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Span.; Blaaw bessen, Dut.; Mirtillo,Ital. ; Borowkic zorna, Pol. ; Blabaer,
SWED.
Amst. ; Bruns.; Hisp. ; Gall. ; Fenn. ;Fuld. ; Lipp.; Ross.; Suec. ; Wir-TEM.; Bergius; Brugnatelli ; Mur-ray and Gmelin ¡Piderit; Spielmann;Zarda.
A small shrub of the north of Europe.( Octandria Monogynia, Linn. ; Ericineœ,Juss. ; Fig. Zorn, le. pi. t. 81)
The fruit Baccœ Myrtillï] is employed.It consists of berries of the size of a pea,filled with a deep red juice. They have asweet, acid, and sub-astringent taste.
These berries are slightly styptic, refri-gerant, and anti-scorbutic.
JUICE OF BLUEBERRIES.
Succus e Baccis Myrtillorum. (Fuld. ;Piderit)
R. Ripe Blueberries, any quantity.
Bruise and put them in a cellar for seve-ral days ; then express the juice, and havingleft it in the cellar for several days, strainit, and pour it into long necked bottles ;pour a little oil upon the surface, and pre-serve in a cool place.
It is added, as acidulous, to mixtures. Itis substituted for vinegar in the north ofEurope.
ROB OF BLUEBERRIES.
Bob Myrtillorum seu Vaccinii Myrtilli.(Fuld.; Lipp.; Swediaur)
R. Blueberries, any quantity.
Bruise them in a mortar, and having setthem aside for several days, express the juiceand boil it rapidly to the consistence of ho-ney with one fourth of sugar.
It is used instead of the rob of mulber-ries in the north of Europe.
SYRUP OF BLUEBERRIES.
SyrupusMyrtilliseuMyrtillorum. (Bruns.;Hisp. ; Fuld. ; Palat. ; Suec. ; Wir-TEM. ; Piderit)
R. Expressed juice of Blueberries,
one pound.White Sugar, two pounds.
Dissolve at a gentle heat. (Suec.)
Hisp. prescribes four pounds of sugarand two pounds two ounces of juice. —Bruns. ; Palat.; Wirtem. ; Herbip. ; andPidep.it — sixteen ounces of sugar andten of juice. — Fuld. — an equal part of each.
joubert's astringent syrup.Huin)
(PlER-
R. Blueberries,
thirty drams.
Barberries r ,.
Leaves of Sumac, I of each,
Pomegranate Flowers, J twenty drams.
Medlars, I c , .
Unripe Sorbs, )°feach, three ounces.
Juice of Pomegranate, 1 of each,
---------- Quince, J two pounds.
Boil together. Add when strained,
Sugar, five pounds.
Flavour with
Yellow Sanders,
or Cinnamon,
half an ounce,two drams.
2. Vaccinium Oxycoccos, Linn. — Cranberry.
Synonimes. — Canneberge des marais,Fr. ; Moosbeere, Germ. ; Tranebœr,Dan. ; Vacernia laganusa, Span. ; Veenbessen, Dut. ; Ossicocco, Ital. ; Cana-berga, Port.
Dan.; Gall.; Fenn.; Ross.; Suec;Wirtem.; Bergius; Murray andGmelin ; Spielmann.
A small shrub of the nortli of Europe.(Fig. CEd. Fl. Dan. t. 80)
The fruit {Baccœ Oxycoccï) is employed.It consists of ovoid berries of a red coloursprinkled with purple points ; they are filledwith a red juice of a very acid taste.
It is refrigerant and anti-scorbutic.
juice of cranberries.
mann)
(Suec; Nie-
R. Cranberries, any quantity.
Express the juice ; then boil it for a fewmoments, and having strained it, enclose itiu well-stopped bottles.
(Suec; Nie-
syrup of cranberries.
mann)
R. Juice of Cranberries, one pound.
White Sugar, two pounds.
Make a syrup at a gentle heat.
ROB OF CRANBERRIES.
Rob Oxycoccos seu Vaccinii Oxycocci.(Ross. ; Swediaur)
R. Cranberries, any quantity.
Bruise them in a mortar, and set asidefor three days ; then express the juice andboil it slowly to the consistence of honey,with one fourth of sugar. (Swediaur)
Ross, prescribes one pound of sugar andsix pounds of juice.
It is acidulous and refrigerant.
3. Vaccinium Vitis Idœa, Linn. — RedBilberry.
Synonimes :— Canneberge ponctuée, Fr.Prisselbeere, Mehlbeere, Rothe bernitz