VACCINIACEAE 1011 
Hypanthium and calyx pubescent: berry plum- 
purple or nearly black. 
Sepals a plants erect up to 1.5 m. 
ta 
Corolla about thrice as long as the ES. 
idis abou ds 1 m long in anthes 
amens mm. lon 6. P. melanocarpum. 
Corolla D Duce as long as the calyx: 
sepals about 2 long in anthesis: 
stam mene 3.5-4.5 m ` long. T. P. macilentum, 
iis obtuse or merely B Uie plants de- 
sed. 8. P. depressum. 
Sepals lucis exceeding the  corolla-sinuses: 
corolla-lobes longer than the tube. 9. P. leptosepalum. 
1. P. floridanum (Nutt.) Greene. Stem up to 1.5 m. tall, the branchlets loosely 
s -pubescent: leaf-blades oval to ovate or obovate, or a few suborbieular, 1.5— 4 
. long, finely pubescent, especially on the 
whitish lower surface, abruptly narrowed at 
the base, rounded or even subcordate, closely 
cent: 
reticulate-veined : pedicels pubescent: sepals 
bearded at the apex: stamens 4—5 mm. long: 
ry subglobose to pyriform, abou m 
in diam . ca Greene ]|—Pine- 
ands, scrub, and hammocks, Coastal Plain, 
Fla. to S. C. | 
2. P. Ashei Harbison. Stem up 
usually 1 m. tall the eM glabrous: 
ig Med .elliptie to oval, varying to s 
obovate 9.5— 5.5 em. end 
a u 
late-veined : pedicels Sa ay sepals glab- 
rous: stamens mostly 5-6 mm. long: berry subglobose, 9-12 mm. in diameter, 
with copious T —Pinelands and barren ridges, Coastal Plain and rarely 
adj. provinces, Ga. to S. C. 
. neglectum Small. Stem up to 2 m. tall, D ds branehlets: leaf- 
blades elliptie to oval, elliptic- Baedain, or cuneate, glabrous: hypanthium 
gl us: sepals glabrous: stamens mostly 5-6 mm. de berry subglobose to 
globose-obovoid, 5-8 mm. in diameter, green or yellow.—Open woods and thick- 
ets, various provinces, Fla. to La., Kans., and S Va. 
amineum (L.) Greene. Stem up to 2 m. tall, with pee branchlets: 
leaf- blades oval to elliptie, varying to somewhat o vate or ebovate, 3-7 cm. long, 
rounded or abruptly narrowed at the base, E pale dee hypanthium 
TOUS: very a ili 
s about 7 mm. long: 
berry globular, about 10 mm. in diameter, green.—Hillsi de es and o woods, in 
rather acid soil, various provinces, Ga. to La., Minn., Sask., and Me. 
. P. candicans Small. Stem up to 2 m. tall, ine pen A n 
branehlets: leaf-blades P sometimes narrowly s arying to somewhat 
ovate or obovate, 3-10.5 em. long, acute or somewh 7 ac PIA IE light. green 
above, white benea th aa more or pee finely ae ee nt: pedi cels minutely 
pubescent: hypanthium B aueous: sepals sparingly pubescent or ciliate with 
dition: 
ong: us globular, about 10-11 mm. in diameter, glaucous.— 
Acid od Piedmont to Appalachian Plateau, Ga. to Ala. and Pa. 
6. P. melanocarpum (C. Mohr.) Small. Stem 1-1.5 m. tall, with copiously 
pubescent branchlets: leaf- blades elliptic to elliptic. -lanceolate, elliptic- -oblanceo- 
