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tions of the leaves about 4, points of the younger leaves, 
peduncles and the margin of the calix and bractes pu- 
beseent; flower-bearing branches proliferous and erect, 
the rest becoming prostrate and radicant; pedicells bi- 
bracteate, bractes acute. Bermes immaculate red and: 
spherical, often persistent throughout the winter. Has. 
In sphagnose swamps or overgrown ponds, from Labra- 
dor to Carolina.—The fruit an article of commerce as weil 
as domestic consumption. 
2. hispidulus, Vaccinium hispidulum, Mich. 1. p. 228. tab. 
23. Willd. Sp. pl. 2. p. 355. Gaultheria Serpyllifolia, Pursh, 
1. p- 283. The whole habit of this singular plant, as well 
as its being octandrous, is certainly in favour of this ge- 
nus, father than Gauitheria, although it possesses occult 
qualities similar to G. proczmlens, having the same aro- 
matic taste and smell. The berries of this species are 
small, white, and produced in very inconsiderable quan- 
tities, they are aromatic, not very acid, and rather insipid 
than agreeable, certainly not “very sweet,” Has. I have 
observed this plant north-westward as far as the outlet of 
lake Michigan, and as Mr. Pursh very justly remarks, 
abounding where evergreens are predominant, keeping 
pretty constant pace with the boreal forests of Pines, Lar- 
ches and Firs. It is not uncommon on the mountains of 
Pennsylvania, growing always amidst Sphagnum. 3. exy- 
throcarpus. Vaecinium erythrocarpum. Mich. 1. p. 227. 
A North American genus, with the exception of Q. eu- 
ropeus: (Faccinium Oxycoccus, Willd.) which has not, § 
believe, yet been found in America. 
t+ Germ superior. 
365. MENZIESIA: Smith. : 
Calix of 1 Jeaf. Corolla monopetalous, ovate. 
Filaments inserted upon the receptacle. Capsule — 
superior, 4-celled, dissepiments produced by the 
inflected margins of the valves. Seeds numerous, 
oblong. _ : 
romerphous genus, J. ferrnginen and JW. zicby- 
‘atte Mecetag tiie tabi sak Pit af Analoa, but the. 
flowers of imei De flowers aay ciliated ~~ 
Ih ves terminally fasciculated;—.¥f. empetriformis, » 
ae aeae decandrous flowers, and M. polifolia, z, having 
leafy stems, linear or minute leaves with revolute mar-— 
gins and conspicuous red flowers, are scar 
from Erica. = y ne 
