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Sijnonyine. raccînimn sp. of Lin. and others.
" ^ K l e s l ” ' kokkos, a bcrry; in reference to the sharp acid taste of the
Gen, Char. Calyx 4-toothed. Corolla 4-parted, with nearly linear revolute
segments. Stamens 8, with connivent filaments. Anthers tubular, 2-paitcd
Berries many-seeded. (Don’s Mill.)
Lcaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, sub-evergreen; small. Flowers produced
at the base of the spring branchlets, in short gemmaceous racemes •
fiedicels filiform,conspicuously bibracteate. Berries red, rarely white, acid.-fe
Shrubs, small, prostrate, creeping, growing in sphagnous morasses. Natives
or Lurope and North America.
t . I. O. P A L u 's T R i s P e r s . The Marsh, or Cranberry.
Identification. Pers. Ench., 1. p. 419. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 858.
Syrian,jmcfr O. vulgàris Pursh Sept. 1. p. 2C3., O. europæ'us Nutt. Gen. Amer 1 n 251 • p.a
f ' l ^ ; Oxycóccus var. « ovalifòlius Michx. FLBor'. 'Amer
hPrHîd V r te i : palùstris Gcr. Ftnac. 1419.; Oxycficciim Cord. Hist. 140. 2. f. ] . ; Moss-
Whortleherrios, Cornberries. ^ » g . ; ’ AiretL
supposed to be given from the peduncles of the flowers being
/ c ° expansion of the flowers, resembling the head and neck of Ì
crane { S n u t/i^ á lVahcring) ; or because they are much e.ateà hy cranesf
Engravings. Fl. Dan., t. 80. ; Eng. Bot., t. 319. ; and o u r/g . 119^
Spec. Char., 4c. Stems filiform, trailing. Leaves small, ovate, entire, acute
smooth, with revolute margins. Pedicels terminal, 1-flowered, of a delicate
pink or rose colour. Segments of corolla oval. Leaves convex, and dark
shining green above, and glaucous beneath. Stems reddish. Pedicels
few together, about the tops of the branches, red, slightly hoary. Corolla
pink, with reflexed oblong segments. Stamens with purple downy filaments,
and yeliow anthers. Bciries pear-shaped, globular, often spotted, crimson
of a peculiar flavour, with a strong acidity, grateful. (Don’s Mill.) A low’
trailing, sub-evergreen shrub. Europe, Siberia, and North America, in turfy
mossy bogs on the mountains. Height 3 in. to 6 in. Flowers pink ; May
ancl June. Fruit cnmson ; September, remaining on during the winter.
The plant is readily increased by laying
sandy soil on its shoots, at the distance of
5 or G inches from its main stem, when it
will send down roots abundantly. When it
IS to be grown for its fruit, a bed of peat
soil should be prepared in an open airy situation,
where it can be kept moist ; or the
margin of a pond may be made choice of,
and the plants planted there in peat soil, in
a bed encircling the pond, 1 or 2 inches
above the level of the water, and about 1 ft.
distant from it. The cranberry may also be
grown in beds of dry sandy peat ; and it is
1195. 0. palustris.
nrn t o / who have tried this method in British gardens, that the fruit
produced, though smaller in quantity, is of a better flavour
fe S. O. m a c r o c a 'b p u s Pursh. The large-fruited, or American, Cranbcrrv.
S S S H S S r - A " ’" : .re p " ; S « .J , Don’s Mill., 3. p. 8.58.
r Cifefeiiiiuiii luauroc.
pSdulum Wangh. Amer. t. 30.
Amer. 1. p. 228.
Engravmgs. Dend. Brit., t. 122. ; Bot.
Mag.
- ''° '- P- 13. t. 7 .; Faccfnitim his
/"dccinium Oxycóccus fi ohlongifòlius Michx. Fl. Bor
ig., t. 2586-i o u r/ ^ . 1196., and o u r/ /J . 1197. from Bot.
Spec. Char., f r . Stems filiform, trailing. Leaves ellipft’c-oblong, nearly flat,
and obtuse, distantly sub-serrulated on the margins, glaucous beneath downy
at the points when young. Segments of the corolla linear-lanceolate.
Flower/earing branches erect, proliferous. Pedicels lateral. Points of
young leaves, p e d u n /s and the margins o fth e calyx and bracteas, downy.
Berries spberical, red, often remaining througliout the winter. (Don's Mil/.)
A trailing shrub, resembling the preceding species,
but larger and more robust. Canada to Virginia, in
hogs, principally on a sandy soil; and also frequently
found on high mountains. Height 6 in.
Introduced in 1760.
Flowers pink; May to
July. Berries spherical,
red or purple ;
ripe in October, and
remaining on throughout
the winter.
Vai'iety.
ifr O. in. 2 foliis va- \
ricgàtis Flort.,
Faccinium rna-
crocarpum fòl.
var. Lodd. Cat.,
has variegated
leaves, and is
1196. O. macrocárpus 1197. O. macrocárpus.
a very ornamental plant for keeping in pots, or on moist rockwork.
The fruit is used like that of the common cranberry ; and like that species
the plant may be propagated by cuttings taken from the points of the growing
shoots, and planted in sand under a hand-glass ; or by layers, or division.
This species is more frequently cultivated in British gardens for its fruit than
the European cranberry; according to some, because the fruit is larger, and
iiccoi’ding to others, because tbe fruit is not only larger,
but better flavoured.
IL A. .3. O. e re 'c tu .s Fursh. The erect Cranberry.
Identification. Fursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 264. ; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 858,
SdJWrnmic. Faccinium crythrocärpum Miche. Fl. For. Amer. 1. p. 227.
Éngravings. Dend. Brit., t. 13. : and o u r * . 1188.
Spec. Char., 4c. Leaves oval, acuminated, .serrulated,
and ciliated. Pedicels axillary. Corolla, before expansion,
long and conical, at length revolute. Stem erect.
Branches fiexuous. Leaves membranous, somewhat
hairy. Flowers red. Berries scarlet (Watson says
black), quite transparent, and of an exquisite taste.
Very different in habit from the other species. (Don's
Mill.) An erect sub-evergreen shrub. Virginia and
Carolina, on lofty mountains. Height 2 ft. Introduced
in 1806. Flowers red ; May and .June. Berries scarlet
or purple ; ripe iu October.
O r d e r XLIV. STYRA'CEAJ.
OltD. Char. Calyx ,5-tootbed. Corolla funnel-shaped, usually 5—6-cleft ■, mst-
vation valvate. Stamens 10, monadel|)hous at thebase, adnate to the corolla.
Ovarium superior, 3-celled. Stigma 2-lobed. Drupe nearly dry, containing
a 1-cclled 1—3-scedcd nut. Albumen fleshy. The superior ovarium, and
more deeply divided corolla, separate this from Halesio'cca!. (G. Don.)
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; usually toothed, turning
yellow when dry. Flowers axillary, cither solitary or clustered, with scale-
like bracts, white or cream-coloure'd.—Trees or shrubs, usually clothed with
stellate tomeutum ; natives of Asia and Nortli America.