PL ex, cal. 37. VACCINIEiE. 168. Vaccinium. 405 
Corolla ovate, 4-cut; anthers 2-horned Vaccinium. 368. 
Cor . bellshape, 4-cut; anthers hornless; 
filaments woolly Vitis-Idjea. 169. 
Cor. bellshape, 4-cut; anthers hornless; 
filaments bald Oxycoccus. 170. 
I. 168. VACCINIUM. Pliny. Bilberry. 
Calyx 4 or 5-toothed; corolla bellshape, ovate, limb 
4-cut, lobes reflexed; stamens 8 or 10; filaments bald; an- 
thers 2-horned ; stigma simple ; berry 4 or 5-celled, many- 
seeded. — Stem shrubby ; leaves annual ; flowers solitary, 
drooping. 
1 . Vaccinium montanum. Mountain bilberry. 
Stem angular ; leaves alternate, petioled, serrate ; flowers 
solitary, axillary. 
Vitis Idaea angulosa, Raii Syn. 457,2. 
Vaccinia nigra, Ger. em. 1415, 1. 
Vaccinia nigra vulgaria, Park. 1456. 
Vaccinium Myrtillus, Lin. S. P. 498. 
Vitis Idaea Myrtillus, Moench Meth. 47. 
Vaccinium montanum, Salisb. Prod . 291. 
Black whorts. Black whortleberries. Blackberries. Bullberries. Wine- 
berries. 
Spongy places in mountain woods ; shrubby ; May. 
Leaves light green; flowers peduncled, flesh-coloured, 
globose; calyx 5-toothed; corolla mostly 5-cut; stamens 10; 
berries black, rarely white, esculent. 
2. Vaccinium uliginosum. Moor bilberries . 
Stem round ; leaves reverse-ovate, bald ; edge not cut 
in the least, rather turned over ; beneath glaucous ; flowers 
solitary, axillary. 
Vitis Idaea magna quibusdam, sive Myrtillus grandis, Raii Syn. 457, 1. 
Vitis Idaea foliis subrotundis major, Ger. em. 1416, 6. 
Vaccinia nigra, fructu majore, Park. 1455. 
Vaccinium uliginosum, Lin. S. P. 499. 
Great bilberry. 
Bogs on mountain heaths; shrubby; April and May. 
Leaves blunt, veiny ; flowers flesh-cploured, 4-cut; sta- 
mens mostly 8 ; berries black, esculent ; seeds streaked. 
II. 169. VITIS-IDiEA. Pliny. Cowberry . 
Calyx 4-cut; corolla bellshape, 4 or 5-parted; lobes 
turned over, easily separable into 4 petals; stamens & ox 
10 ; filaments woolly; anthers awnless, tip tubular, open; 
