Vaccinium.] . VACCINIE^. 



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riformibiis delyscens. — Herba annua, procmnhens, microphylla. Flores solitarily axillares. 

 LindL 



1. C. elegans. Dough in BoL Reg, t 1241. 



Herba annua procumbens, parum ramosa, glabra. Caulis teres, anjj^ulatus. Folia sessilia, ovata, trivenia. 

 Flores solitarii, axillares. Ovarium sessile, longe acuminatum, foliis 4-5-plo longius, triangulare, contortum. 

 Coro/Za cffirulea, labio iuferiore medio macula alba. AnthercB cserulefe. Stigma conicum, barba papillosa cir- 

 curadatum. Capsulce foliis multoties longiores. Pollen ovale medio sulcatum. LindL l. c. 



Hab. Common on overflowed grounds, near tlie sources of the Multnomack, and in the vallies of the 

 western side of the Rocky Mountains. Douglas. — 1 have preferred giving Professor Lindley's remarks upon 

 this interesting plant, made from living specimens, to any I could offer from the dried one. The same 

 able Botanist observes that it exhibits an instance of unilocular fruit with parietal placentae, in an Order 

 which has multilocular fruit and axile placentte; yet, what is very remarkable, this deviation from the normal 

 structure of the Order is unaccompanied by any corresponding irregularity in the other parts of the fructi- 

 lication. As cultivated in the London Horticultural Society's Garden, "it forms one of the most beautiful 

 annuals with which we are acquainted. Notwithstanding the want of spreading foliage to give its flowers 

 effect, the latter are of so brilliant a colour, that the plants, when grown in broad patches, resemble a carpet 

 of silver and blue." 



Ord. LIII. VACCINIE^. De Cand, 



1. VACCINlUiM. Linn, 



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CaL ovario adheerens limbo 4~5-dentato. Co?\ 1-petala, ovata, campanulata seit rotata 

 limbo 4-5-fldo. Stam, 8, perigyna. Anthercc bioornes apice poris dehiscentes, dorso iion 

 raro bisetosse. Ovarium s\)b^ohos\xm. Stylus simplex. Stigma ohiw^wm^ Bacca globosa. 

 4-5-locularis. Semina pauca, minuta. Frutices humiles. Folia sparsa latiuscula, decidua 

 vel persistentia exstipulata. Flores scepe ante folia^ solitarii vel racemosi^ nutantes^ inodori, 

 scBpissime incarnati. Baccae j)lerumque edules, 



A. coroUis ovatis sen campanulaiis. Vaccinium. 

 * Foliis deciduis, Floribus racemosis, 



1. V. resinosum ; foliis brevi-petiolatis ovali-oblongis integerrimis opacis subtus priecipue 

 resinoso-punctatis, racemis lateralibus secandis bracteatis, corollis ovatis subangulatis. — Ait, 



Mich. Am, V. l.p, 230. Bot. Mag. t. 1288. Purshy Fl Am, v, \, p, 286. Elliott^ Carol 

 V, l.p. 498. Bigel, FL Bast, ed, 2, p. 150. Torreg, FL of Un, St, p, 416. 



Hati. Canada, Pursh. Mrs. Sheppard, Lake Huron. Dr. Todd, to the Saskatchawan. Drummond, 



2. V. corymhosum; ramis floriferis subaphyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis integerrimis 

 junioribus pubescentibus, racemis compactis bracteatis, corollis ovato-cylindraceis. — Liiin, 

 —Pursh, FL Am, v. \, p 286. Elliott, Carol v, 1. p, 498. Bigel Fl. Bost, ed. 2, p. 150. 

 Torrey, FL of Un. St v, 1. p, 416, — V. dimorphum. Mich. Am. v, 1. p. 231. — V. amseiium. 

 Ait, — Pnrsh. 



Rab. About Quebec. Cleghorn. Mrs. Percival Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. Newfoundland. Dr. Mor- 

 rison. — Pureh describes the berries as black, Bi-jelow, as being covered with a blue powder. 



