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VACCINIUM MYRTILLOIDES. FLASK-FLOW- 
ERED WHuoORTLE-BERRY. 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—VaccineEs. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-dentatus. Cor. urceolata s. campanulata, limbo 
4-fido reflexo. Anthere bicornes. Bacca 4—5-locularis. 
Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Vaccinium myrtilloides ; foliis ovalibus ovatisque utrinque 
acutis serratis membranaceis glabris, pedunculis soli- 
tariis unifloris, corollis lato-ampullaceis depressis, ra- 
mulis angulatis. 
Vaccinium myrtilloides. Mich. Am. v.1. p, 234. Pursh, 
Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 288. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 32. 
Vaccinium angustifolium. Azé. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. 
». il. 
(8.) macrophyllum ; foliis majoribus. 
(y.) Myrtillus; var. Sm. in Rees Cycl. 
(y.) membranaceum. Dougl. MSS. 
A very singular and well-marked species of Vaccinium, 
allied to our V. Myrtillus, and in a dry state, when the 
corollas are injured by pressure, it may be easily mistaken 
for a variety of that species, as was done by Sir J. E. Smrra; 
but whoever sees recent flowering specimens, can never be 
at a loss to distinguish it: for the blossoms are so remark- 
ably short and broad, that they almost exactly resemble 
the apophysis of Sptacunum ampullaceum. Introduced by 
Mr. Drummonp, the indefatigable and meritorious Assistant 
Naturalist, during Capt. Sir Joun Frankuin’s second pe 
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