CRANBERIU' 



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America. It is local in Great Britain, found only in Somerset in the 

 Peninsula province; the Isle of W'iyht, N. Hants, and Sussex in the 

 Channel province; Surrey, S. Essex in the Thames province; E. 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Munts in An^lia; but does not occur in 

 Gloucs or Hereford in the Severn province; not in Radnor or Pem- 

 broke in 5. \\'ales; and in N. Wales, not in Montgomery or Merioneth; 

 in the Trent province, not in Leics; in the Mersey province, not in Mid 

 Lanes; in the H umber province, not in S.Ii. Yorks; but tliroughout 



Cranberry (Oxycotciis f>nliishls, Pers. 



Plintr. l^I.itlLts Ik G.ii 



O. qutubipehilit^ Gilib. ) 



the Tyne and Lakes provinces, except in the Isle of Man; in the West 

 Lowlands, not in Wigtown; in E. Lowlands, not in Peebles, Selkirk, 

 Haddington, or Linlithgow; in the E. Highlands generally, except in 

 N. Aberdeen and Elgin; in Dumbarton, Cantire, North F!budes, and 

 E. Ross. It ascends to 2700 ft. in the Highlands. It is native in 

 Ireland. 



Cranberry is a true bog-loving plant, growing at high elevations in 

 spongy peat-bogs where Sphagmini and other bog-mosses grow. It is 

 associated with Grass of Parnassus, .Sundew, Wild Rosemary, Bog 

 Pimpernel. Bog Speedwell, lUiltcrwort, ISIadderwort, IJog Myrtle, Bog 

 Asphodel, .and many others. 



