VACCINIACEAE 1007 
Trailing shrub. 7. HERPOTHAMNUS. 
Petals united only near the base, recurved: corolla rotate: 
berry red or purplish. 8. HUGERIA. 
III. OxvcocckAE 
Slender Rui with trailing and creeping stem ms, and small 
pin A r pinkish ne m calyx-lobes meeting over the top 
he mature o 9. Oxycoccus. 
IV. CHIOGENE 
Aromatic creeping plant with inconspicuous flowers: calyx- 
lobes not meeting over the top of the m ature ovary. 10. CHIOGENES. 
1, DECACHAENA T. & G.  Resinous-dotted or resinous-coated shrubs, 
with tap-roots, or with underground stems. Leaves deciduous: blades mem- 
branous, entire. Flowers in lax panicles from wood of previous season, the 
the two following genera are often included in Gaylussacia which, however, tech- 
nically considered, forms a group of plants confined mostly to northern South 
America. 
Leaf-blades thick-membranous, obtuse or notched at the apex: sepals ovate Bt del- 
toid: filaments glabrous: anther- tubes lon I. FRONDOSAE. 
Leaf-blades thin-membranous, acute or acu minate: sepals broader 
than long: filaments pubescent : anther-tubes short. II. URSINAE. 
I. 
Corolla campanulate or globular- meiden p upe blue, glaucous. 
Corolla about 4 mm long: sepals about one-third as ns as the corolla-tube, 
'orolla-lobes about one-fifth as long as the tube: leaf- 
blades glaucous, and sometimes finely pubescen nt be- 
. neath. 1. D. frondosa. 
Corolla-lobes about one-third as long as the tube: leaf- 
blades cop lously pubescent beneath. 2. D. tomentosa. 
Corolla about 3 mm. lo ong: sepals nearly one-half as long as 
the c orolla-tube. 3. D. nana. 
a. Coni to cylindraceous : drupe black. 4. D. baccata. 
I. E 
Slenderly branched shrub: sepals broad, half-orbicular to reni- 
form. 5. D. ursina. 
1. D. frondosa (L.) T. & G. Stem widely branched, up to 3 m. tall, the you ng 
c finely puce nu or the twigs glabrous: leaf- blades elliptic to oval, 
at rho pward, 
whit 
mm. long: end slightly pem 
than the filaments: drupes 8-10 mm. in di- 
RRY. TANGLEBERRY.)—Aci Du and 
moist woods, various provinces, Fla. o La. 
Ohio, and N. H. 
D. tomentosa (Pursh) Small. Ste 
strict, up to 11 dm. tall, the twigs an 
