CRANBERRY 21 



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

 Peninsula province; the Isle of Wight, N. Hants, and Sussex in the 

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

 Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Hunts in Anglia; but does not occur in 

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

 broke in S. Wales; 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.E. Yorks; but throughout 



Photo. Hlati 



CRANBERRY (Oxycoccus palustris, Pers. = O, qtiadripetala, 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 Ebudes, 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 Sphagnum and other bog-mosses grow. It is 

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

 Pimpernel, Bog Speedwell, Butterwort, Bladderwort, Bog Myrtle, Bog 

 Asphodel, and many others. 



