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VACCI'NIUM* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. OcTA'iN'DRi.vf , MonOGY'nia. 
Natural Order. VaccinieLe, Dec. — Lindl. Syn. p. 134 ; lutr. 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 184. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 523. — Mack. FI. 
Hibern. p. 135. — Hook. Brit. Fi. (4th edit.) p. 411 . — Eric.e, Juss. 
Gen. PI. p. 159. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 115 . — Erica'ce.e; tribe, 
VaccinieUe, Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and But. v. iii. pp. 785 and 
789. — Loud. Arb. et Frutic. Brit. pp. 1076 & 1078 . — Ericineaj ; 
sect. Vaccinie'aj, Rich, by Macgilliv. pp. 151 & 152 . — Syrin- 
gales ; s’ubord. Ericos.e; sect. Ericin-e; type, Vaccinia'cete ; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 937, & 944 . — Bicorn es, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 1.) superior, small, of 1 sepal, en- 
tire, or 4- or 5-toothed, permanent. Corolla (figs. 3 & 4.) of 1 petal, 
bell-shaped, or pitcher-shaped, 4- or 5-cleft, segments reflexed. 
Filaments (see fig. 4.) 8, sometimes 10, awl-shaped, flattened, in- 
serted into the receptacle, equal. Anthers (see fig. 5.) terminal, 
upright, oblong, with 2 points, opening by a terminal pore in each. 
Germen inferior, roundish. Style (see figs. 1 & 2.) simple, cylin- 
drical, upright, longer than the stamens. Stigma blunt. Berry 
(see figs. 6, 7, & 8.) globular, with a central depression, 4- or 5- 
celled, many-seeded. Seeds (fig. 9.) small, angular. 
The entire, or 4- or 5-toothed, superior calyx ; ihe monopetalous, 
bell-shaped, 4- or 5-cleft corolla ; the 2-pointed anthers, opening 
at the tip ; and the globose, 4- or 5-celled, many-seeded berry ; will 
distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
Three species British. 
VACCI'NIUM VIT1S IDiE'A. Cow-berry. Red Whortle-berry. 
Red Bilberry. 
Spec. Char. Clusters terminal, drooping, with egg-shaped, 
concave bracteas, longer than the flower-stalks. Leaves evergreen, 
inversely egg-shaped, dotted beneath, their margins slightly revo- 
lute, minutely toothed. Corolla bell-shaped. 
Engl. Bot. t. 598. — Ft. Dan. t. 40.— Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1023.— Linn. Sp. Pi. p. 
500.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. 164. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. i. p. 354.— Sm. 
FI. Brit. v. i. p. 415. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 320.— With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 479.— Lindl. 
Syn. p. 134. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 178. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iii. 
p. 855.— Loud. Arb. et Frutic. Brit. p. 1164. fig. 987.— Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 
148.— Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 203.— Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 731.— Hook. FI. Scot, 
p. 118.— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 87.— Johnst. FI. of Bent. v. i. p. 88.— Winch's FI. of 
Northumb. and Durh. p. 25. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 109. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. Sel. 
p. 34.— Dick. FI. Abred. p. 35.— Irv. Lond. FI. p. 243.— Mack. Cat. PI. Irel. p. 37 ; 
FI. Hibern. p. 136 .— Vaccinia rubra, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1415 .—Vitis—Idaa 
punctifolia, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 406 . — Vitis Idcca sempervirens fructu 
rubro, Ray’s Syn. p. 457. 
Localities. — O n dry, barren, stony, turfy heaths, and in mountainous woods. 
—Cheshire ; Common on the moors. In old slate-quarries on Slayley Moors, 
where it bears fruit in Summer and at Christmas. Mole-Cop, Congleton Edge, 
and Cloud, three hills near Congleton. — Cumberland ; On almost all the hills, 
Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. — Fig. 2. Calyx and Bracteas. — Fig. 3. Corolla. — Fig. 4. 
The same, opened vertically, to show the 8 Stamens. — Fig. 5. A Stamen, magnified. 
— Figs. 6 & 7. Berries. — Fig. 8. A transverse section of a Berry. — Fig. 9. A Seed. 
* Etymology of the word uncertain. Thornton says it is from bacca, L. a 
berry, the b being changed into v. + See folio 42, note t. 
