CHAP. II. 



BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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YaccmiecE. Faccinium Myrtillus and uliginosum, deciduous 

 shrubs, 1 ft. high ; and Fitis idse^a, an evergreen shrub, under a 

 foot high ; Oxycoccus vulgaris, a prostrate evergreen shrub. 



liLricdcecB. Calluna vulgaris, a prostrate evergreen shrub, 

 about a foot in height; Erica. Tetralix cinerea, ciliaris, mediter- 

 ranea, Macka^■fl?^«, and vagans, and Daboe'cm jsoliifolia, D. p. 

 alba, and caerulea, and Andromeda ^oliifolia, evergreen shrubs, 

 under a foot high ; Arbutus CTnedo qu., an evergreen shrub, 

 15ft. high; ^rctostaphylos UVa ursi, a prostrate evergreen 

 shrub, and alpina, a prostrate deciduous shrub; and Chameeledon 

 procumbens, a prostrate evergreen shrub. 



OledcecE. iigustrum vulgare, a deciduous shrub, 6 ft. high ; 

 jpraxinus excelsior, a deciduous tree, 80 ft. high ; heterophylla, 

 a deciduous tree, 30 ft. high. 



Apoc{/ne(S. Vinca minor qu., an evergreen prostrate shrub. 



Soldfiece. (Solanum Dulcamara, a deciduous trailer, 



ChenopbdeiE. Chenopodium fruticosum, an evergreen shrub, 

 between 3 ft. and 4 ft. high ; ^'triplex joortulacbides, a prostrate 

 evergreen shrub, under a foot in height. 



Thymela;'(S. Daphne Laureola, an evergreen shrub, 2 ft. ; 

 Mezereum qu., a deciduous shrub, 3 ft. 



YI(EdgnecB. ^Tippophae rhamncJides mas, rh. foem., deciduous 

 shrubs or very low trees, 1 5 ft, 



Ez^p/zoriiacese. ^Juphorbm Characias qu., and «mygdalbides, 

 evergreen fruticulose shrubs, 2 ft. high ; and 5uxus semper- 

 yirens qu., an evergreen tree, from 8 ft. to 20 ft. high. 



Ulmdcecr. Ulmus campestris qu., a deciduous tree, of 80 ft. ; 

 U. suberosa qu., major qu,, and montana, deciduous trees, of 

 40 ft, ; and U. glabra qu., a deciduous tree, of 60 ft. 



CupultfercE. Quercus jRobur and sessiliflora, deciduous trees, 

 of 80 ft. ; Castanea vesca qu., a deciduous tree, of 60 ft. ; i^agus 

 sylvatica, a deciduous tree, of 70 ft.; Corylus ^vellana, a deci- 

 duous shrub, of 10 ft.; and Carpinus ^etulus, a deciduous tree, 

 of 35 ft. 



BetuUnecE. jBetula alba, a deciduous tree, of 40 ft. ; and B. 

 nana, a deciduous under-shrub, of 2 ft. 



^Salicinea. SaWx fragilis mas and fragilis foemina, Russell- 

 idna mas, Russell, foem., alba mas, a. foem., alba var. cserulea 

 mas, a. c. foem., deciduous trees, of 40 ft. high ; S. triandra 

 mas, t. foem., lanceolata mas, 1. foem., pentandra mas, p. 

 fcem., petiolaris mas, p. foem., vitellina mas, v. fosm., decipiens 

 mas, d. foern., rubra mas, r. foem., cinerea mas, c. foem., olese- 

 folia mas, o. foem., hirta mas, h. foem., caprea mas, c. foem., 

 acuminata mas, a. foem., and viminalis mas, v. foem., all decidu- 

 ous trees, 20ft. or 25ft. high; Uoffmannidna mas, H. fcem., 

 amygdalina mas, a. foem., nigricans mas, n. fcem., Borreiidna 

 mas, B. foem., nitens mas, n. foem., 'Da\a\Ud?ia mas, D. foem., 

 Wulfenidna mas, W. foem., tetrapla mas, t. foem., bkolor mas, 



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