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VACCINIUM fuscatum. 



Clmter-Jiowered Wkortle-herry . 



OCTANDRIA C^ECANDRIA. Pttrth.) MONOGYNU. 



Nat, ord* £kic^. JussUu g^H^ 1S9. Div* IL Genncn inferum ant 



seminiferum. 

 EfticE^t Browi prod* 557- 

 VACCINIUNL CaU supetils 4-{5-) dentatus aut integer^ Cor, cam* 

 (utnulata 4-(5-} fida lacmiis reflexis (4*partita omnino reflexa in Oxycocco)* ■ 

 Staf^, nan epipetala, quandoque exserta; antk. bicornes & dorso 2-aristat«b 

 Gerr^, inferum. Bacca parva, infera» globosa, umbilicata, 4-loc.» oligo* 

 sperma. Fr^iiceSf squaviis gentmarnm s/rpi persistentibus in ramvlorum basif 

 Jbl* alterna^ in quibusdani sempervirentia g Jlores pedtceUatiy solitarii, asS* 

 idres, V. plurirrti terminaies bracteati^ interdiim Stfidi, lO^ndru Jiiai. J, Cm 

 162. 



Div^Jbliis annotinis seu deeiduis, 

 y,Juscahm^ folus oblongjs acutis serrulatis glabris, racemig a^egatts ter* 



minalibus corymbosis bracteatis, pedicellis longis nutantibuSt corolUi 



cylindraceis, laciniis erectis brevlbus, calycibus acutis erectit^ stylo 

 _ . subexserto* Pursh timer, sept. 1. 287. 

 Vaccinmm fuscatum. Hort, Aw. 2. U- ed, 2. ?. S56. WiBd. tp. pL % 



S5U 

 VaCciniuin formosum* Andrevbss reposii. 97. 



Frutex S'S-pedaiiSj jSexnoso-ramosus, FoL decidn&, oNonga, ^iptic&^ 

 i^blanceolata^ acuta^ SubtiUi^r serrulataf vents suUus viUosiusaaaf subtes^* 

 Uncialia^ sentunciam lata vd ultrd, Racemi compo&iii^ obtango-paniculait im 

 tamulis mbapkyUis ^xMsis s partia!ea ^emmacei j^uri^ri laterales ei ter^ 

 minalest aitemiy snbcorumboso-conttacti^ pedunculo stricto baud muUum 

 longiore pedicelUs; pedicelli lucidij viridi-rubentesy nutanUs^ longttudine 

 Jernii coroU^e, supra basin bracteati, bracteb membranaeeitj rubrist ianceo* 

 tatis^ caduciSf i^arpne htn^ginoso^liatis, Flores albi, roseo-viUati^ odorem 

 melleum redolentes, Cal. brevist oblatocampanulatus^ S-fidus^ i&bulis a£utui$ 

 troatis subciliatis aptce recurvis* Cor. ovatO'C^indracea^ diametro 3p/o tu 

 nlir^ breviore longitudine^ saprh subpUcnto-angulosa^ ore angusto S^o^ 

 iacinuUs brevissimis acutulis margine villosiusculis, Stam* 10, §■ breviora 

 eoroUa^ erecta: fil. cylindraceo-contigua^ alba, plana, linearia^ tongitudins 

 antberarvniy pilosa: axith. JerrugintiFt loculis basi muticis, arutis^ prqfixu 

 iongioribus ipsis. Stylus virescenSy teres, strictus, subexsertus: stig. papt^ 

 loso-capitatum. 



Twenty^five North-American species of this genus have 

 been recorded by Mr. Pursh in the work we have cited ; 

 among which the present little shrub is the most ornamental 

 in point of blossom . It is SMd to grow naturally in the swamps 

 of Lower Carolina and Georgia. Was first introduced in 

 1770 by Mr, William Young. The specific name of ^- 



