20 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
Ovary situated on a disk, superior or more rarely inferior, usually 
4- or 5-celled : style 1, terminated by a capitate stigma ; ovules 
numerous, rarely few or solitary in each cell of the ovary. Fruit 
a capsule, opening by valves, or a berry. Seeds generally with a 
loose testa. Albumen fleshy. 
Sub-Order I.— VACCINIEJG. 
Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary. Corolla deciduous, mono- 
petalous. Ovary inferior, with an epigynous disk. Anthers 
not inflexed, 2-celled, opening by 2 pores, often spurred on the 
back ; pollen-grains united in fours. Fruit a berry or drupe. 
Testa closely enveloping the seed. 
Shrubs, with green leaves. 
GENUS J.-VACCINIUM. 
Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary. Limb of 4 or 5 teeth, more 
rarely nearly entire. Corolla urceolate, bell-shaped or rotate, with 
as many divisions as there are calyx-teeth. Stamens twice as many 
as the calyx-teeth, i. e. 8 or 10 ; anthers oblong, with 2 tubular 
horns at the apex, awnless or with 2 awns. Ovary inferior, 2- to 
5-celled, generally with several ovules in each cell. Fruit a berry 
with numerous seeds. 
Shrubs, with evergreen or deciduous leaves, and the flowers 
commonly solitary and axillary, or in small compact terminal 
racemes. 
The name of this genus of plants is really an ancient Latin name, but whether of 
a berry or a flower has been a point in dispute among critics, as well as its etymology. 
Section I.— OXYCOCCOS. Tournef. 
Corolla rotate, divided nearly to the base into 4 reflexed seg- 
ments. Filaments hairy. Anthers not awned. Leaves evergreen. 
Flowers solitary, on long slender pedicels. 
SPECIES I.— VAC CI NIUM OXYCOCCOS. Linn. 
Plate DCCCLXXVI. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XVII. Tab. MCLXIX. Fig. 4. 
Billot, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 145. 
Oxycoccos palustris, Pers. D. C. Prod. Vol. VII. p. 577. Gr. & Godr. Fl. de Fr. 
Vol. II. p. 424. . 
