OCTANDRIA MONOGYNU. • 44^ 



i. Kryth 



O. errctus 



b 



Erect 



and 



cilmtisque ; pediiiellis ax- j ate ; pedicels axillary r 

 illarifjus ; corolla Jonga, corolla long, at last revo. 

 demuin revoluta. Pers. / lute. 

 1. p. 419. 



Oxycoccus erectus, Pursli, 1. p. 264. 

 Vaccinium erjthrocarpum, Mich. 1. p. 227. 



A small shrub, growing on the M-hest mountains of Carolina, erect, 

 with the branches divaricate or flexuous. Leaves rather large, mem-' 

 branaceoiis hairy near the nerves. Calyx ipinute, acutely 4 cleft, 

 ^err^ globular, bright scarlet. Mich. Berrj transparent, and of aa 

 exquisite flavour. Pursh. > « v «** 



Grows on high mountains, from Virginia to Carolina, 

 flowers June. 



MENZIESIA. Smith. 



Cali/x i-pliyllus, infe- | Cali/x i leave !, inferi* 

 rus. Corolia l petala, \ or. Corolla i petalled, 

 ovala. Filamenta recep- ovate. Filammts insert- 

 taculo inserta. Cnpmla \ ed on the receptacle. 

 4-locularis, dissepiinenta | r/^//;5?//^4 celled, with the 

 e marginibus inflexis val- dissepiments from the 

 vularuin. Semina nu- inflected margins of the 

 merosa, oblonga. | valves. 5e^(/s numerous, 



oblong. 



i. GLOBULAms. Salisbury. 



M. folds lanceolatis, | Leaves lanceolate, 



subtus glaucis, extra ner- | glaucous underneath, and 

 vos pubescentibus ; caly- j except the nerves pubes- 

 cibus4.fidis; floribus glo- 6ent ; calyx 4 cleft ; flow- 

 bosis, octandris. Pursh, [ ers globose, uctandrous. 

 1- p. ;26t. 



Menzlesia Smithii ? Mich 1. p.' 235. 

 A small shrub, not exceedin<i: 4 feet high. Leaves when jounff 



venr hairy, f/orrer.s jellouish brown. . ^ 



^rows in the high mountaina of Virginia and Carolina. 

 «lowers May— June. 



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