Corema
(from korema, a broom; referring to the habit of the plant). Broom Crowberry; Portugal Crake-berry. SYN. Tuckermannia. ORD. Empetraceae. A genus comprising two species of hardy, much-branched, lowgrowing, Heath-like shrubs, of rigid habit, closely allied to Empetrum. Flowers dioecious; perianth segments five or six, scale-like, sub-petaloid, much imbricated. Male: stamens three (rarely four). Female: ovary sub-globose, three (rarely two or four) celled. Drupe sub-globose. For culture, see Empetrum. C. alba (white). fl. white, in terminal groups. Spring. fr. a white, three-seeded, globose berry. l. obtuse, small, narrow, with revolute edges, sprinkled with resinous dots. h. 1ft. Southwestern Europe and Azores, 1774. C. Conradii (Conrad's). fl. with tufted purple filaments, and purple-brown anthers. April. l. scattered or nearly whorled, narrowly linear. h. 6in. to 9in. North America and Newfoundland.