248 ericace^;. (heath family.) 



& 1- OXYCOCCUS, Tourn. — Ovary 4-cclled : corolla 4-parted, the long and sor- 

 row divisions revolute : anthers 8, awnless, tapering vpwards into very long tibes 

 pedicels slender. 



# Stems very slender, creeping or trailing ; leaves small, entire, whitened beneath, ever- 

 green : pedicels erect, with the pale rose-colored flower nodding on their summit : 

 corolla deeply 4-parted : berries red, acid. 



1. V. Oxycoccus, L. (Small Cranberry.) Stems very slender 

 (4' -9' long); leaves ovate, acute, ivith strongly revolute margins (2< -3" long) ; 

 pedicels 1-4, terminal; filaments more than half the length of the anthers. 

 (Oxycoccus vulgaris, Pursh.) — Peat-bogs, New England and Penn. to Wis- 

 consin, and northward. June.— Berry 3" -4" broad, spotted when young, sel- 

 dom sufficiently abundant to be gathered for the market. (Eu.) 



2. V. macrocarpon, Ait. (Common American Cranberry.) 



Stems elongated (l°-3° long), the flowering branches ascending; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, glaucous underneath, less revolute (4" -6" long); pedicels several, be- 

 coming lateral ; filaments scarcely one third the length of the anthers. (0. ma- 

 crocarpus, Pers.) — Peat-bogs, Virginia to Wisconsin, and everywhere north- 

 ward. June. — Berry i' - 1 ' lon^r. 



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# * Stem upright and leaves deciduous, as in common Blueberries : flowers axillary 



and solitary : corolla deeply 4-cleft : berries turning purple, insipid. 



3. V. erytiirocarpon, Michx. Smooth, divergently branched (1°- 

 4° high) ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, taper-pointed, bristly serrate, thin. — Wooded 

 hills, mountains of Virginia and southward. July. 



§ 2. VITIS-IDiEA, Tourn. — Ovary 4-5-celled: corolla bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed: 

 anthers 8-10, aivnless : filaments hairy: flowers in short and bracted nodding ra- 

 cemes : leaves evergreen : berries red or purple. 



4. V. Vitis-I<l%a, L. (Cowberry.) Low (G'-10' high); branches 

 erect from tufted creeping stems ; leaves obovate, with revolute margins, dark 

 green, smooth and shining above, dotted with blackish bristly points under- 

 neath; corolla bell-shaped, 4-cleft. — Higher mountains of New England, also 

 on the coast of Maine, and at Danvers, Massachusetts (Oakcs), and northward. 

 June. — Berries dark red, acid and rather bitter, mealy, barely edible. (Eu.) 



§ 3. BATODENDPvON. — Ovary more or less completely 10-cellcd by false parti- 

 tions : corolla spread/' ng<ampanulaie, 5-lobed : anthers 2-awned on the back: fila- 

 ments hairy : berries mawkish and scarcely edible, ripening few seeds : flowers soli- 

 tary on slender pedicels in the axils of the upper leaves, forming a sort of leaf y 

 racemes. 



5. V. slaniincung, L. (Deerberry. Squaw Huckleberry.) 



Diffusely branched (2° -3° high), somewhat pubescent; leaves ovate or oval, 

 pale, whitish underneath, deciduous ; tubes of the anthers much longer than the 

 corolla, short-awncd; berries globular or pear-shaped, greenish. — Dry woods, 

 Maine to Michigan, and southward. May, June. 



(V. abboreum, Michx., the Fakkle-berby, a tall species of this section, 

 with coriaceous and shining oval leaves, anthers included in the white corolla, 

 and black berries, is found in S. Illinois by Dr. Vasey.) 



