OCTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Vaccinium. 219 



CaL superior, of 1 leaf, small, permanent, 4-toothed. Cor. 

 of 1 petal, bell-shaped, with 4<, more or less deep, revo- 

 lute segments. Fllam. awl-shaped, flattened, inserted into 

 the receptacle, equal. AntJi. terminal, erect, oblong, with 

 2 points, opening by a terminal pore in each. Germ, in- 

 ferior, roundish.' Shjle simple, cylindrical, erect, longer 

 than the stamens. Sti<^ma obtuse. Berri/ globular, with 

 a central depression, l-celled. Seeds few^, small, angular. 



One fourth is occasionally added to the number of each part 

 of the fructification. 



Shrubs, mostly of very humble growth, with simple, alter- 

 nate, evergreen or deciduous, leaves. Fl. stalked, soli- 

 tary or aggregate, reddish or white, very elegant. Berries 

 blue, black, or red, acid and eatable. The genus is chiefly 

 American, and the folinge turns red in decay. It is an 

 insurmountable stumbling-block in the way of all received 

 principles of natural classification, being of the Erica 

 tribe, with an inferior germen ! 



* Leaves clecidtioiis. 



1. Y.Mfjrtillus. Black Whortlc-berry. Bilberry. 



Stalks solitary, single-flowered. Leaves ovate, serrated, 

 membranous, smooth, deciduous. Stem acutely angular. 

 Calyx wavy, nearly entire. 



V. Myrtillus. Linn. Sp. PL 498. IVdld. v. 2. 348. FL Br. 414. 

 EngL Dot. V. 7. t. 45G. Hook. Scot. 118. FL Dan. t, 1)74. Ehrh. 

 Arb. 82. 



V. n. 1020. HaU. Hist. v. 1. 43G. 



Vaccinia nigra. Ger. Em. 1415./. Dod. Pcmpt. 768. f. 



Vitis Idiea angulosa. Bauh. Hist. v. 1 . ;>20, ivilh a wrong Jigurc. 

 Kaii Sijn. 4.17. 



IdcTa Vitis. Didcch. Hist. 191 ./ 



Myrtillus. Trag. HisLd74.f.i)75. Malth. Valgr. v.\.2\0.f. Ca- 

 nier. Epit. 135./. 



On stony heaths, and in woods where the soil is turfy, chiefly in 

 mountainous countries, abundantly. 



Shrub. May. 



Stem busliv, from I to 2 feet high, with irregular, smooth, green, 

 leafy, angular branches. Leaves stalked, ovate, serrated, about 

 an inch long, bright green, smootli, thin, delicate and veiny, de- 

 ciduous. Slipnlas none. FL on simple, axillary, solitary, droop- 

 ing stalks. Caliii dilated and wavy, seareely toothed. Cor. ovate, 

 bright red, with a waxy tratispareney ; generally :)-rlelt. Simu. 

 10. Anth. with 2 lateral liorns. Bttrits blueish-blaek, oL) cells, 



