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maticallv detailed by Willdenow, as well as in Rees's Cyclopaedia ; 

 so that, notwithstanding some ambiguities, a careful observer 

 may become acquainted with them all. The American species 

 are worth notice. Those of Switzerland appear to be few, and 

 not well understood. The German botanists greatly cxcell most 

 others in a practical acquaintance with the whole genus. 



DIOECIA TRIAND RIA . 

 449. EMPETRUM. Crow-berry. 



LinH. Gen. 515. Juss. \G2. Fl. Br. 1072. Tourn.t. 42\. Lam. 

 t.S03. Gartn. t. 106. 



Nat. Orel. Miscellanea: ? Linn. 54. Akin to En'c(C. Juss. 51. 

 Rather to the Mi/rsinece. Br. Prodr. 532. It has surely 

 no affinity to the Conifera:, as some suppose. 



Bar.Jl. Cal. in 3 deep, ovate, permanent segments. Petals 

 3, sometimes more, ovate-oblong, contracted at the base, 

 larger than the calyx, withering. Filam. 3 — 9, capil- 

 lary, long, pendulous. Anth. roundish, deeply cloven, 

 of 2 cells. 



Fert. jl. Cal. the same. Pet. 3, ovate-oblong, spreading, 

 contracted at the base, longer than the calyx, withering. 

 Germ, superior, orbicular, depressed. Style simple, 

 erect, very short. Stigmas 9, oblong, spreading widely. 

 Berry orbicular, depressed, wider than the calyx, of 1 

 cell. ' Seeds 9, erect, triangular, closely disposed hi a 

 circle, gibbous externally. 



Linnaeus once saw \.\\eJloxvers with both stamens and jnsiils. 

 I have such on Swiss specimens, from Mr. Davall. 



Stcjn shrubby, of humble growth. Leaves scattered, or 

 whorled, "linear-oblong, revolute, evergreen. Fl. axil- 

 lary, bracteated, reddish. Berri/ black, white, or red. 



1. E. nigrum. Black Crow-berry, or Crake-berry. 

 Stem and branches procumbent. Leaves slightly elliptical. 

 E. nigrum. Linn. Sp. PL 1450. mild. v. i. 713. Fl. Br. 1072. 



Engl. Dot. V. 8. t. o2(]. Hook. Scot. 287. Mill. Illuslr. t. 86. Fl. 



Dc°n.t. 075. Dick!i.H.Sicc.f(isc.2. 10. 

 E. n. 1605. Hall. Hint. V. 2. 279. 

 E. montanum, fructu nigro, U<iii Sijn. 444. 



