1006 VACCINIACEAE 
Flowers axillary. Calyx-lobes 5, persistent 
accrescent. orolla urceolate, 5-lobed. 
merican and Asiatic. 
1. G. procumbens L. Plant 3-15 em. tall: 
leaf-blades oval or Aue varying to ovate 
or obovate, 1.5-6 cm. long, serrate: Pen 
mm. long; 
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lobes rved: fruit globular, 7-11 mm 
thick, pas or white, Spicy.— (WINTERGREEN 
CREEPI NG-WINTERGREEN. CHECKERBERRY. WIN ER-BERRY. TEABERRY.)—Woods 
and swamps, in acid humus, various provinces, in Coastal Plain iu northward, 
Ga. to Ala., Mich., Man., and Newf. 
Shrubs, some cases with underground stems, or small trees, or 
rarely ES or ereeping plants. Leaves alternate, in some species ever- 
green: blades simple. Flowers perfect, regular, either solitary, in racemes, 
or in panicles, usually nodding. Calyx “of 4 or 5 sepals. Corolla of 
4 or 5 petals, in most genera partly united. Androecium of twice as man 
stamens as there are corolla-lobes. Anthers in most species bearing dor- 
sal appendages and apical tubes. Gyno or 5 united carpels. 
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Ovary inferior, or in one genus half-inferior. Styles united. Fruit a 
berry or drupe.—About 25 genera and 300 species, widely distributed.— 
Most species thrive best in sandy acid soil. 
Pale 10-celled: fruit a berry-like drupe with = au TEE GAYLUSSACIEAE. 
Ovary 4- or 5- celled : oe a many-seeded berry or 
us few-seeded 
Ovary wholly inferior anther- sacs with tubular tips: 
typically colored. 
Petals more or less united: berry variously colored, 
but when red not markedly a cid. II. VACCINIEAE. 
Petals distinet: berry red, very "acid. IIT. OXXCOCCEAE. 
md one-half inferior or less: anther-sacs 2- pronged at 
apex: berry white. IV. CHIOGENEAE. 
I. GAYLUSSACIEAE 
Leaves deciduous; blades enti 
Inflorescence with dod dugUE bracts: hypanthium and 
fruit glabro 
Inflorescence o with P bracts: hypanthium and 
ruit pubæcent or glandular 
Leaves evergreen; blades t toothed. 
DECACHAENA. 
LASIOCOCCOS. 
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VACCINIEAE 
Petals united nearly 7 their tips; corolla campanulate to 
lobose, more or ed urceolate: berry not red. 
Upright shrubs or tre 
sor olla campanulate: anthers awned. 
Anthers included : ypanthium jointed to the 
E deep: berry ae rather dry. 4. BATODENDRON. 
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the pedicel, shallow: berry in some speci 
pale, Bo skinned, and bitter, in others IAS 
bu sipid. 5. POLXCODIUM. 
Corolla E S campanulate-urceolate, or cyl in- 
draceous: anthers Qu ES berry blue, black, or 
rarely whitish, juicy and sweet. 6. CYANOCOCCUS. 
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Faminty 5. VACCINIACEAE — HUCKLEBERRY FAMILY 
