OCTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Vaccinium. 221 



Shrub. June. 



Roots creeping. Stems erect, 3 or 4 inches high, vyith a few irre- 

 gular, wavy, leafy, downy branches at the summit. Leaves va- 

 rious in size, on short stalks, rigid, evergreen, obovate, blunt, 

 notched, or somewhat pointed, convex, a little revolute, veiny ; 

 of a dark shining green above ; pale, with glandular dots, be- 

 neath ; more or less distinctly toothed towards the end, by no 

 means entire. Clusters terminal, drooping, of several very pretty 

 flesh-coloured flowers, without scent, each having a pale, oval, 

 concave, fringed, deciduous bractea, at the base of its partial 

 stalk. Cal. deeply 4 -cleft, acute, fringed. Cor. rather cylindri- 

 cal than bell-shaped, 4-cleft. Anthers double-pointed, without 

 horns. Berries globose, deep red, astringent and acid, with 

 much bitterness, which they lose by immersion, for some hours, 

 in water, before they are made into pies, rob, or jelly. In the 

 latter state this fruit is excellent for colds and sore throats ; as 

 well as for eating with venison, or other roast meat, as is prac- 

 tised generally in Sweden. 



Linnaeus had much difficulty to convince Haller that this plant was 

 different from Arbutus Uva Ursi. See their letters on the sub- 

 ject of Uva Ursi in the Correspondence of Linnceus, S;c. v. 2. 



4. V. Oxy coccus. Marsh Whortle-berry. Cran- 

 berry. 



Leaves ovate, entire, smooth, revolute, acute. Stems creep- 

 ing, thread-shaped, smooth. Flowers terminal. Corolla 

 deeply four-cleft. 



V. Oxycoccus. Linn. Sp. PL 500. Wilkl. v. 2. 354. H. Br. 4 1 6. 

 Engl. Bot.v. 5. t. 319. Hook. Scot. 119. Fl. Dayi. t.80. Ehrh. 

 Arh. 33. 



V. n.l023. Hall.Uist.v.\.A37. 



Vaccinia palustria. Ger. Ew. 1419./. Dod. Pempt.770.f. Lob. Ic. 

 v.2.l09.f. 



Oxycoccus, seu Vaccinia palustria. Raii Syn. 267. Bauh. Hist. v. 1 . 

 525./. 



Oxycoccum. Cord. Hist. 140. 2./. 



SchoUera Oxycoccus. Roth Germ. v. I.] 70. v. 2.p.\. 442. 



In clear watery turfy bogs, among mosses. 



Shrub. Ju7ie. 



Roots creeping, with many long fibres. Stems slender, wiry, trail- 

 ing and creeping, with numerous leafy branches. Leaves alter- 

 nate, erect, on short stalks, small, perennial, convex, rigid 3 

 glaucous underneath. Flowers very elegant, drooping, on simple, 

 red stalks, several together at the end of each branch, and bear- 

 ing a few scattered bracteas. Cor. divided, nearly to the bottom, 

 into 4 oblong, reflexed segments. Filam. downy, Anth. with 

 2 long tubular points, but no horns. Berries spotted in an early 



