OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Vacclnium. 477 
CHLO'RA.* * Cal. eight-leaved : Bloss. one petal, six or eight- 
cleft: Caps, one-celled, two-valved, many-seeded. 
C. perfolia'ta. Leaves perfoliate: panicle forked, many-flowered. E.) 
(Hook. FI. Lond. E.)— E. Bot. 60— Wale. — Barr. 515 and 516—J. B. iii. 
355— H. Ox. v. 26. row 1. 1. and 2. f. 1— Pet. 55. 8— Clus. ii. 180— Lob. 
Obs. 219—Ger. Em. 547. 2—Park. 272. 4 —Ger. 437. 2. 
Boot-leaves oval, sessile, spreading in form of a star; lowest stem-leaves 
oval, spear-shaped, sessile, the rest perforated, oval-spear-shaped. 
Flowers in a kind of umbel, of three rays, encompassed by the uppermost 
leaf, the middle one bearing a single flower without any leaves; the outer 
ones terminated by a leaf similar to the stem-leaves, from which arises 
an umbellule supporting one or more flowers. Woodw. Leaves of the 
calyx, and divisions of the blossom varying from eight to ten. Stamens 
from six to nine. Capsules oblong, longer than the tube of the blossom. 
Style thickest towards the top, cloven, yellow. Summits two, shaped 
like a horse-shoe. ( Stems twelve to eighteen inches high, bearing a leafy 
panicle of numerous elegant bright yellow flowers, open in sunshine only, 
with scarlet stigmas. Sm. E.) 
Perfoliate Yellow-wort. (Yellow Centaury. Irish: Dedgha 
buihe. E.) In stiff* clay, or marley grounds. Mountainous meadows and 
pastures in calcareous soil. Near Bungay. Mr. Woodward. Side of 
Malvern Chase, Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. Edge of the Ridd Cliff, 
Worcestershire. Dr. Stokes. Coalbrook-dale. Mr. Aikin. Ranton Abbey, 
Staffordshire. River side opposite St. Vincent’s Rocks. (Spade Adam, 
near the house, Cumberland. Hutchinson. Knot’s-hole rocks, near 
Liverpool. Dr. Bostock. Vale of Dudcombe, near Painswick. Mr. O. 
Roberts. Ryegate Hill, and fields about Box Hill, Surry. Mr. Winch. 
On the banks in the King’s-field, Selborne. White’s Nat. Hist. Ventnor 
Cove, Isle of Wight. Mr. Snooke. E.) A. June—Sept.f 
VACCIN'IUM.j; Cal . superior: Bloss . one petal: Filaments 
fixed to the receptacle : Berry four-celled, many-seeded, 
beneath, dimpled. 
(1) Leaves deciduous. 
V. myrtil/lus. Fruit-stalks single-flowered: leaves serrated, mem¬ 
branous, egg-shaped: stem angular: (calyx wavy, nearly entire. 
Sm. E.) 
Dicks. H. S.—(E. Bot. 456. E.)—Sheldr. 18 —FI. Dan. 974 —Kniph. 8— 
Matth. 231— Dod. 768. 2—Lob. Obs. 546. 2—Ger. Em. 1415. 1 —Park. 
1456. 1—Blackw. 463. 
(Seldom rising above one or two feet. Stems much branched. Leaves 
alternate, smooth, veined. Stamens eight to ten. Anthers with a pore 
scenery. In the autumn of the present year (1828) we visited, with mingled sentiments 
of veneration and regret, the sacred spot so characteristically chosen by himself. 
“ A man he was to all the country dear ! ” 
For a description of the identical tree consult that eminent writer’s Remarks on Forest 
Scenery ; and for a faithful delineation of it see Strutt’s Sylva Britannica. E.) 
* (From xAwpof, greenish yellow ; probably alluding to the colour of the blossom. E.) 
+ (Whole herb very bitter; supposed to possess the virtues of Gentian, or of Chironia 
Centaureum. Hook. E.) 
+ (From vouttvQivot ; descriptive of the colour of the blossom. E.) 
