280 
47. ERICACEJ;. 
revolute. Fl. small, on simple stalks, terminal, collected 
together.— Summits of the Highland mountains. Sh. V. VI. S. 
ILedum pidus'tre (L.), Fl. Dan. t. 1031, liaviii<; linear obtuse 1. with strongly 
recurved margins, the lower surface as well as the young shoots covered with 
reddish-brown felt, and terminal clusters of white H. with rotate cor. and ^ 
conspicuously exserted stam., has been known for many years in Perthsh. 
Introduced?— See J. of B. 1894, p. 274.] 
Tribe III. Vaccinieoe. 
9. VACClN'lxm Linn. 
* Anth. vjith 2 dorsal horns. L. deciduous. St. erect. 
1. V. Myrtil'lus (L.) ; I. ovate serrate glabrous, fl. solitary, st. 
acutely angular. — E. B. 456. — St. woody, about a foot high, 
branching. Fl. subglobular, greenish tinged with red, nodding. 
Berries nearly black. — Stony woods and heaths. Sh. V. 
BUberrii. E. S. I. 
2. V. inter tnedixim (Ruthe) ; I. elliptical apicidate slightly 
narrowed below denticidate pale green with minute stalked 
glands and veined beneath, fl. in small terminal drooping 
racemes, st. subterete. — Linn. .Tourn. xxiv. t. 3. — St. woody, 
slightly angular, minutely downy above. Fl. urceolate- 
campanulate, pale pink, scented. Berries globose dark 
violet, rarely found. L. darker gi'een than in Sp. 1. [considered 
a hybrid between Sp. 1 & 4.] — Moors, Canuoch Chase. Boniiei/. 
Sh. VIII. E. 
3. V. uligiiukum (L.) ; /. ohovafe entire glaucous and veined 
beneath, fl. several together, st. terete. — E. B. 581. St. 12. — 
St. woody. Fl. ovoid, flesh-coloured, nodding. — Berries nearly 
black. — Mountain bogs. Sh. V. Bog- Whm-tleherry. E. S. 
Antli. without ho^-ns on the back. L. evergreen. 
4. r. Vitis-idce'a (L.) ; I. obovate dotted beneath, margins 
revolute and someivhat crenate, fl. racemose terminal, cor. bell- 
shaped. — E. I>. 598.— Evergreen. St. woody, 6—8 in. high, 
straggling. L. like those of Box, dark green above. Fl. pink, 
4-cleft. Berries red, acid. — ilountain heaths. Sh. VI. VII. 
Red Whortleberri/. C'owberri/. Craidjerry oi the 'Sorth. E.S.I. 
