at the margin, -ffacmei terminal, solitary, manv-flowerp,l
from 3 to 9 mches long. Flowers drooping.
glandular “ d
cles Cnl f shorter than the peduncles.
i7a% deeply 4-partite ; segments lanceolate Lumi
nate fringed with glandular hairs. Corolla oval vetaricoTe'
lightly pubescent, with 4 short lobes, most commonlv h S ?
but occasionally varying to dark red, or pure white as in’
the varie y now before US. 8 , incbsed. F ilZ eT ts
A 1 glabrous, broader and imbricate at the base
I f hers longer than the filaments, of a dark brown the cells
p ra b l, free at the top, opening lengthways, produced at
he base into a short mucronufate spur. ^ sb n d e f
The present very beautiful variety was gathered in ik«
183?^1832. TThhe^ fylo°w’ ers are rather larger than in vTa-r . Ma aacnkda yth, eivn
are produced m equal abundance. The plant requires a
s o l r t wfll propagated by layers and by cuttings,
U t i l t be “ — olbctionsfi
nn ‘^arbty a grows wild at Old Head, on Croagh-Patrick
and around Castle Bonrke, in the colnty of £ y o 0 „
Croagh-Patrick Mr. Lambert found it extending almost to
pLYr„ra t e & F " ‘
‘‘Ray tells us in his History of Plants, that it is called
Dabeoc s Heath (from whence the generic name) S that’
the Irish girls gird themselves with its long trailing branches
nnl ¥ * e ir chastity—With what fuccess he
unluckily has omitted to inform us.” D . Don.
1. Stamens and Pistil. _ 2. Stamens separate.
4. Sprig of the purple variety. 3 . P i s t i l .