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VACCINIUM. (Linn, in part.) 



§ I. Seeds angular, impunctate. Anthers biaristate. f Leaves deciduous. 



Vaccinium Myrtillus, Linn. Near the line of perpetual snow, in the central 

 chain of the Rocky Mountains. (Thornberg's ravine.) /?. microphyllum, 

 Hooker, Flor, Bor. Am. 2. p. 33. Exactly the European plant, but smaller. 



Vaccinium ovalifolium. Smith. 



Hab. In the shady woods of the Oregon, near Fort Vancouver. 



Vaccinium parvifolium. Smith. 



Hab. With the above. 



Vaccinium ccespitosum (3. * cuneifolium. Stem low and branching, not 

 csespitose ; leaves all obtuse. 



Hab. Plains of the Oregon, near the Wahlainet, common, forming extensive tufts. Six to eight 

 inches high. The berries covered with a dense bloom, but not agreeable. 



Vaccinium uliginosum. Linn. 



Hab. The White Mountains of New Hampshire. In this species the seeds are numerous, much 

 curved, and acute at each extremity. 



t Leaves sempervirent. Anthers unarvned. 

 Vaccinium Vitis Idcea. 



Hab. Canada, the White Mountains and North-West coast, but I have not met with it in the 

 latter locality. 



§1 IL Seeds somervhat oval and rounded, impressed-punctaie. Cells of the 

 berry about ten-seeded. 



Anthers unarvned; leaves more or less deciduous. 



Vaccinium corymbosum, Linn, also V. Pennsylvanicum, Lamarck. V. virga- 

 tum, AiTON. V. Canadense, Richardson. V. Ligustrinum, Mich. V. gale- 

 zans, Mich. Y. tenellum, Aiton. V. myrsinites, Mich. 



*METAGONIA. 



Calyx adnate to the ovary, the border four or five-cleft. Corolla conic or 

 ovoid, pentangular, of a thick consistence, the border four or five-cleft. 

 Stamens eight to ten included, the anthers bifid, with or without awns, 

 dehiscing by terminal oblique pores. Style included, stigma minutely five- 

 lobed. Berry sub-pyriform or globose, fleshy, conspicuously crowned by 



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