CLASS VIII. ORDER I. 163 



eels solitary, axillary, filiform; corollas spreadin^- 

 campanulate ; anthers exsertecl, awned on the back ; 

 fruit pyriform. 



Leaves large, mostly smooth, those of the flowering twigs 

 much smaller. Pedicels long and slender. Corolla white and 

 very open, with the anthers projecting far beyond it, a character 

 which distinguishes it from the other species here described. 

 Style longer than the stamens. The berries which I have not 

 seen are said to be greenish white. — Grows in the western parts 

 of the state. — June. 



* Vaccinium uliginosum, ^ alpinum. Mountain Whortle- 

 berry. 



V. procmnbens ; foliis obovatis, integris ; Jloribiis 

 subsoUtariis ; baccis oblongis, stylo coronatis. 



Procumbent ; leaves obovate, entire ; flowers sub- 

 solitary ; berries oblong, crowned with the stj^le. 



Stem procumbent, growing to the size of the finger. Leaves 

 small, obovate, roundish-obtuse, entire, smooth both sides, pale 

 above, glaucous and reticulated beneath. Flowers single or in 

 pairs, nearly sessile. Segments of calyx obtuse, corolla ovate, 

 short, ending in four or five revolute segments. Anthers about 

 eight, included, two horned. Style shorter than the corolla. 

 Berries oblong, deep olue, crowned with the connivent calyx 

 and persistent style. — On the alpine tops of the highest moun- 

 tains. Moose Hillock, Camel's Rump, and the White mountains. 

 — The leaves vary to oblong and orbicular. 



This little shrub resembles V. uliginosum of Europe, and is 

 probably a variety. Externally the fruit resembles in shape that 

 of Gaultheria procumbens. 



Vaccinium Vitis Id^a. L. Cow Berry. 



Stem creeping; leaves evergreen, obovate, denticu- 

 late, revolute, dotted underneath ; racemes terminal 

 nodding. 



This plant has some resemblance to the common cranberry, 

 but is larger. Stem creeping with herbaceous, angular branches. 



