XLIV. ST\RACEJE. 



617 



A trailing shrub, resembling the preceding species, 

 but larger and more robust. Canada to Virginia, in 

 bogs, principally on a sandy soil; and also fre- 

 quently found on high mountains. Height 6 in. 

 Introduced in 1760. 

 Flowers pink ; May to 

 July. Berries spheri- 

 cal, red or purple ; 

 ripe in October, and 

 remaining on through- 

 out the winter. 



1196. O. macrocarpus. 



1197. O. macrocarpus. 



i Variety. 



<u O. m. 2 foliis va- 

 riegdtis Hort., 

 Faccinium rna- 

 crocarpura fol. 

 var. Lodd. Cat., 

 has variegated 

 leaves, and is 

 a very ornamental plant for keeping in pots, or on moist rockwork. 



The fruit is used like that of the common cranberry ; and like that species 

 the plant may be propagated by cuttings taken from the points of the growing 

 shoots, and planted in sand under a hand-glass ; or by layers, or division. 

 This species is more frequently cultivated in British gardens for its fruit than 

 the European cranberry ; according to some, because the fruit is larger, and 

 according to others, because the fruit is not only larger, 

 but better flavoured. 



a. J* 3. O. ERE'CTUS Pursh. The erect Cranberry. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 264. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 858. 

 Synonyme. Faccinium erythrocarpum Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. p. 227. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 13. : and omfig. 1198. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oval, acuminated, serrulated, 

 and ciliated. Pedicels axillary. Corolla, before expan- 

 sion, long and conical, at length revolute. Stem erect. 

 Branches flexuous. Leaves membranous, somewhat 

 hairy. Flowers red. Berries scarlet (Watson says 

 black), quite transparent, and of an exquisite taste. 

 Very different in habit from the other species. (Don's 

 Mill.) An erect sub-evergreen shrub. Virginia and 

 Carolina, on lofty mountains. Height 2 ft. Introduced 

 in 1806. Flowers red ; May and June. Berries scarlet 

 or purple ; ripe in October. 



ORDER XLIV. STYRA N CEJE. 



OltD. CHAR. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, usually 5 6-cleft ; a?st- 

 vation valvate. Stamens 10, rnonadelphous at the base, adnate to the corolla. 

 Ovarium superior, 3-celled. Stigma 2-lobed. Drupe nearly dry, containing 

 a 1- celled I 3-seeded nut. Albumen fleshy. The superior ovarium, and 

 more deeply divided corolla, separate this from Haleszacere. (G. Don.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous ; usually toothed, turning 

 yellow when dry. Flowers axillary, either solitary or clustered, with scale- 

 like bracts, white or cream-coloured. Trees or shrubs, usually clothed with 

 stellate tomentum ; natives of Asia and North America. 



