Vaccinium. ERICACE^. 447 



(F. elevatum, Banks, DC, not V. album, Linn.*), seems to be scarcely even a variety of this 

 species, as was long ago remarked by Sir J. E. Smith. 



^ 4. OxYcoccus, Tourn. {Cranberry or Craneberry.) Corolla i-par led, with linear revolute segments. 

 Stamens 8: anther-cells elongated and tubular, 7iot awned on the back. Berry (large, red and 

 acid) ^-celled. — Stems creeping and filiform, luith ascending branches : leaves evergreen, oval 

 or oblong, with margins more or less revolute : flowers bright rose-color, nodding, on slender 

 pedicels. 



7. Vaccinium Oxycoccus, Linn. Small Cranberry. 



Stems very slender ; leaves ovate, acute ; peduncles terminal ; filaments more than half 

 the length of the anthers. — Linn. sp. 1. p. 351 ; Engl. hot. t. 319 ; Fl. Dan. t. 80 ; Hook. 

 Jl. Bor-Am. 2. p. 34. V. Oxycoccus, var. ovalifolius, Michx. Jl. 1. p. 228. Oxycoccus 

 palustris, Pers. syn. 1. p. 419. 0. vulgaris, Pursh, fl. \. p. 263 ; Torr. fl. \. p. 394 ; 

 Beck, hot. p. 225 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. 577. 



Stems straggling and rooting, 8—10 inches long ; the young shoots a little pubescent. 

 Leaves 3—4 lines long, glaucous underneath, a little revolute on the margin ; the veins 

 underneath very indistinct. Pedicels 2 - 4, an inch or more in length, from the summit of the 

 branches, 1-flowered, slender, pubescent, recurved at the extremity, often furnished with linear 

 or narrowly lanceolate bracteoles about the middle. Corolla 4-parted nearly to the base ; 

 the segments rolled back. Stamens erect : filaments short, pubescent at the sides : anthers 

 elongated ; the two cells produced into slender tubes. Berry about one-third of an inch in 

 diameter, globose, purplish scarlet, very acid. 



Sphagnous swamps in the northern and western parts of the State, where it often takes the 

 place of the following species. Fl. June. Fr. Aug.- September. This agrees in every respect 

 with the European plant. It is preferred for tarts to the Common or American Cranberry. 



8. Vaccinium macrocarpon, Ait. Common Cranberry. 



Branches ascending ; leaves oblong, obtuse ; peduncles lateral, from the base of the young 

 shoots ; filaments scarcely one-third the length of the anthers. — Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.) 2. p. 13. 

 t. 7 ; Bot. mag. t. 25 ; Bigel.fl. Bost. p. 154 ; Hook.fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 34. V. Oxycoccus, 

 var. oblongifolium, Michx. fl. 1. p. 228. Oxycoccus macrocarpus, Pers. syn. \. p. 419; 

 Pursh, fl. 1. p. 263 ; Bart. fl. Am.Sept. 1. t. 17 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 293 ; Wats, dendr. Brit, 

 t. 122 ; Beck, bot. p. 225 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 241 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. 577. 



Stem stouter than in the preceding species, often 2-4 feet long, creeping and branching, 

 throwing up numerous assurgent branches from 3 to 8 inches high. Leaves about half an 

 inch long, entire or with distant obscure serratures, nearly plane, smooth, glaucous underneath ; 

 the young pubescent-ciliate at the apex, and rather distinctly veined. Calyx small, purplish ; 

 the teeth broad and rather acute. Corolla as in the preceding species, but larger ; the lobes 

 reflexed, and at length revolute. Filaments purple, short and compressed ; the anthers ter- 



 V. album, Linn., according to Smith and G. Don {^en. syst. gard. 3. p. 853), and Boott, is Xylosteum (Lonicera) 

 cUiatum, Pursh. 



