140 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
OcTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
CoROLLIFLORE. ERICACE. 
VACCINIUM. (WuortLesErry.) 
Generic Character. Calyx superior, (that is, above the fruit 
or seed-vessel,) with four or five teeth. Corolla of one petal, 
divided into four or five. Berry globular, four cells and many 
seeds. 
Vacornium Myrritius. Whortleberry, Bilberry, or Hur- 
tleberry. A low and straggling shrub, spreading over large 
tracts of ground chiefly in heathy and hilly countries. It 
is a pretty plant, the flowers very curious, looking as if made 
of wax; they are drooping, and greenish with a red tinge. 
Berry black, very agreeable to the taste, and much used by 
the Highlanders. 
Vaccinium vitis Inxza. Red whortleberry, Cowberry. This 
is not so common as the last, though often found with it. 
The flowers are pale flesh colour, and the leaves resemble 
those of the Box. 
Vaccinium uLietnosum. Great Bilberry. This is found 
in mountain bogs, in Cumberland and in Scotland. The 
berry is not so agreeable as the first species. 
Vaccinium oxycoccos. Cranberry. ‘This is very pretty 
