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of Lake Winnipeg ; and according to Hooker, grows as far as the sources of the Columbia on the 

 Rocky mountains. Transported to Europe, is described by Hermann par. I (Spreng.), and Miller. 

 Its ornamental wood has become well known in commerce. 



Oxy coccus macrocarpon of Northeast America. The American crafiberry called by the Nara- 

 gansetts " sasemineash," — known to R. Williams as "another sharp cooling fruit, growing in fresh 

 waters all the winter, excellent in conserve against fevers : " * O. macrocarpon is also distinctly 



and on the roots it is said that in former times the natives would subsist "for a long time in their war 

 and hunting excursions'' — (Cutl. p. 432) : A. nudicaulis was received by Hooker from the Rocky 

 mountains and 64 throughout Canada ; was observed by E. James along the base of the Rocky moun- 

 tains ; by Lapylaie, on Newfoundland; by myself, as far as 42° along the Atlantic; by Darlington, 

 at 40 ; by Pursh, on the Alleghanies of North Carolina (El., and Chapm.). Transported to Europe, 

 is described by Plukenet aim. pi. 138. f. 5. 



Vaccinium corvmbosuiji of Northeast America. The tall blueberry, its fruit doubtless included 

 among the " sky-coloured bill-berries " dried by the New England natives, — enumerated by Josselyn 

 rar. 60 : V. corymbosum has been observed by myself along the Atlantic from 44 to 38 ; by Pursh, 

 from Canada to Virginia ; by Elliot, in South Carolina; by Chapman, on "margins of ponds and 

 swamps, Florida, and northward ; " by Croom, as far as 30° 30'; by Baldwin to 30 ; and by Short, in 

 Kentucky. From transported specimens, described by Linnjeus. 



/ "acciiiiuiii fuscatum, possibly a distinct species, its leaves more pubescent and fruit black, though 

 similar in flavour, has been observed by myself accompanying the preceding as far at least as 39 



Vaccinium vaeillans of Northeast America. The green-bark blueberry, only a foot or two high, 

 its fruit inferior, but doubtless included among the " sky-coloured bill-berries " dried bv the New 

 England natives — (Joss. rar. 60) : observed by myselt along the Atlantic from 44 to 38 ; by 

 Schweinitz, at 36 ; by Pursh, from Virginia to Carolina (Ell.). From transported specimens, 

 described by Solander (A. Gray). 



Vaccinium Pennsylvanicum of Northeast America. The dwarf ox low blueberry, its fruit doubt- 

 less included among the dried " sky-coloured bill-berries " — (Joss. rar. 60) : V. Pennsylvanicum is 

 known to grow in Labrador (Pers.) ; was observed by Lapylaie in Newfoundland ; by myself, along 

 the Atlantic to nearly 41 ; by Pursh, from New England to Virginia ; by Michaux, in Georgia (Ell.). 

 From transported specimens, described by Lamarck. 



Vicciiiium (Gayhissacid) frotidosa of Northeast America. The dang/efei rv or blue huckleberry, 

 doubtless included among the "sky-coloured bill-berries " dried bv the New England natives — (Joss, 

 rar. 60) : G. frondosa has been observed by myself along the Atlantic from 43 to 3S ; bv Schweinitz, 

 at 31V ; by Pursh, from New Jersey to Carolina ; by Elliot, in South Carolina : bv Baldwin, as far as 

 31 ; by Chapman, in "low ground, Florida to Mississippi, and northward; " by Short, in Kentucky. 

 From transported specimens, described by Linna;us. 



Vaccm/um (Oaylussacia) resinosa of Northeast America. The hucklebo rv, known from early 

 times : the "attitaash " of the Narragansetts consisted of " whortleberries " of "diverse sorts,'' some 

 "sweet like currants," and these when dried called "sautiash," beat to powder and mingled "with 

 their parched meal" made "a delicate dish'' (R. Will): the "sate "of the Abnaki on the Penob- 

 scot "frais sans etre sees, lorsq'ils s't sees, sikisa'tar," — are enumerated by Rasle diet.. " hurtle- 

 beryes" were seen by Newport on James river, and "hurts" by Strachey : G. resinosa has been 

 observed by myself along the Atlantic from Lat. 44 to 38°; by Schweinitz, at 3d"; bv Pursh, from 

 Canada to Carolina; by Elliot, on the mountains of Carolina and Georgia; and by Short, in Ken- 

 tucky. Transported to Europe, is described by Wangenheim amer. pi. 30, and Aiton ii. 12 (Pers.). 



*■ Viburnum oxycoccus of Canada. The tree-cranberry brought from the Northward and planted, 

 may prove the " wuchipoquameneash " of the Narragansetts, — described by R. Williams as "a kind 

 of sharp fruit like a barberry in taste : " V. oxycoct us is termed " v. trilobum " by Marshall, " v. opulus 

 pimina" by Michaux (Steud.) ; was observed by Pursh from Canada to the mountains of New York 

 and New Jersey ; by myself, from 47 30' on the Lower St. Lawrence to about 45 in Northern New 

 England; by Long's Expedition, from Lake Superior to Pembina j by Drummond, to Fort Cumber- 

 land, 54 ; and according to Hooker, grows as far as the Arctic Circle, Rocky mountains, and the 

 Columbia river. Continues to be sometimes cultivated for its acid edible fruit. Transported to 

 Europe, is termed "v. opulus Americanum " by Aiton (Steud.). 



Spcciilaria perfoliate, of North America. Brought perhaps by the natives to New England, 

 — as it often occurs as a weed in cultivated ground : observed by myself from 43° to 40 along the 

 Atlantic, and introduced with cultivation at the mission-station on the Kooskoosky in Oregon; by 

 Beck, at St. Louis on the Mississippi ; by Michaux i. 10S, in cultivated ground (Pers.) ; by Elliot, in 

 " cultivated ground " in South Carolina ; by Baldwin, and Croom, as far as " Fort George " in Florida ; 



