394 OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ox^coccu?* 



narrow-lanceolate, acute, rcYolute. Stamens inserted into the 

 base of the corolla ; JUaments \ery short ; anthers long, linear, 

 2-celled, 2-parted to the middle; each division tubular, and 

 perforate at the extremity. Style about as long as the sta- 

 mens; s«5-w2c simplfe. Bfri^i/ 4-celled, large, bright scarlet, 

 persistent during part of the winter. Seeds minute, numerous, 

 attached to central receptacles, 

 Hab. Sphagnous swamps ; generally on sandy soil. Abundant 

 in New-Jersey. Juhe. Common Cranberry. 



There is a variety, with oval acute revolute leaves, growing 

 in the cedar swamp near New- Durham, New- Jersey. It 

 agrees with Michaux's V. Oxycoccus ec. ovali/olius, ex- 

 cept in the flowers, which I have not seen. 



2.0. vulgaris Pers.: leaves ovate, entire, revolute; 

 segments of the corolla oval ; stem filKorm, creeping, naked, 

 Per5. %?. 1. p. 419. P w r 5 /i F/. I. p, 263. Y.Oxy coc- 

 cus L. Vf Hid. Spec. II. p. 354. Srhilh Fl. Bril. I. p, 

 416. t. 41ti. Eng. Bot. t. 319. V. Oxycoccus ». ovalifolius 

 M i c h. Fl. I. p. 228 ? 



Hab. In mossy bogs, on mountains. Canadg to Pennsylvania. 

 Pursh. In New-York. Muhlenberg. 



Emofiean Cranberry. 

 This species I have not seen, unless it be the variety men- 

 tioned above. 



271. MENZIESIA. Smith, 



Calyx 1 -leaved. Corolla monopetalous, ovate. Fila- 

 ments inserted into the receptacle ; anthers awnless. 

 Capsule superior, 4-celled; dissepiinents formed by the 

 inflexed margins of the valves. Seeds numerous, ob- 

 long. Smith icon. ined. 56. Pers. Syn. I. p. 

 419. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 251. Lam. ///. t. 285.' 

 Nat. Ord. Eric EyE Juss. Corolla 4 — 5-cleft; sta- 

 mens 8 — 10. 



1. M. ccerulea Swart z: leaves scattered, crowded, 

 linear, toothed; pedicels terminal, aggregate, 1 -flowered; 

 flowers canipanulate,decandrous ; calyx very acute. Sw art z 

 in Lm. TrariH. X. p. 377. t. 30. f. 1. Eng. Bot, t. 2469. 

 Pursh FL I. p. 265. Erica ccerulea Willd. Spec. II. p. 

 393. Andromeda carulea L. Sp. pi. 563. M u h I. Cat. p. 

 44. A. taxifolia Pallas FL Ross. II. p. 64. t. 72. f. 2. 

 Phylladoce taxifolia S a list, in Parad. Loud. 36. 



A small evergreen shrub. Stem branched, woody below. Leaves 

 approximate, coriaceous, about one-third cf an inch long, 

 spreading, obtuse, very smooth, except on the midrib, which is 



