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transparent scarlet berries, according to Pursh, are of 

 excellent taste. 



Vaccinium grandiflorum, Dombey. 



[Geratostemma grandiflorum, R. and P.) 



Andes of Peru. A tall evergreen shrub. The berries. of a 

 pleasant acidulous taste. 



Vaccinium humifusum, Graham. 



North-western America, on the Rocky Mountains. Berries 

 of this bush well flavored. 



Vaccinium Leschenaultii, Wight. (Agapetes arborea, Dunal.) 

 India, Neilgherries and Ceylon. This evergreen species 

 attains the size of a tree, flowering and fruiting throughout 

 the year. The fruits resemble cranberries. 



Vaccinium leucanthum, Cham. 



Mountains of Mexico. An arborescent species. The blackish 

 berries are edible. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon, Aiton* 



(Oxy coccus macrocarpus, Pers.) 



The large Cranberry. Prom Canada to Virginia and Caro- 

 lina, particularly in sandy and peaty bogs, and in cold mossy 

 swamps. A trailing evergreen bush, with steins attaining a 

 length of 3 feet. It is this species, which has become so 

 extensively cultivated in the eastern parts of the United 

 States, where on moory land, often not otherwise to be 

 utilized, enormous quantities of this fruit have been pro- 

 duced by regular culture at a highly profitable scale. The 

 berries are of the acid taste, pleasant aroma and scarlet 

 brightness of the British Cranberry, but considerably 

 larger. 



Vaccinium meridionale, Swartz. 



Jamaica, from the summits of the highest ranges down to 

 the Coffee-regions. It attains a height of 30 feet and is 

 evergreen. The small berries are of the taste and color of 

 those of V. Vitis Indsea. 



