Baines’ FI. of Yofksh. p. 70.— Mack. Catal. of PI. Irek p. 39.: FI. Hib. p 182. — 
Arbutus procumbens, Salb. Prod. p. 289.— Vaccinia rubra foliis myrtinis 
crispis, Merr, Pin. p. 123. — Ray’s Syn p. 457 ; the synonyms confused (Smith). 
— Vaccinia ursi, sive Uva ursiapud Clusium, Johns. Ger. p. 1416. f. 5. — Uva 
ursi Galeni Clusii, Park. Theatr. Bot. p. 1457. f. 6. — Uva ursi, CIus. Hist. v. i. 
p. 63, with a figure — Uva ursi buxifolia, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 400. — Vitis 
Ideea, foliis carnosis et veluti punctatis, Bauh. Pin. p. 470. 
Localities. — On dry, heathy, mountainous, and rocky places. — Cheshire; 
On the hills betwixt Cheshire and Yorkshire ; near Greenfield : B.G. — Cumber- 
land ; Marindale Dale-Head, Ullswater: B G. Descending Grasmoor to 
Orummoekwater, rather on the Buttermere than the Scale Hillside: N. B. G. — 
Derbysh. On Kinder-Scout near Hayfield: B. G. Fox House, on the Moore: 
1835; N. B.G. — Durham ; Cronkley Fell ; Force Garth Scar, Teesdale Forest ; 
and near Caldron Scout : B.G. — Lancash. Four miles from Heplonstall near 
Widdop, on a great stone by the river Gorlpe: Merrett, (1666). Shown to 
Ray, on the same spot, (before 1690), by T. Wili.isel: Ray's Syn. “ There 
is no such river as Gorlp, nor is the plant now to be found in Widdop :” Mr. 
Leyland, in N. B. G. — Northumberland ; On the Heath on the South side of 
East Common Wood near Hexham ; on Acton Cleugh, five miles N. of Blanch- 
land ; and on Little Waney-house Crag, sparingly: FI. of North. § Durh . — 
Shropsh. Devil’s Arm-chair, Stiperstones Hill: A. Aiken, Esq. in FI. of 
Shropsh. — Westmoreland ; Dale-head, near Ullswater: B. G. — Yorkshire ; 
Hutchin Moor, near Todmorden ; on Cronekley Scarr, and on Falcon Clints 
Scarr, on the opposite side of the Tees above Middleton. It formerly giew in 
the Eavs at Heplonstall, but is now eradicated: Mr. Baines, in FI. Yorksh . — 
SCOTLAND. Abundant on dry heathy, rocky places, in the Highlands and 
Western Isles: Hooker. — IRELAND. Very abundant on the limestone 
mountains, barony of Burren, county of Clare, and on several mountains in 
Cunnamara. At Fair-head, county of Antrim : FI. Iiibern. 
Shrub. — Flowers in June. 
Root long, branched, and fibrous. Stems numerous, woody, 
cylindrical, smooth, or slightly pubescent, very long, trailing on the 
ground, much branched, leafy. Leaves alternate, on short petioles, 
inversely egg-shaped, blunt, entire, stiff, rigid, evergreen, shining 
and wrinkled on the upper surface, veiny and paler beneath, smooth, 
except the slightly revolute margins, which are minutely downy. 
Scales of the buds spear-shaped, pointed, permanent. Slipulas 
none. Flowers in short, drooping, terminal clusters ( racemes J, 
with many pointed, coloured bracteas. Segments of the calyx 
pale, often fringed. Corolla of a beautiful rose-colour, smooth. 
Berry globose, depressed, smooth and glossy, red when ripe, about 
the size of a holly-berry, mealy within, very austere and astringent. 
As well as of Britain this plant is also a native of North America, in the pine- 
barrens of New Jersey, and in mountainous and rocky situations of Canada and 
New England; and the Island of Unalascba. It is abundant on the continent 
of Europe, as in Sweden. Denmark, and most parts of the north; also in Swit- 
zerland, Germany, Carniola, Dauphiny, Savoy, Siberia, ixc. — The whole plant 
is powerfully astringent; it abounds in the tannin principle; and, both in 
Sweden and America, it has been used for tanning leather, and dying it an ash- 
grey colour. Half a drachm of the powder of the leaves given every morning, 
or 2 or 3 times a day, has been found useful in calculus and nephiitic complaints, 
and other disorders of the urinary passages. It was also strongly recommended, 
by the late Dr. Bourne, of Oxford, in cases of pulmonary consumption*. — 
Punsii says, that on the plains of ti : e Mississipi the Indians smoke the leaves 
under the name of Sacacommis, and consider them of great medicinal virtue. 
Dr. Johnston informs us (FI. of Berw.J, that the berries of this Shrub are 
known by the common people in the west of Berwickshire by the name of 
Rapperdandies, and are eaten by them. T hey are dry, mealy, and austere, but 
are said to affoid excellent food for grouse and other game. 
* See “ Cases of Pulmonary Consumption, & c. Treated with Uva Ursi. By 
R. Bourne, M. D.,” &c. &c. 8vo. Oxford. 1805. 
