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each fupporting one flower, wWch is of a fpreading 

 bell-fhape and five cleft at the border. 



* * With evergreen leaves. 



7. Vaccinium hifpidulunv Marjh Vaccinium^ or 



Cranberry. 



This grows naturally in molTy fwamps, with flen- 

 der, creeping ftalks, covered with briftly fcalcs. 

 The leaves are oval, or fomewhat oblong and fhin- 

 ing. The fruit or berries are large and reddifti co- 

 loured; and of a bitterifh acid tafte. 



8. Vaccinium pennfylvanicum. Myrtle leaved Vac- 



ciniumj or Cranberry. 



The leaves of this are oval and fharp pointed. 

 The flowers are white and nodding, produced from 

 the bofom of the leaves. The berries are red and 

 fmall, 



V I R B U R N U M. 



PLIANT MEALLY, or WAY-FARING-TREE, 

 Clafs 5. Order 3. Pentandria Trigynia. 



n^HE Empalement is four toothed, above, very fmall and per- 

 ^ manent. 



The Corolla is of one petal, belMTiaped, half five-cleft: the 

 divifions obtufe and rcflexed. 



The Filaments are five, awl-iliaped and the length of the corol- 

 la. The Antherce roundifii. 



The Gctmen beneath, roundift. The Style none, but in its 

 place a top-fliaped Gland, The Stipnas three. 



The Seed'vejfel, a fomewhat oval, comprelfed berry, of one 

 cell. 



ThQ Seed oije, hard, and of the fame form. 



