20 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Ovary situated on a disk, superior or more rarely inferior, usually 

 4- or 5-celled : style 1, terminated by a capitate stigma ; ovules 

 numerous, rarely few or solitary in each cell of the ovary. Fruit 

 a capsule, opening by valves, or a berry. Seeds generally with a 

 loose testa. Albumen fleshy. 



Sub-Order I.— VACCINIE^]. 



Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary. Corolla deciduous, mono- 

 petalous. Ovary inferior, with an epigynous disk. Anthers 

 not inficxed, 2-celled, opening by 2 pores, often spurred on the 

 back ; pollen-grains united in fours. Fruit a berry or drupe. 

 Testa closely enveloping the seed. 



Shrubs, with green leaves. 



GENUS I.—VA C C I N I U M. 



Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary. Limb of 4 or 5 teeth, more 

 rarely nearly entire. Corolla urceolate, bell-shaped or rotate, with 

 as many divisions as there are calyx-teeth. Stamens twice as many 

 as the calyx-teeth, i. e. 8 or 10 ; anthers oblong, Avith 2 tubular 

 horns at the apex, awnless or with 2 awns. Ovary inferior, 2- to 

 5-celled, generally with several ovules in each cell. Fruit a berry 

 with numerous seeds. 



Shrubs, with evergreen or deciduous leaves, and the flowers 

 commonly solitary and axillary, or in small compact terminal 

 racemes. 



The name of this genus of plants is really an ancient Latin name, but whether of 

 a berry or a llowcr has been a point in dispute among critics, as well as its etymology. 



Section I.— OXYCOCCOS. Toumcf. 



Corolla rotate, divided nearly to the base into 4 reflexed seg- 

 ments. Filaments hairy. Anthers not awned. Leaves evergreen. 

 Flowers solitary, on long slender pedicels. 



SPECIES I.-VACCINIUM OXYCOCCOS. Linn. 



Plate DCCCLXXVI. 



Rdeh, Ic. PL Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MCLXIX. Pig. 4. 

 Billot, PI. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 145. 



/cocoos palustris, Pers. D. C. Prod. Vol. VII. p. 57 7. Or. & Godr. El. do It. 



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