Orueii I. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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5477 Leaves opp. and altern. subamplexicaul. ovate-lanceolate hairy, Stem much branched hairy 
5478 Leaves sessile lane, pubescent. Stem simple villous, Root fibrous 
5479 Leaves altern. lanceolate serrated hairy 
54.S() Leaves opp. ovate toothed 
5481 Leaves stalked ovate acute toothed, Stem erect branched square. Petals bifid 
5482 Leaves on short stalks ovate acute toothed shining, Stem ascending simple, Petals half bifid 
5483 Leaves lanceolate toothletted : the lower opposite, Stem square 
5484 Stem round pubescent. Leaves lane, serrul. stalked opp. upper alternate smootli veiny 
5485 Leaves opp. and alt. ovate toothletted sess. smooth, Fl. axill. sess. Caps. 4-cornered 
5486 Stem erect simple. Leaves toothed pubescent. Ovary with scattered hairs 
5487 Leaves sessile lane, toothletted. Stem rounded. Stigma undivided 
5488 Leaves on short stalks opp. lane, ellipt. obt, entire. Stem ascending few-flowered 
5489 Peduncles 1-flowered axillary, Leaves in threes serrated 
5490 Branches slightly downy. Leaves opposite stalked smooth. Flowers much longer than leaves 
5491 Peduncles axillary 1-flowered, Leaves ovate alternate 
5492 Flowers stalked axillary, Sepals reflexed. Leaves ovate-lanceolate about 5 
5493 Leaves oblong lanceolate smooth. Cymes terminal shorter than the leaves 
5494 Leaves oval revolute at edge acute white beneath, Segm. of cor. oval 
5495 Leaves oblong flat obtuse, Segm. of cor. lanceolate 
5496 Leaves oval acuminate serrulate ciliated, Flower not revolute at first 
5497 Peduncles 1-flowered, Leaves serrate ovate deciduous. Stem angular 
5498 Leaves ovate acute serrulate smooth, Racemes with bractes, Cor. cylind. camp. 
5499 Leaves oval ac. ent. glauc. beneath, Pedic. sol. axill. filif. Cor. open camp. Anth. exserted [exserted 
5500 Lvs. oval or obov. acute ent. glauc. ben. Nerves and veins pub. Ped. axill. sol. filif. Cor. open camp. Anth. 
5501 Dwarf tufted glsibrous. Leaves cuneate rounded deeply sawed membranous, Fl. sol. 
5502 Leaves small obov. obt. ent. above smooth, beneath veiny pubescent glaucous, Fl. sol. cor. urceolate 
5503 Leaves stalked obovate acute at each end serrate. Racemes nodd. Cor. cylind. camp. Anth. included 
5504 Leaves narr. lanceol. membr. ent. Nerves and edge pubescent beneath, Fl. scatt. sol. nearly sessile 
5505 Branches and lvs. covered with resin, dots, Lvs. obov. ent Rac. with bractes. Cor. camp, with round, seg. 
5506 Lvs. obi. acute serrul. smooth. Racemes aggreg. term, corym. Cor. cylind. with short erect seg. Style exsert 
5507 Leaves obov. blunt ent. glaucous and resinous beneath. Racemes loose. Cor. ovate campanulate 
5508 Branches ang. 
5495 
subsess. erect mucron. lane. Clusters sessile, Cor. oblong ovate, Fl. stalks none 
5500 '^^^^ /-j^] ^„ 5505 5507 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
in the town of Langtown, on the borders of Cumberland. The plant might no doubt be cultivated with equal 
ease as the American species. 
e-^T ^^^^ocarpus furnishes the cranberries sent from America : it was first cultivated in this country by 
K -i '^r ' margin of a pond {Hort. Trans, i. 71.), and subsequently both in moist and dry situations 
Dy ctifterent cultivators. Peat earth is essential to every mode of culture ; but a much less degree of moisture 
will do than was at first believed. Salisbury found it do very well in pots of bog earth set in the shade ; and 
raune found vigorous shoots and abundant crops produced on dry beds of peat earth, even in the warm 
summer of 1822." The American cranberry he found easier to cultivate than the common sort ; but Hallet 
an7 17 ■ cranberry and bilberry succeed perfectly under such treatment. (Hort. Trans, iv. 483, and v. 279. 
907. Vaccmium. A name, the derivation of which is not known. Neither are commentators more decided 
as to what was the Vaccinium of the Latins. The only conclusion to which they have come, is that the 
vaccmia nigra of Virgil are the same as the f^iXctv Cccxiv^og of the Greeks. The species are neat little ever- 
v"m" .^1^ shrubs, and inhabitants of moist alpine or subalpine regions in peat earth. 
y. Myrtillus is an elegant and also a fruit-bearing plant. The young fresh green leaves, and wax-like red 
ZuTh^^ ^^^P^^u ^^y' towards autumn the leaves grow darker and more firm, and the ripe berries are 
gaxnered in the north for tarts, and in Devonshire and Poland are eaten with clotted cream. (Eng. Bat.) 
ine nerries are very acceptable to children, either eaten by themselves or with milk, or in tarts. The moor- 
fh^^ "P*'" ^^^"^ autumn. The juice stains paper or linen purple. Goats browse upon the plant ; 
anH- ^l^ ot \t; horses and cows refuse it. {Withering.) The berries have an astringent quality ; 
Ana in Arran and the Western Isles are given in diarrhoeas and dysenteries with good efTect. The High- 
