1892 



EF Itticemei shorter 

 F C noIUi cytntd^i 



Ciiolla ion shaped 



fi bhuL 19 atTOcoccum 



ultiiatid ihiefh/ for 



PUu, 



ft htqh 





ith 



bi<nHh(s 



D Lvs small, shimng 20 crassifolium 

 DD I/V1 latger paleorglau 



CI St nt 21 uliginosum 



c ^f m\ I f f ( I I > ! - erythrinum 



Pl,,:i 1,11 , - II , 1 I 



beneath 24 arboreum 



DD Surface paler above, 



glaucous beneath 25. stamineum 



DDD. Surface hriqht green 

 both sides, (ffer, 

 might besought No. 5.) 7> erythrocarpon 



1. Oxycdccus, T)i ^i if n i ii 



of the Old Wi.il i 



filiform stems I I 



termmal: con. II i ., , i i ii. I, il,, |..l„ , i.il. \, .1, 

 anthers exsertf I ! \iili\ii\ li.ii.,' ttiiumal tubi_s. bfiij 

 red, globose, S-' m in .linn . 4-loculed. Sphagnum 

 swamps m sul.n.ti m.l il|.ine regions. — Though 

 .nsidered superior to that 



2. macroc4rpon, Ait. Larger American Cranberrv. 

 Stems slender, creeping, elongated (1-4 ft.), the tlower- 

 ing branches ascending: lvs. oblong or oval, obtuse or 

 retuse, ',-'-2 m. long, whitened beneath: pedicels sev- 

 eral, axillary and lateral: berry red or reddish, globose 

 or pTrifcirm, ^,-1 m. long. N. America. B.M. 2586. 

 Em. 2:450. See Cranbeity. 



-Vaccinium 



3. Vitis-Idaea, Linn. Cowberry. Mountain Cran- 

 EERRy. PoxBERRY. Fig. 2029. Plants low (0-10 in.): 

 lvs. coriaceous, persistent, obovate or oval, K-?i in. 

 long, dark green and shining above, with blackish 

 bristly points beneath: fls. in short, terminal racemes; 

 corolla white or rose-colored, 4-cleft: berries dark red, 

 acid, rather bitter. Arctic regions, south to coast of 



New England, Minn, and Brit. 

 7:610 (as var. major); ll:102:i 

 which are rather larger than 

 what bitter when uncooked. ;ir 

 northern regions for tarts, jel 

 substitute for the common 

 Macoun, the fishermen's famil 



B.B. 2:580. L.B.C. 

 miHP)-t. -The fruits, 

 Mis, :i.i.l and somc- 



ly. According to 

 .ig the Gaspi? coast 

 and the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence gather 

 the fruit of this species in large quantities for their 

 own use and for sale, calling it "Low-bush Cranberry." 

 Throughout the whole of northern Canada hunters and 

 trappers, as well as the native Indians, have frequently 

 to depend upon it for food. It is valuable for the shrub- 

 bery border, where the strong contrast of the dark green 

 foliage and the bright-colored persistent fruit is very 

 striking. 



4. parvifdlium, Smith. Shrub, 6-12 ft. high, strag- 

 glmg. with slender, green, sharply mi.;l.d bian.^hrs: 

 Us ..liloug or oval, obtuse, entin . .lull it' ' . '4 

 in l.iiii,': Hs. solitary m the a\il- " In, 

 iii.iih white; c.ah -s 5-lobed • heiri. l.r 

 .lr\ Nnithern Cahf. to Alaska.-! Ill n,- 

 iims.rMnan. T .T. Howell, of Oreg. 11 I 1 1 1 ilie 



iiint IS '..t L' 1 (l.ivor, excellent for tails, «hili (.lay 



s.ns '1 ithi 1 di\, hardly edible." 



5. erythrocarpon, Michx. Shrub, erect, divergently 



nies, Va. to Ga. B.M. 7413. 

 6. nitidum, Andr. A diffusely much branched shrub. 



tire or seiiul it. . - 

 above; hi 1. t m.l 

 "globose, bin s, 

 B M. 1.5,-)U( 1-1 , 

 encebet«i.ii this 

 The chief points nl 

 Hifes has puberul* 



sh: berries 

 Fla and La. 

 The differ- 



smooth 



ilyx-t. 

 ichlets 



ot plant in conlhcrases in England under the 

 '. Spreni/tltl. 

 8 vacillans. K iliii L..w Ri i Frrivkv Bi.i f 



In [ ! II. 1 ^|„<Mes and 



ill.: till I il .1 I nil I 1! 1 W 1 1.1 It IS from 



this sp.'( It s ih It III,' . iinim.in n iiiie Wlmrtleberry is de- 

 rived. Not of special importance in America. 



10. caespitdsum, Michx. Dwarf Bilberry. A dwarf 

 tufted shrub, 3-12 in. high, nearly glabrous throuijli.iut: 

 lvs. obovate, obtuse or acutish, sennlni.n sliiinnr nil 

 both sides: fls. solitary; corolla obo\.iiil. pink . r while, 

 slightly 5-toothed (rai-ely 4-toothf.l 1 : iMirii- Ihl'.., 

 globose, blue with bloom, sweet. N. Am. r. H.l'.. Ji.'.TO 



