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V'ACCiNIACl 





Ml. V.\. CIN] \< 

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h branched Bhrubsor small • 



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Leaves al tern at e, undivided; without stipul< 

 >.ilitar_v or in racemes. Calyx supei 

 entire, or with from 4 t.. 6 lol I rolla 



imbricated in sastivation, monopetal 

 lobed as often a^ the calyx Stamens 

 tiin-t. doable the aamber of the lol 



Ha, inserted into an epigynous d 

 anthers "itli 2 horns and 2 cells, bursting bj 

 pores. Ovary inferior, 4- to 10-celli 

 simple ; stigma aimpli . I ! by 



the persistent limb of the calyx, succulent, 

 4- to 1 0-celled ; cells 1 - or man ■ 



i- mutate, pendulous when solitary ; 

 embryo straight, in i' ■• fleshy albu- 



men ; cotyledons very short ; radicle 1 

 inferior. 



It i-- usual i" Btation thi >. with 



1 [eathworta, to which they bear much n - 

 bianco, and "i' which they are no doubt the 

 representative in the Epigynous Sub-class. 

 They are, howevt r, t" all app< ar 

 dost ly allied to Cinchonads in their mi 

 petaloos flowers, inferior ovary, and albu- 

 min Kallomads, which 

 are chiefly known by being polypetal 

 The want of adhesion betwi en their stan 

 and corolla is analogous to what occurs 

 among Columelliada ftfyrtleblooms, with 

 their dotted leaves and indefinite Btan 

 are very different ; bat thi 

 correspond in their anthers bursting by j 

 considered as an Order standing on the 1 

 Sub-classes, and of the Cinchona! and Grossal Allianci 



Th< aboand in the tent] • the woi 



alpine countries. Some are from the moors and mars! 

 mountains of central Asia, man) from Norths 

 "i P« m. Some of thi- lVrn\ ian 



They are chieflj known as garden shrubs. Th 

 Blightly tonic and stimulating ; their !•• n 

 berries are tin- fruit "f vaccinium Myrtillus, W 



■: \ . N iti> idsea and the < I 

 speci ibstitutes for them. I 



Thibaudia macrophylla ; that "tour Vaccinium u 

 to be sometimes put into beer and other liqu 

 it yields an intoxicating Uquor. Prom the fl 

 tincture i- prepared in i\ ru as a n □ 



I DIV. — Vaccinium nuuvmini. 1. a fl 

 8. a cross section of au ovary ; i .1:1 anl 



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