230 47. EEICACE^. 



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

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



E. S. I. 



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

 beneath, fl. several together, st. rounded. — E. B, 581. 8t. 12. — 

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

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



** Anth. without horns on the back. L. evergreen. 



3. F. Vitis-tdt^'a (L.') \ I. obovate dotted beneath, margijisiexo- 

 lute and somewhat crenate, fl. racemose terminal, cor. bdlshaped. 

 —E. B. 598. — St. woody, 6— -8 in. high, straggling. L. like 

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

 red, inferior. — Mountain heaths. Sh. VI. VIE. Bed Whortle- 

 berry. Cowberry. E. S. I. 



4. V. Oxycoc'cos (L.); I. ovate entire with revolute margins 

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

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

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

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

 crimson. — Wet bogs. Sh. VI. VII. Cranheri-y. E. S. I. 



[ V. macrocar'mim (Ait.) ; 1. oblong with flat margins, fl. 

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

 shire. An American plant, probably sown there.] 



Tribe IV. Pyrolece. 



10. PYEOtA Linn. Winter-green. 



1. P. rotundifdlia (L.) ; 1. nearly round entire or slightly 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.— 0. arenaria (Koch) ; 1. 

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

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

 /3. Sand-hills near Lytham, Lancashu-e. P. VIII. E. S. 



2. P. mAdia (Sw.) ; 1. nearly round or roundish-oval slightly 

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

 larly inflexed shorter than the nearly straight declining style, stigma 

 annular with 5 erect points. — E. B. 194.5. — Fl. milk-white 

 tinged with pink, rather many, leas expanded than in the pre- 



