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red. — The great ornament of Killarnev where it is truly w T ild. 
T. IX. X. I. 
2. Arctostaphylos Adans. 
1. A. alpina (Spr.) ; procumbent, I. wrinkled serrated deci- 
duous, clusters terminal. — Arbutus Sm. E. B. 2030. St. 6. 8. — 
St. woody, trailing, long. L. obovate, reticulated. Fl. white, 
hairy about the mouth. Berry smooth, black. — Mountainous 
heaths in the north. Sh. V. Black Bear-berry. S. 
2. A. Uva-ursi (Spr.) ; procumbent, I. obovate entire shining 
evergreen, clusters terminal. — Arbutus Sm. E. B. 714. St. 6. 8. 
— St. woody, trailing, long. L. obtuse, quite entire. Fl. rose- 
coloured, smooth. Berry globose, scarlet. — Dry stony alpine 
heaths. Sh. VI. 
Tribe II. Ericecs. 
3. Andromeda Linn. 
1. A. polifolia (L.) ; 1. alternate lanceolate with revolute 
margins glaucous beneath, fl. subumbellate terminal.— E. B. 
713. — St. slender, woody, prostrate below\ Fl. drooping, ovate, 
pink. L. evergreen, acute. Peduncles 2 or 3 times as long as 
the flowers, incorrectly represented in E. B. — Peat bogs. Sh. V. 
—IX. 
4. Calluna Salisb. 
1. C. vulgaris (Salisb.). The only species. — E. B. 1013.- — A 
low tufted shrub with small sessile closely imbricated keeled 
leaves arranged in 4 rows, each 1. having 2 small spurs at the 
base and nearly or quite smooth. Fl. small, shortly stalked, 
drooping, rose-coloured or white. — fi. tomentosa ; 1. hoary. — Dry 
heaths. Sh. VI. — VIII. Common Heath. Ling. 
5. Erica Linn. 
* Erica (J). Don) ; cor. globose or urceolate, stam. included, 
filaments capillary, stigma peltate. 
1. E. Tetralix (L.) ; I. 4 in a whorl lanceolate or linear cili- 
ated downy above and on the midrib beneath : margins revolute, 
fl capitate, sep. linear downy ciliated, anth. awned, ovary downy. 
— E. B. 1014. — St. branched below, often in a determinate man- 
ner about the middle, simple in the upper part, densely leafy be- 
low, the whorls more distant towards the top and usually leaving 
a leafless space next to the flowers. Young 1. always downy 
above, old 1. sometimes glabrous. Sep. downy and mealy. Fl. 
rose-coloured. Style usually included. — Boggy heaths. Sh. VII. 
VIII. Cross-leaved Heath. 
2. E. mackaiana (Bab.) ; I. 4 in a whorl ovate ciliated the 
midrib beneath and upper surface glabrous: margins revolute, fl. 
