Vaccinium. ERICACE^. 447 



(V. elevatum, Banks, DC, not V. album, Linn.*), seems to be scarcely even a variety of this 

 species, as was long ago remarked by Sir J. E. Smilli. 



^4. OsYcocccsi.Tourn. (Cranbernj ov Cranebernj) Corolla 4-parterl, with linear revoluie segments. 

 Stamens 8: anther-cells elongated and tubnkt; 7wl aicned on the bach. Berry (large, red and 

 acid) i-celkd.— Stems creeping and filiform, with ascending branches : Icaccs evergreen, oval 

 or oblong, with, margins more or less revolute : flowers bright rose-color, nodding, on slender 

 pedicels. 



7. Vaccinium Oxycoccus, Linn. Small Cranberry. 



Stems very slender ; leaves ovate, acute ; peduncles terminal ; filaments more than half 

 the length of the anthers.— iw«. sp. 1. p. 351 ; Engl. hot. t. 3i9 ; Fl. Dan. t. 80 ; Hook. 

 fl. Bor-Am. 2. p. 34. V. Oxycoccus, var. ovalifolius, Miclix. fl. 1. p. 228. Oxycoccus 

 palustris, Pers. syn. I. ;j. 419. O. vulgaris, Pursh, fl. 1. p. 263 ; Ton: fl. 1. p. 394 ; 

 Beck, bat. p. 225 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. 577. 



Stems straggling and rooting, 8-10 inches long; the yonng shoots a little pubescent. 

 Leaves 3-4 lines long, glaucous underneath, a little revolute on the margin ; the veins 

 underneath very indistinct. Pedicels 2 - 4, an inch or more in length, from the summit of the 

 branches, 1-flowered, slender, pubescent, recurved at the extremity, often furnished with linear 

 or narrowly lanceolate bracteoles about the middle. Corolla 4-parled nearly to the base ; 

 |he segments rolled back. Stamens erect : filaments short, pubescent at the sides : anthers 

 |!bngated ; the two cells produced into slender tubes. Berry about one-third of an inch in 

 'diameter, globose, purplish scarlet, very acid. 



Sphagnous swamps in the norihcrn and western parts of the Slate, where it often takes tiie 

 place of thefollowing species. Fl. June. Fr. Aug.- September. This agrees in every respect 

 with the European plant. It is preferred for tarts to the Common or American Cranberry. 



8. Vacci.mum macrocarpon, AiL Common Cranhernj. 



Branches ascending ; leaves oblong, obtuse ; peduncles lateral, from the base of the young 

 shoots, filaments scarcely one-third the length of the anthers.— ^!<. Kew. (ed. I.) 2. ;;. VX 

 t. 7 ; Bol. mag. t. 25 ; Bigel.fl. Bost. p. 154 ; Hook.fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 34. V. Oxycoccus, 

 var. oblongifolium, Miclix. fl. 1. p. 228. Ox) coccus macroca'rpus, Pers. syn. \. p. 419; 

 Pursh, fl. 1. p. 2C3 ; Burt. fl. Am.Sept. 1. t. 17 ; Torr. fl. I. p. 293 ; Wats, dendr. Brit. 

 1.122; Beck, bot. p. 225 ; Darlingt. fl Cest. ;?. 241 ; DC. prodr. 7. p. 577. 



Stem stouter than in the preceding species, often 2-4 feel long, creeping and branching, 

 throwing up numerous assurgcnt branches from 3 to 8 inches high. Leaves about half Tti 

 inch long, entire or with distant obscure serratures, nearly plane, siuooth, glaucous underneath; 

 the young pubcsceni-ciliale at the apex, and rather distinctly veined. Calyx small, purplish ; 

 the leeih broad and rather acute. Corolla as in the preceding .species, but larger; the lobca 

 reflcxcd, and at length revolute. Filaments purple, short and compressed ; the anthers tcr- 



• V. album, Linn,, accorJing lo Smith anJ G. Don (i'oi. sijsi. gard. 3. p. 85J), and Boolt, in XulosUim (Lonicera) 

 alialum, Punh. ' \ / 



