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transparent scarlet berries, according to Pursb, are of 
excellent taste. 
Vaccinium grandiflorum, Dombey. 
{Oeratostemnia grandiflorum, E. and P.) 
Andes of Peru. A tall evergreen shrub. The berries of a 
pleasant acidulous taste. 
Vaccinium humifusum, Glraham. 
North-western America, on the Eocky Mountains. Berries 
of this bush well flavored. 
Vaccinium Leschenaultii, Wight. {Agapetes arlorea, Dunal.) 
India, Neilgherries and Ceylon. This evergreen species 
attains the size of a tree, flowering and fruiting throughout 
the year. The fruits resemble cranberries. 
Vaccinium leucanthum, Cham. 
Mountains of Mexico. An arborescent species. The blackish 
berries are edible. 
Vaccinium macrocarpon, Alton.* 
(^Oxy coccus macrocarpus, Pers.) 
The large Cranberry. Prom Canada to Virginia and Caro- 
lina, particularly in sandy and peaty bogs, and in cold mossy 
swamps. A trailing evergreen bush, with stems attaining a 
length of 3 feet. It is this species, which has become so 
extensively cultivated in the eastern parts of the United 
States, where on moory land, often not otherwise to be 
utilized, enormous quantities of this fruit have been pro- 
duced by regular culture at a highly profitable scale. The 
berries are of the acid taste, pleasant aroma and scarlet 
brightness of the British Cranberry, but considerably 
larger. 
Vaccinium meridionale, Swartz. 
Jamaica, from the summits of the highest ranges down to 
the Coffee-regions. It attains a height of 30 feet and is 
evergreen. The small berries are of the taste and color of 
those of Y, Yitls Indtea. 
