406 169. Vitis-Ideea. 37. VACCINIEZE. PLex.caL 



stigma simple; herry ^-celled, many-seeded. — Leaves alter- 

 nate, perennial, petioled; flouers racemose, flesh-colour, 

 drooping; hractecB 1, at the base of each flower. 



Fitis-Idcea punctifolia. Doited-leaf cowberry. 



Leaves reverse-ovate, dotted beneath ; edge turned over, 

 toothed ; racemes terminal, drooping. 



Vitis Idaaa semper virens fructu rnbro, Rail Syn. 457,3. 

 Vaccinia rubra, Ger.em. 1415,2. 

 Vaccinia rubra buxeis foliis, Park. 1458. 

 Vaccinium Vitis-Idsea, Lin. S. P. 500. 

 Vaccinium rcmorosum, Salish. P/'odr. 291. 

 Vaccinium punctifolium, Stokes Bot. M. M. 368. 

 Vitis-Idaea punctata, Mceiich Meth. 47. 

 Red whortle-berry. 



Turfy heaths; shrubby; June. 



Stem very low, ascending, cylindrical ; leaves thick, stiff, 

 ending in a rounded tubercle, reticulately veined ; edge not 

 cut, serrate or toothed; bractecE coloured, fringed, con- 

 cave ; j2ozi'er5 flesh-colour ; berries red, acid, unpleasant until 

 baked. 



III. 170. OXYCOCCUS. Cordus. Craneherry, 



Calyx 4-cut; corolla 4 or 5-parted; lobes linear, turned 

 over, becoming separate; stamejis 8 or 10, exserted ; ^/c- 

 me7its connivent, bald ; anthers awnless, ending above in ' 

 long tubes; tubes separate, open; stigma pointed; berry 

 4-celled, many-seeded. — Stem shrubby; leaves perennial, 

 alternate, petioled; peduncles terminal, solitary, 1-flowered, 

 bracteated at bottom ; flowers flesh-colour, drooping. 



Oxycocciis paliislris. Marsh craneberry. 



Stem naked, threadshape, creeping, bald ; leaves ovate, 



edge not in the least cut, turned over ; beneath glaucous. 



Oxjcoccus, sive vaccinia palustria, Raii Syn. 267, 1. 

 Vaccinia palustria, Ger, eni. 1417. 

 Vaccinium palustre, Park. 1229. 

 Vaccinium Oxycoccus, Lin. S. P. 600. 

 Oxycoccus palustris, Pers. Syn. 410. 

 Vaccinium palustre, Salisb. Prod. 291. 

 Schollera Oxycoccus, Roth Germ. 2, 442, 



Cranberries. Moss berries. Moor berries. Fen grapes. Fenberries. 

 Marsh whortleberries. Marshworts. 



Bogs on mountains ; perennial ; June. 



Stem lying down ; leaves small, petioled, upright; berry 

 pale red, mottled, or purplish red. — Berries have a peculiar 

 flavour, but are esteemed by some in tarts. 



