Ericacese. 
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366. Oxycoccus. Cranberry. VIII, 8. 
1. Stem creeping, with filiform branches. Ls small, ashy- 
gray underneath. FIs rose-coloured. Vaccinium Oxycoc¬ 
cus L. — Peat bogs; distrib. (only wanting in S.) 6 
palustris Pers. 1477. 
62 . Ericaceae. 
367. Arctostaphylos. Bear-berry. X, 4. 
1. Ls thick, leathery, entire (net-veined, neither spotted nor 
rolled up, which easily distinguishes this pi. from 
No. 1474). Berries red.—Stony places of Alp., subalp. 
and Jura. 4, 5 .... uva Ursi Sprgl. 1478. 
— Ls thin, the lower ones dry, finely toothed. Berries 
black.—Alp. and Jura (Reculet). 5 alpina Sprgl. 1479. 
368. Andromeda. Andromeda. X, 5. 
1. Ls linear-lanceolate, rolled at the edges, glaucous under¬ 
neath.—Peat-mosses; (wanting in T. W. S). 5 
polifolia L. 1480. 
369. Calluna. Ling. VIII, 7. 
1. Small shrubs. Ls acicular, very short. FIs rose-coloured, 
rarely white. Stas with anthers dorsally fixed.—Heaths, 
woods; everywhere. 7, 8 . . vulgaris Salisb. 1481. 
370. Erica. Heath. VIII, 7. 
1. Small shrubs. Ls acicular. FIs red. Anthers not dorsally 
fixed.—Alp. and subalp., sometimes descending to the 
valleys. 5 (3) .carnea L. 1482. 
371. Azalea. Azalea. V, 47. 
1. Small shrubs. Ls small, persistent, oval, rolled at the 
edges. FIs rose-coloured. Loisleuria proc. Desv.—High 
Alp. 7. procumbens L. 1483. 
372. Rhododendron. Alpine-rose. X, 5. 
1. Ls ciliate at the edges, green underneath and spotted 
with scattered resinous glands. Cal.-lobes oblong-lanceo¬ 
late, longer than broad.—Alp. and subalp., sometimes 
descending; not on granite, and not in the Jura! 6 
hirsutum L. 1484. 
— Ls not ciliate, rolled at the edges, of a rusty brown 
colour underneath on account of the extremely crowd¬ 
ed resinous glands. Cal.-lobes short-oval, broader than 
long.—Alp., subalp. and southern Jura, sometimes des¬ 
cending. 6. ferrugineum L. 1485. 
OBS. Hybrid: R. ferrugineum-hirsutum (intermedium Tausch.). 
