. 288 |  DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Vaccinium. 
-ligustrinum,. 18. V. ramis angulatis, foliis subsessilibus erectis lanceolatis 
 mucronatis serrulatis venosis pubescentibus, fasciculis - 
 gemmaceis sessilibus, pedicellis vix ullis, corollis ob- 
longiuscule-ovatis.— Willd. sp, pl. 2. p. 352. Mich. 
Jl. amer. 1, p. 233. 
In dry woods: Pensylvania to Virginia; common on the 
mountains bk. May, June, v. v. An upright 
straight shrub ; flowers purplish-red, berries black, 
This species varies extremely in the shape and size of 
the leaves. 
tenellum, 14. V, ramis angulatis viridibus, foliis sessilibus övat- láo 
ceoļatis mucronatis serrulatis utrinque lucidis, fascicu- 
lis confertifloris subterminalibus sessilibus, corollis. 
ovatis.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 353. Ait. kew, 2. p. 12. 
V. pensylvanicum, Lam. encycl.1. p. 72. Mich. fl. 
amer. 1. p. 232. 
-On dry bills, in gravelly soil : New England to Virginia, 
bh. May. v.v.; v. s. in Herb. Banks. A low, very — 
branching shrub; flowers pale red; oM. | 
- large, blueish-black, extremely sweet and agreeable to 
eat. The mountains of Pensyivania produce an immense 
— variety of this species, in ie, ad dap — 
au Iain nar Bowery, 
| FT m eee E Floribus solitariis. 2 
iin, 15. V foliis | parvis. obovatis obtusis integerrimis supra Lc 
subtus venosis pubescentibus glaucisque. floribus sub- 
solitariis, corollis hrevingreenbetians dial » pl. 2. 
p. 350. Mich. fl. amer.1.p.235. 
 lcon. Fi. dan, 231, Engl. bot.581. = 
In bogs of the more northern sous ni adi LE 
. April, May. v. s. From one to two feet high; 
- flowers rose-coloured ; nies suus to ten; 
berries blueish-black, eatable. 
myrtilloides. i v. vim A s E id 
T us juxta nervos et margine arenan nn fk ribus 
sparsis subsolitariis brevissime-pedicellatis.— Mich. $ 
amer. 1. p.234. 
= Esos ioia. MU. sp.pl.2. p.351. Ait, Rew. 2 
| Jn Canada about Hiadson’s Bay and Labrador. Apri, 
May. v, s. in Herb. Banks. are —— bh f 
black, known M ther eof E 
