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| Specific Character and Synonyms 
Vaccrxrum macrocarpon ; foliis integerrimis ovali-oblongis 
obtusis planis, caulibus repentibus, pedunculis latera- 
libus elongatis, = a a 
AccIntum macrocarpon ; foliis integerrimis ovali-oblongis 
obtusis planis, caulibus repentibus filiformibus. Hort. 
ew. ed. prior. 2. p. 13. t. 7.—ed. alt. 2. p. 359. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. p. 355. 
Vacornrom oxycoccus, @. oblongifolius. Michaux Flor. 
Am. Bor. 1. p. 228. Lam. Ene. 
Oxycoccus palustris, 8. macrocarpus. Pers. Syn. 1. 419. 
Ycoccus macrocarpus Te ens ; caulibus adscendentibus, 
foliis oblongis integerrimis planiusculis obtusis glabris 
Subtus albicantibus, ‘pedicellis elongatis, corolle la- 
ciniis lanceolatis. Pursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 1. 
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om Vaccinrum. Most of the Am 
1€S some are decandrous and 
other characters forbid their separation. a 
veral authors have considered V acciniuM arpon, 
as @ mere variety of V. Oxycoccus ; but they are undoubt- 
edly distinct, and always may be readily cstingooiee = ae 
