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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM, 



PART III. 



north-west coast of Labrador. In Asia: on the mountains of Uda, in the 

 north. Cultivated in British gardens, in moist peaty soil, where it forms a 

 low, trailing, evergreen heath-like shrub. 



*~ 2. P. jeaipetrifo'rhis D. Don. The Empetrum-like Phyllodoce. 



Identification. D. Don. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., July, 1834; Don's Mill., 3. t)]g 



1>. 833, 

 Si/noniftnc. Mensi&sa empctriformis Smith in Lin. Soc. Trans., 10. p. 280. ; 



Hook Not. Mag., t. 3116. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 317G. ; and our Jig. 916. 



Spec. Char.yfyc. Leaves with denticulated margins. Peduncles 

 aggregate, sparingly glanded. Segments of the calyx ovate, 

 obtuse. Corolla pale red. Anthers the length of the filaments. 

 ( Don's Mill., iii. p. 833.) A native of North America ; intro- 

 duced in 1810, and forming a low, creeping, heath-like shrub, 

 seldom exceeding 6 in. in height, and producing its pale red 

 flowers in June and July. 



Genus XII. 



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DABCE v C/yi D. Don. The Dabozcia. IAn. Syst. Octandria Monogynia, 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 

 Synoiiyjncs. i?rlca sp. Lin. ; Andromeda sp. Lin. ; Menziesia sp. Juss. 

 Derivation. D. ^olifblia D. Don is called, in Ireland, St. Daneoc's heath. 



Description, Sec. Low, heath-like, evergreen, shrubs, natives of the north of 

 Europe and North America. 



a. 1. D. polifo v lia D. Don. The Poly-leaved Dabcecia. 



Identification. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Journ., 17. p. 160. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 833. 

 Synonymes. Andr6med« Daba?'cj« Lin. Syst., 406. ; Erica Dabce'cm Lin. Sp., 509. ; Eng. Bot., t. 35. ; 

 ' Menzihsia Daboc v ci« Dec. Fl. Gall., 674. ; .Erica hibernica, &c, Raii Hist., 3. Suppl. 244. ; Men- 

 zies/Vi /jolitolia Juss. Ann. Mus., 1. p. 55., Fl. Hib., p. 180.; Faccfnium cantabricum Huds. Fl. 

 AngL, ed. 1. p. 143., Petiv. Gax., 27. f. 4 ; Irish Whorts, Cantabrian Heath, St. Dabeocs 

 Heath. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 35. ; Petiv. Gaz., 27. f. 4. ; Sweet's Brit. Fl.-Gard., 2. s. t. 276. ; and our 

 figs 917, 918. 



2 ft. high. Leaves 

 Flowers purple, in 



Spec. Char., Sfc. A bushy evergreen shrub, 1 ft. to 



elliptic, flat, clothed with white tomentum beneath. 

 Q^7 terminal racemes. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 



833.) A native of Ireland and the 

 Pyrenees. In Ireland, it is very abun- 

 dant, on the sides of mountains and dry 

 heaths all over Cunnemara ; and, in 

 Mayo, as far north as the mountain 

 called Croagh Patrick. (J. T. Mackay > 

 Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. iv. p. 167.) 

 It is, besides, " found on the Western 

 Pyrenees, and at Anjou." {Id.) Culti- 

 vated in British gardens, in moist peaty 



soil. This species and its variety are very commonly introduced into 



heatheries, as closely resembling hardy low-growing heaths in their foliage 

 neral habit. The foliage is of a darker green than almost any other 



heaths, and the leaves, singly, are also larger. 



918 



V a rich/. 



1). p. % fibre dlbo 8wt. Brit. Fl. Gard., 2d ser., t. 276. — A variety 

 with white flowers, which was discovered in Cunnemara, in 1820, 



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Road ; and in Other nurseries. 



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<:rowing along with the common variety. (Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. iv. 

 p. 167.) There are plants in Knight's Exotic Nursery, King's 



