LXXVIII. ^xMPETRA^CEiE : i;'MPETRUM. 1091 



Genus I. 



iJ'MPETRUM i. The Crowberry. Lm. %^. Dioe'cia Triandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., 515. ; Juss., 126. ; FI. Br., 1072. , Tourn., t.421. : Lamb., t. 803., Gjertn. ; t.l06 

 Derivation. From en, upon, and petros, a rock ; in allusion to the place of growth. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 3-leavecl, coriaceous, with 6 imbricated scales at the base. Pe- 

 tals^. StamensS. S/igmai 9-cleft. ^en-j/ depressed, 6 9-stoned. (G.Don.) 

 Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; linear, tongue-shaped, 

 obtuse ; flat above, convex and marked with a membranaceous line beneath ; 

 dark green, shining. Flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, dark red. Berries 

 black or red. Shrubs small, branchy, procumbent ; natives of the North 

 of Europe, North America, and the Straits of Magellan. Propagated by 

 cuttings or seeds, and thriving best in peat soil. 



tt. 1. ^. Ni^GRUM L. The black Crowberry, or Crakeberry . 



Identification. Lin. -Sp. PL, 1450. ; F.ng. Fl.,4. p.283. ; Mackay Fl. Hib., p. 23S. ; Hook. Br. Fl., p. 431. 

 Synonymes. rica coccifera procumbens Ger. Emac. p. 1383. ; E. C6ris folio undecima Clus. Hist. 



l.p. 45. 

 Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 626. ; onr fig. 2034. to our usual scale ; 3.nd fig. 2035. of the natural size. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves linear-oblong. Berries black and clustered. (Hook.) 

 A low procumbent evergreen shrub. Britain. Height 6 in. to 12 in. 

 Flowers purpli.sh white ; June. Berries brownish black, like those of the 

 common juniper ; ripe in November. 



Variety. 



H- E. 71. 2 scoticum Hook. Br. Fl. 

 Rather smaller than the species. 

 Cattle do not browse on this 

 shrub ; but the berries are eaten 

 by the Scotch and Russian pea- 

 sants. It thrives 

 very well in gar- 

 dens, but requires 

 a moist boggy soil 

 and a shady situa- 

 tion. The seeds 

 remain a year in 

 the ground before 

 they vegetate, and 2034. 



the plants are very slow in their growth 

 clan M'Lean. 



2035. 



E. nij^nim. 



The crowberry is the badge of the 



. 2. E. ru'brum L. The Ted-fruited Crowberry 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 713. ; Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1783. 

 Synunyme. Cranberry of Staten Island. 



Engravings. Bot. Reg., t. 1783. ; our fig. 2037. to our usual scale, andfis. 2036. 

 of the natural size. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Leaves and branches with woolly 

 margins. Berries red. {Lindl.) An evergreen 

 procumbent shrub. Southern point of South 

 America, where it is found along the sandv 

 coast, spreading over the stones, but especially 

 thriving at the back of the low sand-hills ^MM^ 

 by which the shore is often skirted. Height m^^ 

 6in. tol2in. Introd. 183.3. Flowers brow ntsh ^| 

 purple; July, Berries red ; ripe in November. 



According to Gaudichaud, the red berries are pleasant to eat. It ^rows 

 freely in peat, and is quite hardy. 



4 A 2 



20."7. E. rubruni. 



