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VACCINIUM fuscatum. 
Cluster-flowered W hortle-berry. 
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OCTANDRIA (DECANDRIA. Pursh.) MONOGYNIA 
Nat. ord. Enitom. Jussieu gen. 159. Div. II. Germen inferum aut. 
seminiferum. 
Ericea, Brown prod. 557. : Fl 
VACCINIUM. Cal. superus 4-(5-) dentatus aut integer. Cor. cam-~ 
panulata 4-(5-) fida laciniis reflexis (4-partita omnino reflexa in Oxycocco ).. 
Stam. non epipetala, quandoque exserta; anth. bicornes & dorso 2-aristata. 
Germ. inferum.. Bacca parva, infera, globosa, umbilicata, 4-loc., oligo- 
sperma. Frutices, squamis gemmarum sepé persistentibus in ramulorum bast 3 
fol. alterna, in quibusdam sempervirentia ; flores pedicellati, solttarti, axil- 
dares, v. plurimi terminales bracteatz, interdum 5-fidi, 10-andri.. Juss. 1. ce.» 
162. 
: Div. foliis annotinis seu deciduis. 
V..fuscaium, fdliis oblongis acutis serrulatis glabris, racemis aggregatis ter- 
minalibus corymbosis bracteatis, pedicellis longis nutantibus,- corollis . 
cylindraceis, lacintis erectis brevibus, calycibus acutis erectis, stylo 
subexserto. Pursh amer. sept. 1. 287. ’ 
Vaccinium fuscatum. Hort. Kew. 2. 11. ed. 2. 2. 356. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
- 851. : : 
Vaccinium formosum. Andrews’s reposit. 97. 
Frutex 2-3-pedalis, flexuoso-ramosus. Fol. decidua, oblonga, elliptica, 
sublanceolata, acuta, subtilitér serrulata, venis subtis villosiuscula, subsesqui-. 
uncialia, semunciam lata vel ultra. Racemi compositi, oblongo-paniculati in. 
ramulis subaphyllis flecuosis ; partiales gemmacer pluriflort laterales et ter- 
minales, alterni, subcorymboso-contractt, pedunculo stricto haud multim 
longiore pedicellis pedicelli ducidi, viridi-rubentes, nutantes, longitudin€ 
Sermeé corolle, supra basin bracteati, bracteis membranaceis, rubris, lanceos 
latis, caducis, margine lanuginoso-ciliatis. Flores albi, roseo-vittati, odorem 
melleum redolentes. Cal. brevis, oblato-campanulatus, 5-fidus, lobulis acutiis 
ovatis subciliatis apice recurvis. Cor. ovato-cylindracea, diametro 3plo 
ultra breviore longitudine, supra subplicato-angulosa, ore angusto 5:fido, 
lacinulis brevissimis acutulis margine villosiusculis. Stam. 10, %. breviora 
corolla, erecta: fil. cylindraceo-contigua, alba, plana, linearia, longitudine 
antherarum, pilosa: anth. ferruginee, loculis basi muticis, aristis prefixis 
longioribus ipsis. Stylus virescens, teres, strictus, subexsertus + stig. papil- 
loso-capitatum. : 
a cD 
‘Twenty-five North-American species of this genus have 
been recorded by Mr. Pursh in the work we have cited; 
among which the present little shrub is the most ornamental 
in point of blossom. Itis said to grow naturally in the swamps 
of Lower Carolina and Georgia. Was first introduced in 
1770 by Mr. William Young. The specific name of Suse 
