EPiLOBiuM. OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 39s 



4. E. mollt^ : densely and softly pubescent; stem te- 

 rete ; leaves oblong-linear, sessile, very entire ; the lower 

 ones opposite; upper ones altrrnate ; flowers pedicellate, 

 subterminal, regular; petals 2-lobed ; stigma entire. 



Stem about a foot and a half high, erect, branched above, covered, 

 as well as the leaves, with a dense, almost silky pubescence. 

 Leaves numerous, about an inch long, 1 —2 lines broad, rather 

 obtuse, not punctate. Flowers small, on long ped>ii»cles. 

 Segments of the calyx oblong-lanceolate. Corolla pale pur- 

 ple or rose-coloured ; fietals deeply emarginate, as long again 

 as the calyx. Stamens unequal. Scignia large, thick. 



Hab. Near Schenectady, New- York. L.C.Beck. August. 

 This species resembles the preceding, but is easily distin- 

 guished by its soft dense pubescence, broader leaves, and more 

 robust erect habit. It may po-isibly be the E. strictum of 

 Muhlenberg' s Catalogue, p. r>9, of which, no descrip- 

 tion has been published to my knowledge. 



270. OXYCOCCUS. Per so on. 



Calyx superior, 4-toothecl. Corolla 4- parted; seg- 

 ments sublinear, revolute. Filaments connivent; an- 

 thers tubulous, 2-parted. Berry many-seeded. P er s» 

 Syn. I. p. 4>19. JVutt. Gen. L p. 250. Vaccinii 

 spp. L.y &c. La7n. III. t. 286. f. 3, 4. Nat. Ord. 

 Erice^e Juss. Vaccines De Cand. Creep- 

 ing evergreens. Cranberry* 



1. O. macrocarpiis Ph.: creeping; branches ascending; 

 leaves oblong, nearly flat, obtuse, with distant obsolete ser- 

 ratures, glaucous beneath ; pedicels elongated ; segments of 

 the corolla linear-lanceolate. P ur-s h FL I. p. 263. X u 1 1, 

 Gen, I. p. 250. B a rl, FL Amer. Sept. I. t. 17. O. vtil- 

 garis ^. macrocarpus Pers. Si/n, \. p. 419. V. macrocar' 

 ponAit. Kew. II. p. 13. t. 7. Willd. Spec. 11. p. 355. 

 Big. Bost. ^. 92. V. Oxycoccus /3. ohlongifoliwi Mich. 

 FL I. p. 228. fVang. Amer, t. 30, f. 67. Plu k. Aim. t. 

 326. f. 6. 



Stem prostrate, filiform, creeping, often a yard or more in length, 

 throwing up short erect branches. Leaves alternate, ovruand 

 oblong-oval, about half an inch long, very obtuse, on short pe- 

 tioles, slightly revolute on the margin, whitish beneath ; the 

 younger ones pubescent at the tip. Pedicels arising from the 

 base of the vernal upright branches, 1-flowered, an incli or 

 more in length, erect, hispidulous, with 2 ovate, acuminate 

 bracts above the middle. Flowers cernuous. Calyx very 

 short, persistent ; teeth acute. Corolla pale red ; segment» 

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