430 FOREST CULTURE AND 
Vaccinium Leschenaultii, Wight. (Agapetes ar- 
boreay Dunal.) — India, Neilgherries and Ceylon. 
This evergreen species attains the size of a tree, 
flowering and fruiting throughout the year. The 
fruit resembles cranberries. 
Vaccinium leucanthum, Cham.—Mountains of Mex- 
ico. An arborescent species. The blackish berries are 
edible. 
Vaccinium macrocarpon, Aiton.* (Oxycoccus mac- 
rocarpus, Pers.)—The large Cranberry. From Can- 
ada to Virginia and Carolina, particularly in sandy 
and peaty bogs, and in cold, mossy swamps. A trail- 
ing, evergreen bush, with stems attaining a length of 
3 feet. It is this species which has become so exten- 
sively cultivated in the eastern parts of the United 
States, where, on moory land, often not otherwise to 
be utilized, enormous quantities of this fruit have 
been produced by regular culture, on a highly profita- 
ble scale. The berries are of the acid taste, pleasant 
aroma and scarlet brightness of the British Cranberry, 
but considerably larger. 
Vaccinium meridionale, Swartz. — Jamaica, from 
the summits of the highest ranges down to the cof- 
fee-regions. It attains a height of 30 feet, and is 
evergreen. The small berries are of the taste and 
color of those of V. Vitis Indza. 
Vaccinium Mortinia, Bentham.—Mountains of Co- 
lumbia. A shrub several feet high. The fruits resem- 
ble those of V. myrtillus, but are more acid. They 
come under the name Mortina to the Quito market. 
Vaccinium myrtillus, L.*—The British Whortle- 
berry, or Bilberry. Throughout Europe, North and 
Middle Asia, remotest North America, in heathy and 
