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VACCINIACE/E. 
Vaccinium (L.). 
V. Oxycoccos (. L .). Fig. 389. Cranberry. Native. Shrub. 
VI, VII. 
Wet Bogs. Very rare. 
L. N. side of Simmonswood Moss; Sutton Moss (D.). 
V. Vitisddaea (L.). Fig. 390. Red Whortleberry. Cow Berry. 
Native. Shrub. VI, VII. 
Heaths. Very rare. 
C. Heath near Frodsham (j.f.r.). Bidston Hill below the 
lighthouse (j. MacD.). 1896, N.E. slope of Bidston Hill (Dr. g.). 
V. Myrtillus (L.). Fig. 391. Bilberry. Whortleberry. Blaeberry. 
Native. Shrub. V, VI. 
On heaths and in woods. Locally frequent. 
C. Bidston Hill; Storeton Hill; Crosshill, Barnston ; Thur- 
staston Hills; Eastham Woods (Dr. g.). Frodsham; Helsby ; 
West Kirby (r.b.). 
ERICACEAE. 
Andromeda (L.). 
A. Polifolia (L.). Fig. 392. Wild Rosemary. Native. Shrub. 
V-IX. 
Peat bogs. Rare. 
L. Simmonswood Moss; Bickerstaffe Moss (D.). Rainford 
Moss (h.s.f.). 
Calluna ( Salisb .). Heather. 
C. Erica ( D . C.). Fig. 393. Ling. The Heather. Native. Shrub. 
VI-VII 1 . 
On heaths. Locally abundant. 
Note. — O ur plant is nearly all var. glabrata , Leem. ; but occasionally 
var. incana , auct., is found, as at Bidston and Thurstaston in C. 
Erica (L.). Heath. 
E. Tetralix ( L ). Fig. 394. Cross-leaved Heath. Native. Shrub. 
VII, VIII. 
Moist heaths. Locally common. 
E. cinerea (L.). Fig. 395. Fine-leaved Heath. Native. Shrub. 
VII, VIII. 
On heaths. Locally very common. 
