OXYCOCCUS MACROCARPUS. 



AMERICAN CRANBERRY, OR CRANEBERRY. 



Octandria Monogynia, Linn. Ericae, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix superior, 4-toothed. Corolla 4-parted ; segments sub-linear, revolute. Filaments 

 connivent. Jlnthers tubulose, semi-bifid. Berry many-seeded. Persoon. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Repent; stems assurgent; leaves oblong, very entire, distantly and obscurely sub-serru- 

 late, flattish, obtuse, glabrous, white underneath ; pedicels elongated ; segments of 

 the corolla lanceolate. Pers. Pursh, andJi. 



SYNONYMS. 



Vaccinittu macrocarpon. Willd. Ait. 

 V. oxycoccos fi. oblongifolius. Mich. 



Stem frutieose, creeping and radicanf, round, of a brownish-red 

 colour, and from one to four feet long. Branches numerous, of 

 unequal lengths,flexuose, obliquely assurgent, those bearing flowers 

 proliferous and more erect. Leaves numerous, from three to five- 

 eighths of an inch long, and from one to two-eighths broad — the 

 younger ones smallest and crowded towards the tops of the branches, 



