WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
slender stalks ; the corolla deeply divided into 4 narrow, long, reflexed segments ; the berries red ; 
the stems slender and wiry, very much branched, with small evergreen leaves, egg- or lance- 
shaped, with their edges entire and rolled back, of a deep shining green. ( Vaccinium Oxycoccos. L .) 
The berries are much used for cooking purposes : they have a very sharp acid taste and a rather 
peculiar flavour, and are used in tarts, in this country generally mixed with apples. They used 
to be very abundant in the Fen country, but improved drainage has destroyed their haunts, and 
the Cranberries we now buy in England come from Russia and America. [ Plate 3. 
Uncommon, though widely distributed all over the British Isles. Peat-bogs, principally in the 
north of England and the south of Scotland. June — August. Perennial. 
