VACCINIUM. 



t. 480. Purfh n. 21. Ait. Epit. 376. Curt. Mag. 

 t. 1550. — Clufters terminal, corymbofe. Brafteas fliorter 

 than the flower-ftalks. Leaves elliptic-obovate, acute, 



crenate, fmooth and (hining. Corolla cylindrical Native 



of Carolina, flowering in May and June. The J}em is of 

 humble growth, either ered, as in Andrews's figure, or 

 diffufe, as in the Botanical Magazine ; the young branches 

 downy on two oppofite fides. Leaves evergreen, from half 

 an inch to an inch long, numerous, very fmooth ; paler and 

 veiny beneath ; on very fhort red footjlalh. Floiver-flalks, 

 IraSeas, and calyx very fmooth, of a ihining red or purple. 

 Calyx in five broad, rather Ihallow, fegments. Corolla 

 ovate-oblong, white or pink, with five flight fpreading teeth, 

 longer than the Jlyh. This fpecies bears fome affinity to 

 the following, as well as to crajftfolium, n. 28 ; but differs 

 from the latter effentially, as Mr. Purfli obferves, in the 

 fliape of its corolla; to which may be added the form and 

 polifli of its leaves, and the young branches being downy on 

 two fides only. 



33. V. myrfinites. Small-leaved Whortle-berry. Mi- 

 chaux Boreal.-Amer. v. i. 233. Purfli n. 22 — " Flowers 

 in terminal and lateral fcaly tufts, nearly feffile. Leaves 

 feffile, oval, pointed, obfcurely ferrated ; fmooth and ftiining 

 above ; fomewhat hairy and dotted beneath. Stem ereft, 

 much branched. Corolla oblong-ovate." — In the dry 

 fandy woods of Carolina and Florida, flowering in May and 

 June. A beautiful \\tx\ejhrub, with flightly downy branches. 

 Leaves glandular beneath ; varying either to roundifli- 

 obovate, or to lanceolate, acute at each end. Tufts axillary, 

 with purple fcales. Segments of the calyx fcarlet. Corolla 

 of a fine purple, five-toothed. Michaux, Purjh. 



34. V. buxifoitum. Box-leaved Whortle-berry. Salif. 

 Farad, t. 4. Ait. n. 18. Purfli n. 23. Curt. Mag. 

 t. 928. (V. brachycerum ; Michaux Boreal. -Amcr. v. i. 

 234.) — Cluft^ers axillary, of few flowers. Leaves ftalked, 

 obovate, toothed or crenate, fmooth on both fides. Stems 

 tufted. Corolla roundifli-ovate. Filaments glandular. 

 Stigma capitate. — In dry woods, on lime-ftone rocks, in the 

 weftern parts of Virginia, near Winchefl:er and the Sweet- 

 fprings, flowering in June. Purjlj. A handfome little 

 flirub, in ft;ature and general afpeft refembling V. Vitis idaa, 

 n. 26. The leaves however are fmooth, even, and not 

 dotted, on the under tide. Clujlers fliorter, but more nu- 

 merous. Flowers five-cleft. Corolla globular, contraAed 

 at the mouth, not bcll-fliaped. Anthers with fliorter horns, 

 difcharging their pollen by lateral, not terminal, apertures. 

 Stigma dilated, or capitate. Of the berries we have no 

 account. The fiotuers are white, delicately ftriped with 

 red. Anthers without fpurs. 



35. V. ovatum. Ovate Whortle-berry. Purfli n. 24. — 

 " Leaves ftalked, ovate, acute, revolute, ferrated, fmooth, 

 coriaceous. Clufl;ers axillary and terminal, bradleated, 

 ftiort. Corolla cylindrical. Calyx acute." — Found by 

 governor Lewis, on the Columbia river ; by Mr. Menzies 

 on the north-weft: coaft of America, flowering in May. 

 PurJh. 



•3,6. V . obtufum. Blunt Whortle-berry. Purfli n. 25. — 

 *' Stem creeping. Leaves fmall, oval, rounded and blunt at 

 each end, pointed, entire, coriaceous, fmooth. Stalks 

 axillary, folitary, fiagle-flowered.'' — Gathered by Mr. 

 Menzies, on the north-weft coaft of America ; feen in the, 

 Bankfian herbarium, without flowers. PurJlj. 



We can find nothing, amongft our fpecimens from Mr. 

 Menzies, that anfwers to the characters of either of thefe 

 two laft fpecies. Our parvtfoltum, n, 3, agrees in fome 

 points with the defcription of the laft, but the Jlem is rather 



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arborefcent than creeping, and the Uavis are certainly neither 

 coriaceous nor evergreen. 



37. V. Oxycoccus. Common Cranberry. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 500. Willd. n. 25. FI. Brit. n. 4. Engl. Bot. t. 319. 

 Fl. Dan. t. 80. Lamarck f. 3. (Vaccinia paliiftria ; Ger. 

 Em. 1419. Lob. Ic. V. 2. 109. Oxycoccum; Cord. Hift. 

 140. 2. f. I. Oxycoccus vulgaris ; " Perf. Syn. v, i. 419." 

 Purfli 263.)— Corolla deeply four-cleft. Leaves ovate, 

 entire, revolute, acute, fmooth. Stems creeping, thread- 

 fliaped. Flowers terminal — Native of turfy mon"y bogs in 

 the mountainous parts of Europe ; common in Switzerland, 

 Ruffia, Scotland, Ireland, and the north of England, as 

 well as in Lincolnfliire, and the neighbouring part of Nor- 

 folk, flowering in June. Mr. Purfli fpeaks of it as common 

 on the boggy mountains of North America, from Canada 

 to Pennfylvania, flowering from May to July. Few plants 

 are more elegant. The wiry flirubby /cmj creep among 

 bog-mofs, with long, branching, fibrous roots, which often 

 appear to imbibe nourifliment from the clear water alone. 

 Branches fcattered, procumbent, fmooth, reddifli, leafy. 

 Leaves evergreen, ftalked, from a quarter to half an inch 

 long, coriaceous ; convex and of a dark fliining green above; 

 glaucous beneath. Floiuer-Jlalks few together about the 

 tops of the branches, fomewhat corymbofe, above an inch 

 long, fimple, red, flightly hoary, bearing two minute brac- 

 teas in the lower part, and a folitary, drooping, very beau- 

 tiful, four.cleft_/oTOfr at the top. The germen is fmooth. 

 Calyx-lobes broad and ftiallow. Corolla pink, with reflexed 

 oblong fegments, a quarter of an inch in length. Filaments 

 purple, downy. Anthers yellow, converging, without fpurs. 

 Berry pear-fliaped or globular, often fpotted, crimfon, of 

 a peculiar flavour, fomewhat like black currants, with a 

 ftrong acidity, grateful to moft people, in the form of tarts, 

 for which purpofe they are largely imported from Ruflla. 

 We can remember Cranberries from Lincolnfliire, and the 

 north-weft corner of Norfolk, being fold in cart-loads about 

 the ftreets of Norwich ; but the extenfive enclofures have, 

 in many parts, deftroyed and drained their native bogs. 

 Lightfoot records that at Longtown, on the borders of 

 Cumberland, not lefs than twenty or thirty pounds-worth 

 were fold each market-day, for five or fix weeks together, 

 and difperfed over diff"ercnt parts of the kingdom. In 

 Sweden thefe berries ferve only to boil filver plate to its due 

 degree of whitenefs, their fliarp acid corroding the fuper- 

 ficial particles of the copper alloy. 



38. V. macrocarpon. American Cranberry. Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. ed. I. v. 2. 13. t. 7. ed. 2. n. 22. Willd. n. 27. La- 

 marck f. 4. (V. Oxycoccus /? ; Michaux Boreal.-Amer. 

 V. I. 228. "V. hifpidulum; Wangenh. Amer. 108. t. 30. 

 f. 67." Oxycoccus macrocarpus ; Purfli 263.) — Corolla 

 deeply four-cleft. Leaves elliptic -oblong, entire, flightly 

 revolute, obtufe, fmooth. Stems afcending. Flowers late- 

 ral — In bogs principally in a fandy foil, and on high moun- 

 tains, frequent, from Canada to Virginia, flowering from 

 May to July. A larger and more upright plant than the 

 laft, with lefs convex, more oblong, much larger leaves. 

 Several Jlowers come forth at the ends of the laft year's 

 branches, furmounted by the flioots of the prefent year. 

 Their braSeas are fituated towards the top of each ftalk, 

 and, as well as the fegments of the corolla, are larger than 

 in the Common Cranberry. The Jilaments however are 

 fliorter in proportion to their anthers, which are unufuaUy 

 long. The berries are larger, and of a brighter red, than 

 the laft, collefted in great abundance, for making tarts, in 

 America, and exported from thence to Europe; but they, 

 always prove here far inferior in quality to the RuflTian Cran- 



3 X berries, 



