Class VIII. Order I. 



margin. Peduncles axillary and terminal. Calyx urn-shaped, 

 hairy ; petals purple a id finely contrasted with the long, crook- 

 ed, yellow anthers. Low grounds. July, August. Perennial. 



115. VACCINIUM. 

 VACCINIUM MACROCARPON.' Jit. Craneberry, 



Leaves evergreen, entire, oval-oblong, obtuse ; 

 steins filiform, creeping. Jlit. abr. 



Sijn. VACCIXIUM oxrcoccus oblongifolius. Mich. 



The crancberry vine spreads in large beds at the bottom of 

 the grass in turfy meadows. Stems slender, creeping. Leaves 

 numerous, small, dark above, whitish underneath. Flower 

 stalks axillary, slender ; corollas white, their segments long and 

 reflexed. Anthers projecting. The fruit is large, and esteem- 

 ed superior to the European cranebcrry. Perennial. 



VACCINIUM RESINOSUM. L. Black Whortleberry or Huckle- 

 berry. 



Racemes bracted ; corollas ovate ; leaves ellip- 

 tic, somewhat acute, entire, deciduous, sprinkled 

 with resinous dots underneath. Jlit* 



The leaves of this very common shrub are oval, the young 

 ones acute, the older ones blunt ; their under surface covered 

 with shining, adhesive, resinous particles. Flowers in lateral 

 clusters. Corolla five cornered, ovate, contracted at the mouth, 

 of a dull reddish green. Fruit globular, black, sweet. Woods 

 and hills. June. 



VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM. L. Bilberry. Blueberry. 



Corymbs bracted ; corollas somewhat cylindri- 

 cal ; leaves lance-elliptic, nearly entire, acute, pu- 

 bescent underneath. 



Syn. VACCIXIVM JMOENUM. Ait.. 



DISQMORPHUM. A! . 



