IV. 
VACCINIUM BUXIFOLIUM. 
Box-leaved Vaccinium. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Erice. Juss. Gen. p. 159. 
Pericarpium inferum, 4-5-leculare, succulentum, clausum, deciduum. Semina 10-30 in singulis 
loculis, Corolla monopetala limbo brevi, 4-5-fido; decidua. Anthere 8-10, valvis apice 
oblique foraminosis. Frutices, quidam humillimi, gemmiferi, Folia alterna, in plerisque dentata, 
autumno decidua vel sempervirentia. Flores solitarii fasciculati spicative, sepius axillares. 
m 
# # Folia sempervirentia. 
V. foliis obovyatis, dentatis, glabris, subtus equatis: spicis e superioribus axillis, dense multi- _ 
floris: stigmatibus hemisphericis, 
V. brachyceram. Michaux Fl. Boreali-Amer. v. 1. p. 234. 
Sponte nascentem circa Winchester in Virginia, legit A. Michaux. * 
Floret apud nos Maio, % * 
A beautiful dwarf species, resembling V. Vitis Idea, from which however it may always 
be distinguished by the capitate stigma. The stems créepa little under the ground, and are 
covered with a short rough pubescence. Leaves sometimes oval, without any callous dots on 
the under surface: midrib hairy on its upper surface. Flowers blush-coloured. Common 
peduncle very short. Calyx and Corolla generally five-cleft. Filaments 10, attached at 
the very base to-the corolla, but inserted like it, in the receptacle which surrounds the top of 
the fruit, having anthere shorter than in many others, and without aspur. It thrives best in 
light sandy vegetable mould, among cks, and other shrubs. — ; 
; os a - * & : 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
1. A Flower magnified. 
2. The Anthers and Germen. 
3. An Anther magnified. ae 
4. The Calyx and Germen magnified. 
