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ERICACEiE. 
G. E. vagans (L.) ; 1. 4 — 5 in a whorl linear glabrous, fl. axil- 
lary crowded, cor. short campamilate, sep. small ovate obtuse, 
anth. ovate of 2 distinct cells gibbous at the base. — E. B. 3. — 
St. 1 — 2 feet high, copiously branched. Fl. usually collected 
in large numbers considerably below the top of the branches, 
cor. red or white. Anth. dark purple. Gerraen glabrous. — 
Western parts of Cornwall. Coast of Waterford. Sh. VII. 
VIII. Cornish Heath. E. I. 
6. PlIYLLODOCE Stilish. 
1. P. ccendea ; 1. linear with denticulated margins, peduncles 
glandular-hairy, calycine segments lanceolate acute, anth. 3 
times shorter than the glabrous filaments.- — Menziesia Sm. E. B. 
24G9. — St. 4 — 5 in. high, determinately branched, naked below, 
densely hairy above. Peduncles terminal, aggregate, simple. 
Fl. large, pale bluish-red. — -Sow of Athol, Perthshire; nearly 
if not quite extirpated by an Edinburgh nursery-man. Sh. 
VI. VII. s. 
7. Dabcecia D. Don. 
1. D. polifolia (D. Don). The only species. — Menziesia Sm. 
E. B. 35. — St. bushy, 1 — 2 feet long, ultimately decumbent. 
L. ovate or elliptical, flat, with revolute margins, white and cot- 
tony beneath. Fl. large, purple, sometimes wliite, drooping, on 
short stalks, in terminal simple unilateral clusters. Anth. very 
large. — Cunnamara. Sh. VIII. Cunnamara or St. Dabeoc's 
Heath. I. 
8. Azalea Linn. 
1. A. procumbens (L.). The original Azalea of Linnajus and 
only species. — E. B. 365. Loiseleuria Desv., DC. — St. woody, 
spreading, procumbent. L. small, opposite, revolute. Fl. small, 
on simple stalks, terminal, aggregated. — Summits of the high- 
land mountains. Sh. V. VI. S. 
[Ledum palustre has no claims to be considered as a British 
plant.] 
Tribe III. Vaccinece. 
9. Vaccinium Linn. 
* Anthers with 2 dorsal horns. 
1. V. Myrtillus (L.) ; /. ovate serrated glabrous deciduous, fl. 
solitary, st. acutely angular. — E. B. 45G. — St. woody, about a 
foot high, branching. Fl. greenish, tinged with red, nodding. 
Berries black. — Stony woods and heaths. Sh. V. Common 
Bilbei-ry. 
2. V. uliginosum (L.) ; I. obovate entire glaucous and veined 
beneath deciduous, fl. aggregate,- st. rounded. — E. B. 531. St. 
