Ba s il s acinic
OXYCOCCUS MACROCARPUS.
AMERICAN CRANBERRY, OR CRANEBERRY.
Octandria Monogynia, Linn. Erieae, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix superior, 4-toothed. Corolla 4-parted; segments sub-linear, revolute. Fila-
mcnts connivent. Anthers tubulose, semi-bilid. Berry many-seeded. Persoon.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Repent; stems assurgent; leaves oblong, very entire, distantly and obscurely
sub-serrulate, flattish, obtuse, glabrous, white underneath ; pedicels elongated;
segments of the corolla lanceolate. Pers. Pursh, and B.
SYNONYMS.
V a c c in iu m macrocarpon. Willd. Ait.
V. oxycoccos r- oblongifolius. Mich.
St em fruticose, creeping and radicant, round, of a brownish-red
colour, and from one to four feet long. Branches numerous, of
unequal lengths, flexuose, obliquely assurgent, those bearing flowers
proliferous and more erect. Leaves numerous, from three to liveeighths
of an inch long, and from one to two-eighths broad_the
younger ones smallest and crowded towards the tops of the branches,
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