Flora Medica

LOISELEURIA.very smooth and entire, coriaceous; margin revolute. Flowers insmall terminal umbels, or corymbs ; pedicels short. Calyx red ; segmentslanceolate. Corolla bright rose-coloured, small, as long again asthe calyx ; segments a little unequal, oblong. Stamens inserted intothe base of the corolla ; filaments flat, smooth ; anthers 2-celled, subrotund,opening internally their whole length. Style rather shorter thanthe stamens, persistent; stigma capitate. Capsule ovate; margin ofthe valves inflexed. Seeds numerous, minute, smooth. Torrey. Hasthe reputation of being useful as an astringent medicine.VACCINACE^E.Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 221.VACCINIUM.Limb of calyx 4 5-toothed. Corolla urceolate or campanulate,4 5-cleft. Stamens 8-10, distinct, epigynous. Berry globose,4-5-celled, many-seeded, surmounted by the remains ofthe calyx.787. V. uliginosum Linn, sp.pl 499. Eng. Sot. t. 581. Fl.dan. t. 231. Eng. Fl. ii. 220. Boggy mountainous or moorlandsituations all over the northern parts of Europe. (Whortleberry.)A small bush, with round branches. Leaves stalked, rather coriaceous,obovate, obtuse, or occasionally pointed, deciduous, glaucousbeneath. Flowers several together, small, flesh-coloured ;anthershorned. Berries large, blueish black, subacid. The fruit is said to benarcotic and to be sometimes put into beer and other liquors to makethem heady. The berries when fermented yield an intoxicating liquor.383