LOISELEURIA. 



very smooth and entire, coriaceous; margin revolute. Flowers in 

 small terminal umbels, or corymbs ; pedicels short. Calyx red ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate. Corolla bright rose-coloured, small, as long again as 

 the calyx ; segments a little unequal, oblong. Stamens inserted into 

 the base of the corolla ; filaments flat, smooth ; anthers 2-celled, sub- 

 rotund, opening internally their whole length. Style rather shorter than 

 the stamens, persistent ; stigma capitate. Capsule ovate ; margin of 

 the valves inflexed. Seeds numerous, minute, smooth. Torrey. — Has 

 the reputation of being useful as an astringent medicine. 



VACCINACEtE. 

 Nat. si/st. ed. 2. p. 221. 



VACCINIUM. 



Limb of calyx 4-5-toothed. Corolla urceolate or campanu- 

 late, 4-5-cleft. Stamens 8-10, distinct, epigynous. Berry glo- 

 bose, 4-5-celled, many-seeded, surmounted by the remains of 

 the calyx. 



787. V. uliginosum Linn, sp.pl 499. Eng. Bot. t. 581. FL 

 dan. t. 231. Eng. Fl. ii. 220. — Boggy mountainous or moor- 

 land situations all over the northern parts of Europe. (Whortle- 

 berry.) 



A small bush, with round branches. Leaves stalked, rather cori- 

 aceous, obovate, obtuse, or occasionally pointed, deciduous, glaucous 

 beneath. Flowers several together, small, flesh-coloured ; anthers 

 horned. Berries large, blueish black, subacid. — The fruit is said to be 

 narcotic and to be sometimes put into beer and other liquors to make 

 them heady. The berries when fermented yield an intoxicating liquor. 



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