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American Cranberry

Vaccinium macrocarpon. Heath Family.

Stems.--Slender; trailing; one to four feet long. Leaves.--Oblong; obtuse. Flowers.--Pale pink; nodding. Calyx.--With short teeth. Corolla.--Four-parted. Stamens.--Eight or ten; protruding. Fruit.--A large, acid, red berry. In the peat-bogs of our Northeastern States we may look in June for the pink nodding flowers, and in late summer for the large red berries of this well-known plant.