164 CLASS VIII. ORDER II. 



Leaves small, coriaceous, shining, dotted beneath, revolute at 

 the edge, obsolete! y serrulate. Flowers campanulate-cylindrical, 

 reddish, four-cleft. Berries red, acid.— On the Monadnock and 

 other mountains. In Danvers, Mr. Oakes. — June. 



Subgenus OxYcoccus. Corolla four parted with linear, revolute 

 segments. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon. Ait. Craneherry. 



Leaves evergreen, entire, oval-oblong, obtuse ; stems 

 filiform, creeping. Ait. ahr. 



Syn. Vaccinium oxycoccus oblong if olius. Mich. 



The craneberry vine spreads in large beds at the bottom of the 

 grass in boggy meadows. Stems slender, creeping. Leaves 

 numerous, small, dark above, whitish underneath. Flower 

 stalks axillary, slender ; corollas white, their segments long and 

 reflexed. Anthers projecting. The fruit is large, and esteemed 

 superior to the European craneberry. — Perennial. 



Vaccinium oxycoccus. L. European Cranberry. 



Leaves evergreen, ovate, acute, entire, revolute, 

 stems filiform, creeping. 

 Syn. Oxycoccus vulgaris, Pers. 



This plant is common to the northern parts of both conti- 

 nents, and is mentioned by most American botanists. It con- 

 siderably resembles the preceding, but is smaller with ovate, 

 acute leaves, reddish flowers and smaller fruit. — In Massachu- 

 setts. Hitchcock. 



DIGYNIA. 



178. CHRYSOSPLENIUM. 

 Chuysosplenium oppositifolium. L. Golden Saxifrage. 

 Leaves opposite, roundish, narrowed to a petiole, 

 slightly crenate. 

 Syn. Chrysosplenium Americanum. Hooker. 



A small, early, smooth plant in wet places. Stem quadrangu- 

 lar. Leaves opposite, sometimes single, reniform, crenate. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx four, roundish-rhomboidal of a green color 



