VACCINIACEAE 893 
1. Batodendron arbóreum ( Marsh.) Nutt. A shrub or small tree, usually much 
branched. Leaves numerous; blades leathery oval or obovate, 2.5-5 cm. long, usually 
acute or apiculate at the apex, entire or glandular-toothed, deep green and lustrous above, 
slightly paler beneath, short-petioled : racemes or panicles spreading, more or less copiously 
bracted : pedicels slender: corolla open campanulate, white or pinkish ; lobes 4 or 4 as 
long as the tube : anthers included : style exserted : berries subglobose, 5-6 mm. in diam- 
eter, scarcely edible, black. [ Vaccinium arboreum Marsh. ] ; 
In sandy woods and sandy soil, North Carolina to Illinois and the Indian Territory, Florida and 
Texas. Late spring. 
2. Batodendron andrachnefórme Small. A much branched shrub resembling B. 
arboreum, but with very numerous and conspicuously smaller leaves, the twigs finely pubes- 
cent. Leaf-blades leathery, mainly oval, 1-1.5 cm. long or slightly larger but less than 2 
cm. long, finely toothed, deep green and shining above, paler, dull and finely pubescent 
beneath : racemes or panicles with leaf-like bracts: pedicels 2-6 mm. long: corolla globu- 
lar-campanulate, about 4 mm. long, the lobes barely } as long as the tube. 
On blufis, Missouri and Arkansas. Spring. 
S. Batodendron glaucéscens Greene. An irregularly branched shrub, the twigs 
finely pubescent. Leaf-blades leathery, mainly cuneate, 3-6 cm. long, glaucescent on both 
sides, but less copiously so above: racemes or panicles with leaf-like bracts: pedicels 6-13 
mm. long: corolla about 5 mm. long, the lobes barely 1 as long as the tube. 
In dry or sandy soil, the Indian Territory. Spring. 
3. POLYCODIUM Raf. 
Shrubs, with erect or horizontal stems. Leaves alternate: blades longer than broad, 
entire. Flowers in simple or branched more or less copiously bracted racemes. Calyx 
persistent: sepals 5. Corolla campanulate, white or pink or purplish green: lobes not 
contiguous in the bud, nearly erect at maturity. Stamens 10, erect : anthers conspicuously 
exserted : filaments distinct: anthers 2-awned on the back: sacs prolonged into slender 
tubes. Ovary inferior, 5-celled. Berries subglobose, green or yellowish, often mawkish. 
Seeds few. BuckBERRY. Squaw HUCKLEBERRY DEERBERRY. 
Racemes with bracts resembling the leaves. 1. P. caesium. 
Racemes with bracts conspicuously smaller than the leaves. . 
Leaf-blades glabrous. 2. P. neglectum. 
Leaf-blades more or less pubescent, especially beneath. 
Berries green, greenish, yellowish or glaucous. | ‘ 
Leaf-blades green beneath, the hairs inconspicuous: berries green or yel- 
lowish. 3. P. stamineum. 
Leaf-blades glaucous beneath, the hairs pale or white: fruit glaucous. 4. P. candicans. 
Berries dark plum-purple. DP. melanocarpum. 
1. Polycodium caésium Greene. An irregularly branched shrub 2-12 dm. tall, with 
sparingly pubescent or glabrate green or more or less glaucous foliage. Leaf-blades various, 
relatively thin, elliptic, oblong or oblong-ovate, 1.5-4 em. long, obtuse, acute or apiculate, 
ciliolate, often revolute and slightly rugose in age, short-petioled, the broader ones subcor- 
date at the base: racemes or panicles conspicuously bracted, few-flowered : bracts mainly 
similar to the leaves: pedicels shorter than the bracts: berries subglobose, about 10 mm. 
in diameter. f Vaccinium caesium Greene. | 
In pine lands or hammocks, South Carolina to Florida.—P. oblongum Greene, a little known species. 
of western Tennessee, is said to have corolla-lobes 44 as long as the tube, and pedicels longer than the 
bracts, at least during anthesis. 
2. Polycodium negléctum Small. A branching shrub 1-1.5 m. tall, with glabrous 
foliage. Leaf-blades relatively thin, sometimes firm at maturity, elliptic to oblong or ob- 
long-lanceolate, or occasionally cuneate, 3-10 em. long, acute or slightly acuminate, gradu- 
ally or abruptly narrowed at the base, glabrous, sometimes glaucous at least when 
young : racemes or panicles few- or often many-flowered : bracts much smaller than leaves : 
corolla white or pink : berries subglobose or globose-obovoid, 5-8 mm. in diameter, green 
or yellow, mostly inedible. 
In open woods and thíckets, Virginia to Kansas, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. 
3. Polycodium stamíneum (L.) Greene. A branching shrub, 1-2 m. tall, with 
more or less pubescent foliage. Leaf-blades oblong or elliptic, varying to oblong-lanceo- 
late or oblong-cuneate, 3~7 cm. long, green and inconspicuously pubescent beneath : rachis 
of the raceme or panicle, and the pedicels, pubescent : corolla 4-5 mm. long : berries globu- 
lar, about 10 mm. in diameter, green. [ Vaccinium stamineum L.] 
In open woods and on hillsides, Maine and Ontario to Minnesota, Georgia and Alabama.—4A form, 
