
          Cambridge, Friday evening 


 My Dear Doctor


 I have done all that I can now 
 do for Vaccineae. My chief difficulty remaining is 
 to identify several Ait. [Aiton] Kew: species: which I shall 
 strive for by sending a set of specimens to Boott, to be 
 compared during my anticipated absence [added: journey], during which I 
 may hope to make many needful observations. I have 
 yet to study V. [Vaccinium] corymbosum and its allies, especially some 
 Southern ones. Dunal has not sustained his reputation 
 in Vaccinium, which are very poorly elaborated. I arrange 
 the genus thus. The characters of the sections you will
 readily apprehend. (The order of sequence not yet determined on)


 � Oxycoccus
 V. [Vaccinium] oxycoccus [oxycoccos] & macrocarpon


 � Vitis Idaea.  Ovary 4-5-celled, no introflexion Anthus 2-aristate
 V. Vitis Idaea
 V. myrtifolium = V. 
 V. ovatum. (Oregon)
 V. buxifolium or brachycerium. (We have never seen this remarkable sp. [specimen])


 � Euvacennium 
 V. ocalifolium [Crepu?]  Ovary 4-5-celled, no introflexion. Anthus not [owned?]. Flowers solitary axillary.
 V. panifolium [Crepu?]
 V. Myrtillus
 V. Charissonis [N.W.C.?]
 V. Salicium [N.W.C.?]
 V. Myrtilloides
 V. Crespitosum
 V. uliginosum.


 � Vacciniodandron?
 V. arboreum & stamineum. Ovary [spuninsty?] 10-celled Antus 2-aristate. Inflorescence.


 � Vaccinidium.
 Ovary [spuninsty?] 10-celled.
 Anthus not [owned?].  Inflorescence.


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