. Benyglobose, scarlet, 

 superior. — Dry stony mountain heaths. Sh. "VI. E. S. I. 



Tribe II. Ericece. 



3. Akdeom'eba Linn. 



1. A. polifdlia (L.) ; 1. alternate lanceolate with revolute 

 margins glaucous beneath, fl. clustered terminal. — E. B. 713. — 

 St. slender, woody, prostrate below. Fed. variable in length. 

 Fl. drooping, ovate, pink, occasionally 4-fid and 8-androus. L. 

 evergreen, acute. Peduncles 2 or 3 times as long as the flowers. 

 —Peat bogs. Sh. V.— IX. E. S. I. 



4. Calltj'na Salish. Ling. 



1. C. wdgdris (Salisb.).— ^. B. 1013.— A low tufted shrub. 

 L. small, sessile, closely imbricate, patent, in 4 rows, keeled, 

 each with 2 small spurs at the base, nearly or quite smooth. 

 Fl. small, shortly stalked, drooping, lilac-rose-colom-ed or white, 

 with the lower ped. leafy; sep. and pet. oblong erect; ii.- 

 raceme ending in a leafy shoot. L. sometimes hoary.^The 

 supposed C. atlantica is not constant to the characters recorded, 

 even on the same bush. — Dry heaths. Sh. YI. — %TEI. E. S. I. 



5. Eei'ca Linn. Heath. 



• Cor. globose or urceolate, stam. included, filaments JUiform 

 jflattened, stigma peltate. Eeic A D. Don. 



1. E. Tet'ralix (L.) ; I. 4 in a whorl lanceolate or linear ciliate 



