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each fupporting one flower, which is of a fpreading 
bell-fhape and five cleft at the border. 
* * With evergreen leaves . 
7. Vaccinium hifpididum. Marjh Vaccinium , 0r 
Cranberry . 
This grows naturally in mo fly fwamps, with {len- 
der, creeping flalks, covered with briftly fcales. 
The leaves are oval, or fomewhat oblong and Alin- 
ing. The fruit or berries are large and reddifh co- 
loured; and of a bitterifh acid talle. 
8. Vaccinium pennfylvanicum. Myrtle leaved Vac- 
cinium y 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, 
VI R BUR NU M. 
PLIANT MEALLY, or WAY -FARING-TREE. 
Clafs 5. Order 3. Pentandria Trigynia* 
T'-’HE Empalement is four toothed, above, very fmall and per- 
manent. 
The Corolla is of one petal, bell-ihaped, half five-cleft: the 
divisions obtufe and reflexed. 
The Filaments are five, awl-ihaped and the length of the corol- 
la. The Anther ce roundilh. 
The Getmen beneath, roundilh. The Style none, but in its 
place a top-lhaped Gland. The Stigmas three. 
The Seed-veffel, a fomewhat oval, compreflfed berry, o i one 
cell. 
The Seed one, hard, and of the fame form. 
The 
