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21. Leaves evergreen; corolla deeply ^-parted ; anthers awnUss; berries red, acid. 

 CRANBERRY* 



1. T. marrocftrpon, Ait. Stems slender, creeping, with as- 

 cending branches ; leaves oblong, obtuse ; peduncles lateral. 

 Oxycoccus macrocarpus. Pcrs* $ fL Ceftr. ed. 2. p. 241. 

 LARGE-FRUITED VACCINIUM. American Cranberry* 



Stem 1 to 2 or 3 feet long, sending up short slender branches. Leaves about 

 half an inch long, slightly revolute on the margin; petioks very short. Peduncks 

 about an inch long, 1-flowered, bi-bracteolate near the nodding flower. Corolla pale 

 purple ; lobes linear-lanceolate, reflexed or revolute. Berry globose, half an inch 

 in diameter. 

 Hob. Wet, or swampy meadows: rare. Fl. May. Fr. October. 



Obs. Well known, and highly prized for its fine acid fruit, which 

 experience shows may be cultivated to advantage. I have followed 

 Dr. GRAY, and others, in reducing this to a section of Vaceinium, 

 though I think there are many admitted Genera, based on more 

 slender foundations. 



2. Leaves deciduous: f Corolla campanulate, 5-Zo&erf; anthers Pawned; berries 

 greenish, mawkish. DEER-BERRY. BILBERRY. 



2. V. staiiiiiiciun. L. Bushy; leaves lance-oval, acute, glau- 

 cous beneath; anthers conspicuously exserted; racemes leafy; 

 berries large. 



STAMINEOUS VACCINIUM* Squaw Huckleberry* 



Stem 2 to 3 feet high, diffusely branching. Leaves 1 to near 3 inches long ; 

 petioles very short. Flowers in lateral leafy pubescent racemes 2 to 3 inches in 

 length; pedicels % of an inch long, naked; corolla white, spreading; lobes ovate; 

 anthers each with 2 subulate spreading awns at the back. Berries often near half 

 an inch in diameter, bitterish and inedible* 

 Hob. Moist woodlands, and thickets: frequent. FL May. Fr. Aug. 



ft Corolla ovoid-oblong, b-toothed; anthers awnless; berries bluish-Mack, with a 

 glaucous bloom, sweet or subacid. BLUE-BERRY. 



3. V. PennsylV&niCUin, Lam. Dwarfish; branches yellow- 

 ish-green; leaves lance-oblong, mucronate-serrulate, smooth and 

 shining; racemes subfasciculate. 



PENNSYLVANIAN VACCINIUM. Sugar Huckleberry. 



Stem 1 to 2 feet high, much branched; branches more or less angular, with a 

 green verrucose bark. Leaves 1 to near 2 inches long, mostly acute at each end, 

 nearly sessile. Racemes 4- to 8-flowered, terminal and lateral, numerous, from 

 buds without leaves, and often on leafless branches ; pedicels 1 to 3 or 4 lines long, 

 with small lanceolate bracttets at or near the base ; corolla pale red, or greenish- 

 white tinged with red. Berries middle-sized, sweet. 

 Hob. Hilly woodlands, and thickets : frequent. Fl. May. Fr. July. 



Obs. The fruit of this is very pleasant comes early, and is much 

 sought after, in its season. 



4. V. corymb jsum, L. Tall; young branches pubescent? 

 leaves oval or obovate, entire; racemes short, subcorymbose on 

 naked branchlets. 



CORYMBOSE VACCINIUM. Swamp, or Tall Huckleberry. Blue-berry. 

 Stem 5 to 8 or 10 feet high, often stout, with irregular straggling branches, the 



