VACCINIACEAE 1009 
al, 2-4 cm. long, minutely pubescent, at 
y ul 
ve ndular hairs: sepals ovate to 
deltoid-ovate, often unequal: corolla 5—7 
j s subreniform e 
Plain, 
x E boa E „Stem 8—15 = Mr 
silvery, 
gland Hee hairs rie blades elliptic ys eliptic- T or oblanceolate, p. 6 
m. long, sparsely ce m pubescent on both sides when young, s at 
veiny in age: inflor ce-branches spreading, often Gane m one "like 
twigs: a deltoid, slightly acuminate: corolla 8-9 mm. long, the lobes 
E ovate: stamens bet tween 6 and 7 mm. long; anthers between 5 and 6 
mm. long, the tubular appendages much longer than s sacs: drupe 8-10 mm. 
in diameter. [Gaylussacia hirtella (Fl. SE. U. S.) ]— i Poe d enr 
Fla. ac Dust Hou the Bia C ors Byam 2 Fla. difie s from 
preceeding species in the thieker leaf-blades whieh are Hound. elliptic 
or oval and not gradually narrowed to the base. It is known loeally as woolly- 
berry. 
3. L. a Small. Stem up to 11 Pu Mie the twigs downy: leaf-blades 
elliptic o or r slightly broadened upward, 2—4 m. long, with pii scattered hairs 
n bo S 
—9 mm. lon 
e lobes reniform: stamens about 6 mm. long; anthers about 5 mm. long, the 
tubular appendages very slender, end longer than the saes.—Swamps, Blue 
Ridge, N. C. 
3. BUXELLA Small. Nearly glabrous shrubs with extensive underground 
d 
stems and branches, the branchlets erect or assurgent, sharply ri idged. Leaves 
evergreen: blades ed oothed. Flowers in axillary congested raceme- 
ike panicles with deciduous bracts. Hypanthium saucer-shaped. Sepa s broad, 
sho 
glabrous. Corolla eee pink. Stamens much rter than the corolla. 
Anthers shorter than the broad filaments, with apical tubes shorter than the 
bodies. Drupe dark-blue, usually glaucous, 
or rarely white with a pink cheek.—One 
species. 
B. ican be nd Smal. Plant 
shallowl 
ach tooth with a deciduous stipi itate gla aa 
ja 
tuse: 
corolla angled, 5-7 mm. long, the lobes as 
broad as long or broader, much shorter than 
the tube: drupe subglobose to pyriform, 7-12 
mm. long. [Vaccinium brachycerum Michx 
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