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but afterwards prolonged. L. many, erect-patent. Bracts 

 above the middle of the pedicels. Stam. and style slightly 

 exserted, style afterwards elongated. Ovary glabrous. — For 

 difference from E. carnea see former editions. — Mountain bogs; 

 West of Mayo and Galway. Sh. IV. I. 



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

 lary crowded, cor. short bellshaped, Sep. small ovate blunt, anth. 

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

 St. 1 — 2 feet high, copiously branched. PI. usually collected 

 in large numbers considerably below the top of the branches, 

 cor. red or white. Anth. dark purple, not spurred. Ovary 

 glabrous Westof CornwaU. Sh. Vll. VIII. Cornish Heath. E. 



6. Phyiiod'oce Salisb. 



1. P. ccerulea (Bab.); 1. linear denticulate, pet. glandular-hairy, 

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

 the glabrous filaments.— MesZima Sm. E. B. 2469. — St. 4 — 5 

 in. high, branched, naked below, densely hairy ahove. Ped. 

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

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



7. Dabeo'cia B. Bon. 



1. B. polifdlia (D. Don).— Menziesia Sm. E. S. 35.— St. 

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

 elliptic, flat, with revolute edges, white and cottonj' beneath. 

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

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

 nemara. Sh. VIII. St. Babeac's Heath. I- 



8. Aza'lea Linn. 



1. A.procum'bens (L.). — E. B. 865. Loiseleuria Desv. 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. Vacciniece. 



9. Vaccin'itjm Linn. 



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



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

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



