DABOECIA (called St. Dabeoc's Heath in Ireland). ORD. Ericaceae. A very pretty shrub, having much the habit of a species of Heath, and adapted for decorating the front of shrubberies, or for growing on rockwork or banks. It thrives in a sandy peat soil, with a little loam added. Increased by layers, in autumn; or by cuttings, placed under a handlight. DABOECIA polifolia (Polium-leaved).* St. Dabeoc's Heath. fl. white, rose, or purple, very elegant, drooping from the short pedicels in a loose terminal raceme; corolla ovoid, ventricose, shortly four-lobed; lobes broad, recurved, imbricated. June to September. l. small, the lower ones ovate, the upper ones narrow, all green above, and very white beneath. Branches ascending, clothed with short, rather viscid hairs. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Common on the heathy wastes of South-western Europe, Mayo and Connemara in Ireland, and the Azores. SYN. Menziesia polifolia.