302 CRANBERRY : BEARBERRY 



# # Leaves not more than 15 mm. long ; 

 not punctate beneath; quite entire. 



-7- Leaf very glaucous beneath ; about 

 7 9 mm. long ; margins strongly 

 revolute. Shoots very thin and 

 wiry. 



Vaccinium Oxycoccus, L. Cranberry. Leaves alter- 

 nate, evergreen, coriaceous, small, sub-sessile, more or less 

 pseudo-distichous on very wiry shoots; ovate or oblong- 

 ovate to nearly lanceolate, acute, entire and strongly 

 revolute, 7 9 x 3 5 mm.; glabrous, polished dark green 

 above, very glaucous beneath. Autumn leaves red. 



-7- -7- Leaf about 12 15 mm. long ; not 

 glaucous or strongly revolute. Shoots 

 stouter. 



Arctostaphyllos Uva-ursi, Spreng. Bearberry. Leaves 

 glabrous, evergreen, rigid and coriaceous, sub-sessile or 

 narrowed to a short petiole, obovate or oblong, obtuse, 

 quite entire, and not revolute, but ciliate ; resembling 

 those of the Box, but alternate ; shining green, paler 

 beneath; about 12 15x5 10 mm. Venation reticu- 

 late, very distinct. Autumn leaves bright reds to purplish 

 browns. 



[The much rarer A. alpina, with narrower, thinner, 

 veined leaves, not evergreen but withering in autumn, 

 may be mentioned.] 



OO Leaves neither highly polished nor ever- 

 green, but thin and deciduous. 



Leaves more or less lanceolate. 



Jf Leaves in rosettes on stiff or supple 

 erect branches. 



-7- Leaves glabrous. 



