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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Synonyme. 



Derivation. 



berries. 



Faccinium sp. of Lin. and otiiers. 



From oxus, sliarj), and Icukkos, a berry ; In reference to the sharp acid taste of the 



Gen. Char. Calyx 4-loothed. Corolla 4-parted, with nearly linear revolute 

 segments. Stamens 8, with connivcnt filaments. Anthers tabular, 2-parted. 

 Berries manj-seeded. (^Don's Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-evergreen ; small. Flowers pro- 

 duced at the base of the spring branchlets, in short gemmaceous racemes ; 

 pedicels filiform, conspicuously bibracteate. Berries red, rarely white, acid. 

 Shrubs, small, prostrate, creeping, growing in sphagnous morasses. Natives 

 of Europe and North America. 



!U 1. O. PALu'sTRis Pers. The Marsh, or common. Cranberry. 



Mentiflcation. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 419. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 858. 



Synonymes, O. vulgSiris Pursh Sept. 1. p. 263., O. europ^^is Nutt. Gen. Amer. 1. p. 251.; Kac- 

 clnium Oxycdccus Lin. Sp. .500. ; Facctnium Oxyc6ccus var. a ovalif51ius Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 

 1. p. 228. ; Faccinia palustris Ger. Emac. 1419.; Oxycoccum Cord. Hist. 140. 2. f. 1.; Moss- 

 benies, Bloorberries, Fenberries, Marshworts, or Whortleberries, Cornberries, Eng. ; Airelle 

 canneberge, Fr. ; gemeine Moosebeere, Ger. 



Derivation. The name of Cranberry is supposed to be given from the peduncles of the flowers being 

 crooked at the top, and, before the expansion of the flowers, resembling the head and neck of a 

 crane (Smith and Withering) ; or because they are much eaten by cranes. 



Engravings. Fl. Dan., t. 80. ; Eng. Bot., t. 319. ; and omfig. 1195. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Stems filiform, trailing. Leaves small, ovate, entire, acute, 

 smooth, with revolute margins. Pedicels terminal, 1-flowered, of a delicate 

 pink or rose colour. Segments of corolla oval. Leaves convex, and dark 

 shining green above, and glaucous beneath. Stems reddish. Pedicels 

 kvf together, about the tops of the branches, red, slightly hoary. Corolla 

 pink, with reflexed oblong segments. Stamens with purjile downy filaments, 

 and yellow anthers. Berries pear-shaped, globular, often spotted, crimson, 

 of a peculiar flavour, with a strong acidity, grateful. (Don's Mill.) A low, 

 trailing, sub-evergreen shrub. Europe, Siberia, and North America, in turfy 

 mossy bogs on the mountains. Height 3 in. to 6 in. Flowers pink ; May 

 and June. Fruit crimson ; September, remaining on during the winter. 



The plant is readily increased by laying 

 sandy soil on its shoots, at the distance of 

 3 or 6 inches from its main stem, when it 

 will send down roots abundantly. When it 

 is to be grown for its fruit, a bed of peat 

 soil should be prepared in an open airy situ- 

 ation, where it can be kept moist ; or the 

 margin of a pond may be made choice of, 

 and the plants planted there in peat soil, in 

 a. bed encircling the pond, 1 or 2 inches 

 above the level of the water, and about 1 ft. 

 distant from it. The cranberry may also be 

 grown in beds of dry sandy peat ; and it is 

 alleged by some who have tried this method in British gardens, that the fruit 

 produced, though smaller in quantity, is of a better flavour 



!U 2. O, macroca'rpus Pursh. The large-fruited, or American, Cranberry. 



Identification. Pur.sh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p 203. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 858. 



Synonymes. Faccinium macrocarpum Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 13. t.7. ; raocfnium liis- 



pidulum IVangh. Amer. t. 30. f. 67. ; faccSnium Oxycoccus /S oblongiffilius Mieltx. Fl. Bor. 



Amer. I. p. 228. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t, 122. ; Bot. Mag., t, 2586.; our fig. 1196., and our /g. 1197. from Bot. 



Mag. 



Sj^ec. Char., SfC. Stems filiform, trailing. Leaves elliptic-oblong, nearly flat, 

 and obtuse, distantly sub-serrulated on the margins, glaucous beneath, downy 

 at the points when young. Segments of the corolla linear-lanceolate. 

 Flower-bearing branches erect, profiferous. Pedicels lateral. Points of 

 young leaves, peduncles, and the margins of the calyx and bracteas, downy. 

 Berries spherical, red, often remaining throughout the winter. {Dons Milt.) 



1195. O. palustris. 



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