. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 548 BOTANY or CROP PLANTS CRANBERRIES Some botanists place the cranberries in the genus Oxycoc- cus, separate from the blueberries, huckleberries and bil- berries, which are included in the genus Vaccinium. In Oxycoccus the corolla is deeply four-cleft or four-divided, while in Vaccinium it is bell-shaped or cylindric and divided only at the very apex. We have placed all the cranberries in the genus Vaccinium. There are two principal species of. Fig. 226.—American cranberry (Vaccinium maorocarpon). cranberries grown in
. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 548 BOTANY or CROP PLANTS CRANBERRIES Some botanists place the cranberries in the genus Oxycoc- cus, separate from the blueberries, huckleberries and bil- berries, which are included in the genus Vaccinium. In Oxycoccus the corolla is deeply four-cleft or four-divided, while in Vaccinium it is bell-shaped or cylindric and divided only at the very apex. We have placed all the cranberries in the genus Vaccinium. There are two principal species of. Fig. 226.—American cranberry (Vaccinium maorocarpon). cranberries grown in America: American cranberry {Vac- cinium macrocarpon) and the small cranberry {Vaccinium oxycoccus). These are distinguished in the key above. It seems that the appearance of the flower in the bud has prob- ably suggested the name cranberry or "; Just before the flower opens, the pedicel, calyx and corolla resem- ble the neck, head, and bill of a crane. Vaccinium macrocarpon (Large or American Cranberry).— This is a low, slender, creeping plant with oblong or oval. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son
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