XLII. ERICA CEA: OXYCO’CCUS. 615 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves lanceolate, acute at both ends, quite entire, downy. 
Racemes terminal. Flowers in racemes of from 4 to 6 in 
each. Style enclosed. Corolla short, and campanulate, 
white, tinged with red. Stem much branched. Leaves 
often lin. long. Berries blue black, agreeable to the 
taste. It may bereadily known from V. corymbosum by 
its dwarf size, leafy flowering branches, and campanulate 
corolla ; from V. pennsylvanicum by its large quite entire 
leaves, and wider mouth to the coro}la; and from both 
by its leaves being very hairy. A low, branchy, evergreen 
shrub. Canada. Height 6 in. to 1 ft. Introduced in 1834. a 
Flowers white, tinged with red; May. Berries ?. 1199; ‘vicanadéise. 
b. Flowers disposed in scaly Tufts, nearly sessile. 
2 31. V. Myrsint‘tes Miche. The Myrsine-like Whortleberry. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 233.; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 290. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 856. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1193. from a specimen in Sir W. Hooker’s herbarium. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers in terminal and lateral 
tufts. Leaves sessile, oval, mucronate, obscurely 
serrated, smooth and shining above, and rather 
hairy and dotted beneath. Stem erect, much 
branched. Corolla oblong-ovate. (Don’s Mill.) 
Slightly downy branches. Leaves glandular be- 
neath, Tufts of flowers axillary, with purple 
scales. Calycine segments scarlet. Stamens 10. 
A beautiful little evergreen shrub. Carolina and 
Florida, in dry sandy woods. Height 6 in. to 
1 ft. Introduced?. Flowers purple; May and 
June. Berries ?. 
Varieties. 1193. 7. Myrsinites. 
2 V.M. 2 lanceolatus Pursh Sept. 1. p. 290,—Leaves lanceolate, acute 
at both ends. 
a V.M. 3 obtusus Pursh 1. c.—Leaves roundish-obovate. 
2. 32, V. numtru'sum Grak. The trailing Whortleberry. 
Identification. Graham in Edinb. Phil. Journ. June, 1831; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 857. 
Engraving. Our fig. 1194. from a living specimen. i 
Spec. Char. §c. Pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, 
furnished with many bracteas. Leaves evergreen, ovate, 
acutish, quite entire, glabrous on both surfaces, ciliated. 
Stem prostrate, creeping. Flowers decandrous. An- 
thers obtuse, mutic. Branchlets downy. Flowers 
drooping. Corollas campanulate, white, often partially 
tinged with red outside, with reflexed teeth. Stigma 
capitate. Filaments glabrous, flattened. (Don’s Mill.) 
A creeping evergreen shrub. North America, on the ' 
Rocky Mountains. Height 3in. to 6in. Introduced in 7%” Pemifisum. 
1827. Flowers white, tinged with red; May. Berry ? purple, edible, well 
flavoured ; ripe in October. 
Of hardy species of Vaccinium not yet introduced seven are described 
in our first edition. 
Genus XXVIII. 
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OXYCO/CCUS Pers. Tue Cranperry. Lin. Syst. Octandria Monogynia 
Identification. Pers. Syn., 1. p. 419. ; Pursh aes p. 263. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 857. 
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