OCTANDBIA. MONOGYNiA. Oenothera. 



263 



V. V. Flowers large, in proportion to the very low 

 plant. 



12. O. caule debili pubescente, foliis lanceolatis obtusiusculis chrysanlha. 



planis integris, calycis tnbo laciniis duplo breviore, 



capsula clavata acutangula sessili, — Mkh.Ji. ainer. i. 



p. 225. fo^ 



O. biennis. Walt.Ji. car. VigV 

 In barren lands of Canada and on the monntains of Pen- 



sylvania and Carolina. "2/. July^ Aug. v. v. Flowers 



small, golden-yellow. 



13. O. subpubescens ; caule pum'lo subsimplici, foliis Ian- pusiila. 



ceolato-oblongis obtusiusculis integris, iioribus ad sum- 

 mitatem axillaribus, capsulis sessilibus clavato-turbina- 

 tis subaequaliter 8-gonis. — Mich.Jl. arner. 1. p. 225. 

 On Dcks near Lake Mist.^ssins. Michmix. On high 

 mountairiS of Pensylvania and Virginia. 1/. July, 

 Aug. V. V. Plant upright, flowers small. 



14. O. scapis radicalibus unifloris, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis scapigera. 



repando-denticulatis decurreniibus, petalis obcordatis, 

 staminibus corolla brevioribus. 



On the falls of the Missouri. M. Lewis. U. July. 

 V. s. Flowers large, purple, with dark veins ; resem- 

 bles 0. acauiis Cdvanill. 



All the species, excepting the last one, have yellow 

 flowers. 



339. OXYCOCCUS. Pers. syn. 1. p. 41 9. 



. O. repens ; foliis ovalibus integerrimis margine revolutis vulgaris. 



subacutis glabris subtus albicantibus, pediceilis elon- 

 gatis, corollae laciniis ovalibus. 



O. palustris. Pers. syn. 1. p. 41 9. 



Vaccinium Oxycoccus a. ovalifolius. Mich.Jl. amer. 1. 

 p. 228. 



Vaccinium Oxycoccus. IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 354. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 80, Lam. iUustr. t. 280./. 3. 



In bogs and mosses on the mountains, frequent : Cana- 

 da to Pensylvania. Pj . May — July. v. v. A small 

 evergreen creeping plant ; flowers red ; berries light 

 purple, smaller than the following species. 

 . O. repens ; caulibus adscendentibus, foliis oblongis in- macrocarput. 

 tegerrimis planiusculis obtusis glabris subtus albicanti- 

 bus, pediceilis elongatis, coroUse laciniis lanceolatis. — 

 Pers. syn. 1. j&. 419. 



