406 169. Vitis-Idaea. 37. VACCINlEiE. 
PL ex. cal. 
stigma simple; lerry 4-celled, many-seeded. — Leaves alter- 
nate, perennial, petioled; flowers racemose, flesh-colour, 
drooping; hractece 1, at the base of each flower. 
Vitis-Idoea punctifolia. Dotted-leaf cowberry. 
Leaves reverse- ovate, dotted beneath ; edge turned over, 
toothed ; racemes terminal, drooping. 
Vitis Idaea semper virens fructu rubro, Rail Syn. 457,3. 
Vaccinia rubra, Ger.em. 1415,2. 
Vaccinia rubra buxeis foliis, Park. 1458. 
Vaccinium Vitis-Idsea, Lin. S. P. 500. 
Vaccinium nemorosum, Salisb. Prodr. 291. 
Vaccinium punctifolium, Stokes Bot. M. M. 368. 
Vitis-Idsea punctata, Meench Meth. 47. 
Red whortle-berry. 
Turfy heaths; shrubby; June. 
Stem very low, ascending, cylindrical ; leaves thick, stiff, 
ending in a rounded tubercle, reticulately veined ; edge not 
cut, serrate or toothed; hractece coloured, fringed, con- 
cave i flowers flesh-colour; berries red, acid, unpleasant until 
baked. 
III. 170. OXYCOCCUS. Cordus. Craneberry . 
Calyx 4-cut; corolla 4 or 5-parted; lobes linear, turned 
over, becoming separate; stamens 8 or 10, exserted ; fila- 
ments connivent, bald ; anthers awnless, ending above in 
long tubes; tubes separate, open; stigma pointed; berry 
4-celled, many-seeded. — Ste?n shrubby; leaves perennial, 
alternate, petioled; peduncles terminal, solitary, 1 -flowered, 
bracteated at bottom ; flowers flesh-colour, drooping. 
Oxy coccus palustris. Marsh craneberry. 
Stem naked, thread shape, creeping, bald ; leaves ovate, 
edge not in the least cut, turned over ; beneath glaucous. 
Oxycoccus, sive vaccinia palustria, Raii Syn. 267, 1. 
Vaccinia palustria, Ger. em. 1417. 
Vaccinium palustre, Park. 1229. 
Vaccinium Oxycoccus, Lin. S. P. 500. 
Oxycoccus palustris, Pers. Syn. 410. 
Vaccinium palustre, Salisb. Prod. 291. 
Schollera Oxycoccus, Roth Germ. 2, 442. 
Cranberries. Moss berries. Moor berries. Fen grapes. Fenberries. 
Marsh whortleberries. Marshworts. 
Bogs on mountains ; perennial; June. 
Stem lying down; leaves small, petioled, upright; berry 
pale red, mottled, or purplish red. — Berries have a peculiar 
flavour, but are esteemed by some in tarts. 
