CATALOGUE OF PLANTS. ST 

places, radical leaves rotund, but frequently in such a state of decay as 
not to be found easily. Hightstown, and Princeton, and north. 
C. aparinoides, Pursh. Bogs and wet meadows, 
C. rapunculoides. Chatham. (7. C. B.) 
Specularia, Heister. (Venus’s Looking-glass.) 
S. perfoliata, DC. Dry fields, common. 
ORDER 56. HBRICACEH. Heatu FAmmny. 
Gaylussacia, H. B. K. (Huckleberry.) 
G. dumosa, Torr. and Gray. Sandy swamps, not very rare. 
G. frondosa, Torr. and Gray. Woods, middle and north, common. 
G. resinosa, Torr. and Gray. Woods and swamps, common. 
Vaccinium, L. (Cranberry—Blueberry—Bilberry. ) 
V. Oxycoccus, L. Southern parts of Monmouth and northern parts 
of Ocean. Budd’s Lake. (Porter.) Closter. (Awustin.) Northern Rail- 
q road. (Lockwood.) 
j Formerly this plant was frequent in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. 
4 I think, however, it is at present rare in those localities. The cranberry- 
growers have exterminated it from their bogs, because the fruit is too 
. small to have a market value, and its rival, the V. macrocarpon, has 
supplanted it. 
On account of the commercial importance which the cranberry has 
reached, within a few years, the V. macrocarpon deserves more than a 
passing notice. 
V. macrocarpon, Ait. Stem from 1-5 feet in length, prostrate, 
throwing off assurgent flowering and fruit-bearing branches; leaves 
elliptical, margins rolled over, upper side dark green, glaucous under- 
neath ; flower large ; anthers more than twice the length of the filaments; 
fruit varying from campanulate to orbicular, dark when ripe. 
This plant sports with great freedom, especially as to the fruit. The 
leaf does not vary, except in size. 
There are three well-marked varieties known among cultivators, as 
follows : 
1. Bell-shaped, or pear-shaped. 
2. Bugle-shaped. 
5. Cherry-shaped ; this form is sometimes flattened at the poles, and 
is then called cheese-shaped. 
Cultivators who have made careful observations, think they have de- 
tected from twenty to forty varieties. From correspondence and inter- 
views with some of the largest and most intelligent growers in the State 
of New Jersey, I am led to believe that the following five forms are very 
constant : * 
* On a visit to the plantations or bogs of the Beaver Dam Company, and to those of 
Ephraim P. Empson, I noticed these as the prevailing forms. The bogs of the Beaver 


