PIIYLLODOCE. — VACCINIUM. 
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Ian’ crowded, cor. short campanulate, sej). small ovate obtuse, 
nnth. ovate of 2 distinct cells gibbotis at the base. — E. B. 3. — 
St. 1 — 2 feet high, cojiiously brancbed. FI. usnally collected in 
large nninbers considerably below the toj) of the branches, cor. 
red or white. Anth. dark ))nrj)le. Gennen glabrous. — Western 
j)arts of Cornwall. Coast of Waterford. Sh. VII. VIII. Cornish 
Heath. E. I. 
6. PiiYLLODOCE Salisb. 
I. P. carulea 1. linear denticulated, ped. glandular-hairy, 
calycine segments lanceolate acute, anth. 3 times shorter than 
the glabrous filaments. — Menziesia Sin., E. B. 24(i!). — St. 4 — 5 
in. high, determinately branched, naked below, densely hairy above. 
Ped. terminal, aggregate, simjile. FI. large, pale, bluish-red. — 
Sow of Athol, Perthsliire ; nearly if not quite e.Ytirpated by an 
Edinburgh nursery-man. Sh. VI. VII. S. 
7. Dabcecia D. Don. 
I . D. poHfolia (D. Don). — Menziesia Sm., E. B. 35. — St. bushy, 
I — 2 feet long, idtimately decumbent. L. ovate or elliptical, flat, 
with revolute margins, white and cottony beneath. FI. large, 
purple, sometimes white, drooping, on short stalks, in terminal 
simple unilateral clusters. Anth. very large. — Cunnamara. Sh. 
VIII. Cunnamara or St. Dabeoc's Heatli. I. 
8. Azalea Linn. 
1. A. procumbens (L.). — E. B. 865. Loiseleuria Desv., DC. 
The original Azalea of Linnaeus and only species. — St. woody, 
spreading, procumbent. L. small, opposite, revolute. FI. small, 
on simple stalks, terminal, aggregated. — Summits of the highland 
mountains. Sh. V. VI. S. 
[Ledum palustre is not known as a British plant.] 
Tribe III. Vaccineee. 
9. Vaccinium Linn. 
* Anthers with 2 dorsal horns. 
1. V. Myrtillus (L.) ; 1. ovate serrated glabrous deciduous, fl. 
solitary, st. acutely angular. — E. B. 456. — St. woody, about a 
foot high, branching. Fl. greenish, tinged with red, nodding. 
Berries black. — Stony woods and heaths. Sh. V. Bilberry. 
2. V. uliginosum (L.) ; 1. obovate entire glaucous and veined 
beneath deciduous, fl. aggregate, st. rounded. — E. B. 581 . St. 12. 
— St. woody. Fl. flesh-coloured, nodding. Berries black. — 
Mountain bogs. Sh. V. Bog Wortleberry. E. S. 
