XLIII. ERICA CEJE: OXYCO'CCUS. 615 



S/;<?c. Char., tyc. Leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, quite entire, downy. 

 Racemes terminal. Flowers in racemes of from 4 to 6 in 

 each. Style enclosed. Corolla short, and campanulate, 

 white, tinged with red. Stem much branched. Leaves 

 often 1 in. long. Berries blue black, agreeable to the 

 taste. It may be readily known from V. corymbosum by 

 its dwarf size, leafy flowering branches, and campanulate 

 corolla ; from V. pennsylvanicum by its large quite entire 

 leaves, and wider mouth to the corolla; and from both 

 by its leaves being very hairy. A low, branchy, evergreen 

 shrub. Canada. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1834. 

 Flowers white, tinged with red ; May. Berries?. im K . canader.se? 



b. Flowers disposed in scaly Tufts, nearly sessile. 

 . 31. V. TkTvRSTNi^TEs Michx. The Myrsine-like Whortleberry. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 233. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 290. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 856. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 1193. from a specimen in Sir W. Hooker's herbarium 



Spec. Char., fyc. Flowers in terminal and lateral 

 tufts. Leaves sessile, oval, mucronate, obscurely 

 serrated, smooth and shining above, and rather 

 hairy and dotted beneath. Stem erect, much 

 branched. Corolla oblong-ovate. (Don's Mill.) 

 Slightly downy branches. Leaves glandular be- 

 neath. Tufts of flowers axillary, with purple 

 scales. Calycine segments scarlet. Stamens 10. 

 A beautiful little evergreen shrub. Carolina and 

 Florida, in dry sandy woods. Height 6 in. to 

 1 ft. Introduced ?. Flowers purple ; May and 

 June. Berries ?. 



Varieties. 



. V. M. 2 lanccoldtus Pursh Sept. 1 . p. 290 Leaves lanceolate, acute 



at both ends. 

 . V. M. 3 obtusus Pursh 1. c. Leaves roundish-obovate. 



^ 32. V. HUMIFU X SUM Grah. The trailing Whortleberry. 



Identification. Graham in Edinb. Phil. Journ. June, 1831 ; Don's Mill 3 D 857. 

 Engraving. Our Jig. 1194. from a living specimen. 



Spec. Char., $c. Pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 

 furnished with many bracteas. Leaves evergreen, ovate, 

 acutish, quite entire, glabrous on both surfaces, ciliated.' 

 Stem prostrate, creeping. Flowers decandrous. An- 

 thers obtuse, mutic. Branchlets downy. Flowers 

 drooping. Corollas campanulate, white, often partially 

 tinged with red outside, with reflexed teeth. Stigma 

 capitate. Filaments glabrous, flattened. (Don's Mill.) 

 A creeping evergreen shrub. North America, on the 

 Rocky Mountains. Height 3 in. to 6 in. Introduced in 1194 ' r - hurnifUsum - 

 J827. Flowers white, tinged with red; May. Berrv ? purple, edible, well 

 flavoured ; ripe in October. 



Of hardy species of Faccfnium not yet introduced seven are described 

 in our first edition. 



GENUS XXVIII. 



OXYCO'CCUS Pers. THE CRANBERRY. Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia. 



Identification. Pers. Syn., 1. p. 419. ; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 263. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 857. 



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