XLIV. STYUACEJE. 



6J7 



Height 6 in. 



A trailing shrub, resembUng 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 

 Introduced in 1760. 

 Flowers pink ; May to 

 July. Berries spheri- 

 cal, red or purple ; 

 ripe in October, and 

 remaining on through- 

 out the winter. 



U96. O. macrocarpus. 



1197. O. macroc&rpns. 



Varieli/. 



fu 0. 711. 2 foliis va- 

 riegdtis Hort., 

 Faccinium ma- 

 crocarpum fol. 

 var. Lodd. Cat., 

 has vai'iegated 

 leaves, and is 



I 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 

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

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

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

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

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

 jit better flavoured. 



j B. j 3. O. ere'ctus Pursh. The erect Cranberry, 



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

 '^nonyme. raccinium erythrocarpum Mic'is-. Fl. Bar. A?iier. 1. p. 227. 

 igravings. Dend. Brit., t. 13. : and om Jig. 1198. 



)ec. 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. Flov/ers red. Berries scarlet (Watson says 



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



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



Mil!.) An erect sub-evergreen shrub. Virginia and 

 Carolina, on lofty mountains. Height 2 ft. Introduced 

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



or purple ; ripe in October. i^.,;. o.er^ciu.. 



Order XLIV. STYRA^CEiE. 



fD. Char. Calyx S-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, usually 5 6-cleft ; aest- 

 ivation valvate. Stamens 10, monadelphous at the base, adnate to the corolla. 

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

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

 iniore deeply divided corolla, separate this from Halesface<. (G. Don.) 

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

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

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

 Istellate tomentum ; natives of Asia and North America. 



