dijffitsis procumbentibus, Linn. FI. Lapp. (1st ed.) p. 58. t. 6. f. 2. — Chamcecis- 
tus serpylltfulius, Johnson’s Gcrarde, p. 1284, with a figure. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. 
v. ii. p. 401. — Chqnueledon procumbens. Link. Enura. v. i. p. 210. — Anonymos 
fruticosa, foliis erica baccifercc Matthioli, Bauh. Hist. v. i. p. 527, with a 
figure. 
Localitiks. — On dry moory ground, on most of the Scottish Highland Moun- 
tains. among grass and moss. — Aberdeensh. Avon Hills, in many places, from 
700 to 1150 yards: N. B. G. Loch-na-Garr : Murray. — Argylesh. Ben 
Cruachan ; and Locheil Moors: N. B. G. — Banffsh. near Loch Avon: N. B.G. 
— In Dumbartonshire ; N. B.G. — Forfarsh. On the iiill between Glen Bra- 
dooney and Glen Dole ; and others of the Clova Mountains: Mr. H.C. Watson. 
tin the lop of Cairn Inks, a mountain opposite the Inn atClova: Murray. — 
Inverness-shire ; By the Lake on Ben Nevis: Mr. H. C. Watson. Benvochart, 
near Inverness: Mr. Andkrson. Cairngorm: Mr. Smith. — Orkney; Hoy 
Hill: N. B. G. — Perthsh. Ben Lasvers ; Ben More; South-east shoulder of 
Ben Voirlich ; Ben Glow ( Ben-y-Gloe 1) ; and Ben Ferrag. by Loch Erricht : 
N. B. G. — Boss-shire; Ben Wevis : N J. Winch, Esq. Hills of Hoss-shire : 
Mr. G. C. Siuuu — In Shetland : Mr Hi wn son. — Sterlingsh. Ben Lomond : 
Mr. .1. Hoorir. — Sutherland ; Fonniven : Graham. Ben Hope, and Ben 
Heeal : Mr. H.C. Wa i son. 
Shrub. — Flowers from April to July. 
Root woody, brandling, fibrous. Stems dwarfish, woody, rigid, 
tortuous, round, darkish-brown, and naked below, leafy above, 
very much branched ; branches crowded, leafy, each 2 or 3 inches 
long, depressed, spreading in all directions. Leaves numerous, 
small, opposite, on very short, somewhat dilated petioles, oval, en- 
tire, very much resembling those of Thyme (t. 127), quite smooth, 
glossy, dark-green, channelled on the upper surface, with the 
margins remarkably revolute, so as almost to meet the thick, broad, 
prominent midrib of the under surface, which is paler. Flowers 
small, in short terminal racemes. Pedicels (see fig. 1.) smooth, 
red, each with an egg-shaped bractea at its base, swollen upwards. 
Calyx (see fig. 1.) purple, permanent, in 5 deep, oblong, fleshy 
segments. Corolla rose-coloured, in 5 oblong, bluntish, moderately 
spreading segments. Stamens inserted upon a fleshy disk or base 
tu the germen, a little shorter than the corolla ; anthers (see fig. 4.) 
of 2 oval cells, opening by a longitudinal fissure. Germen (see 
fig. 5.) on a fleshy base or disk, egg-shaped, 2- or 3-celled. Cap- 
sule (see fig 6 to 9.) broadly egg-shaped, purplish-brown, with a 
spongy coat, and deciduous cuticle ; opening by 2 or 3 valves, 
according as the cells are 2 or 3. Seeds (see figs. 10 to 13) oval, 
pale brown, dotted, fixed to the lobes of a central, at length, (when 
the valves open,) free column or receptacle. See Hooh. Brit. FI. 
Authors differ in opinion respecting the number of valves and cells which com- 
pose the capsules of this species. G.crtnkr found but 2, or more commonly 3, 
cells to the capsule, never 5; ami his observations are confirmed by those of Sir 
W. J. Hooki h. Linn.t.us describes them ( Tour in Lapland, v. i. p.285.) as 
having 5 cells and 5 valves; and Sir J. E. Smith says {Engl. FI. v. i. p. 282), 
that he found 4 or 5. The capsules of some specimens ot An a lea procumbens, 
in the Sherardian Herbarium, appear, some to have 4, and others 5 valves, 
but, on a close inspection of them, i found the former were only 2, and the latter 
only 3-celled each valve being divided so far down as to look like two. 
This interesting and elegant little shrub, which is so plentiful on the tops of 
many of the mountains in Scotland, has not, l believe, been found either in 
England or Ireland, it is said to abound in the Arctic Regions, and through- 
out the whole of tile northern hemisphere. In North America, it is found wild 
in the alp. ne regions of the White Mountains, New Hampshire; and onGrand- 
t, it her Mountain, Carolina, \c. 
For the specimen figured, I am indebted to Mr. W. Jackson, jun. of Dundee, 
who gathered it on the Clova Mountains, in J uly, 1840. 
