Pl. ex. cal . 
36. ERICINiE. 162. Uva-ursi. 40l 
Stem procumbent, much branched ; bark smooth ; leaves 
alternate; corolla flesh-colour; berry red, austere. 
2. Uva-ursi alpina. Alpine bears-grape , 
Leaves reverse- ovate, pointed, wrinkled; edge serrated. 
Vferonica Pannonica, sive Vitis Idaea, Ger.em. 1416, 4. 
Vaccinia nigra Pannonica, Park. 1486. 
Arbutus Alpina, Lin. S. P. 566. 
Hungary whortleberries. 
Dry alpine rocks; shrubby; May. 
Stem prostrate ; bark falling off’; leaves fringed ; corolla 
white ; bructece fringed ; berry black. 
B. Anthers 2-celled, opening by 2 foramens ; corolla 2 to 
5-parted, nearly to the base. 
IX. 163. CHAMiECISTUS. Clusius. Rose-bay . 
Calyx 5-parted; corolla bellshaped; limb 5-parted, re- 
gular ; stamens 5, equal, enclosed, not declinate ; capsule 
ovate, 5-celled; dehiscence septicidal ; seeds many. — Shrub 
procumbent ;4eaves, opposite, edge turned over, not nicked, 
furrowed beneath, perennial; flowers terminal, upright, 
solitary or in pairs ; bractece 3 at the base of each peduncle, 
2 large, 1 small. 
Chamcecistus serpyllifolius . Thyme-leaf rose-bay . 
Branches diffuse, procumbent; leaves elliptical, quite 
bald. 
ChamJEcistus serpyllifoliis, Ger. em. 1284. 
Azalea procumbens, Lin. S. P. 215. 
Thyme-leaved dwarf cistus. 
Alpine heaths ; shrubby ; July and August. 
Stem much branched, branches intermixed; leaves pe- 
tioled, spread, blunt; petioles fringed ; flowers dark rose- 
colour. 
X. 164. EMPETRUM. Dioscorides. Crakeberry . 
Calyx 3-parted ; corolla 3-parted or 3-petaled ; lobes 
turned over ; stamens very long, opposite to the lobes, 3, 
or rarely 9 ; anthers opening lengthways on the sides ; ovary 
flattened; style 1, short; stigma 9-rayed; berry flattened, 
6 or 9-seeded. — Shrub low; leaves crowded, alternate or 
nearly whirled, small ; edge turned over, concave beneath ; 
flowers solitary, axillary, unisexual, rarely hermaphrodite, 
frequently dioicous ; bractece 3 to each flower. 
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