1012 VACCINIACEAE 
late, or a few ovate, 4-11 em. long, acute or somewhat acuminate, permanently 
pubescent, at least beneath: pedicels pubescent and sometimes glandular: 
n oe B sepals p ciliate and sometimes with large ses- 
sile glands edge s: o ad m. samen stamens 7-8 mm. long: berry 
globose, dou Pp in diam "pibe Eni when young, glabrous at matu- 
rity.—Sandy ous aaa uum. Coastal Plain and adj. provinces, Ga. to 
Miss., Mo., and N. C. 
B. ilentum Small. Stem about 1 m. tall, with closely p moo 
Sat eee leaf-blades elliptic, sometimes narrowly so, varying t hat 
ovate or obovate, 2.5-8 em. long, finely pubescent, especia ie beneath. “slightly 
veiny at maturity: pedicels closely pubescent MES gla o hairs: cs um 
and bonc elosely pubescent: sepals ciliate: corolla 2-3 mm. long: men T 5— 
4.5 . long: berry not seen mature ,bute dep. iens ‘smalle r EM in the 
next gor species.—Pinelands, in the Coastal Plain of Ala. 
P. depressum Small. Stem 1-3 dm. tall, with finely d ag 
a blades Med or nearly so, or r individually broadly elliptic mm. long, 
closely pubescent: pedicels Bere ent with ail hairs: b dad a oe 
pubescent: sony ` pubescent: corolla about 4 mm. long: Mi about 7 mm. 
long: berry not seen.—Pinelands, Coastal Plain, Ww Fla. o S La. 
P. leptosepalum Small. Ste to 1 m. tall with api aka eae 
boue oed eae elliptic or slightly bro adencd upward, 3-6.5 . lon 
somewhat acuminate, finely reticulate beneath, minutely pu ubescent on the veins 
on ae sides: ee eds eum cent: hypanthiu mE. sepals lanceolate, more 
or less pubescent, shaggy- pai cr about 4 mm. long, the lobes longer 
Bn o tube: stamens 5-6 m ong: berry not seen.—Rich woods, Miss. 
Note: Sinee the above matter was in type species additional to those de- 
seribed de have been proposed by William Willard Ashe in Jour. Elisha 
Mitchell Sei. Soc. 46: 196—213, 1931. 
6. CYANOCOCOUS Rydb. Shrubs often with underground stems and erect 
branches, or small trees, the foliage glabrous or pubescent. Leaves evergreen 
or deciduous, sometimes tardily so: blades coriaceous or firm-membranous, en- 
tire or toothed. Flowers in braeted racemes or panicles, more or less fascicled. 
Sepals broad, persistent. Corolla urceolate, soos nap ae -urceolate, or cylin- 
draceous, white to red. Stamens Mai d: fila ments pu ent: anthers awn- 
less, with cag tubes. Berry r black and sea or Rud red, many- 
species, "o distributed. —Spr.very early sum.— 
UEBERRIES. e E 
good interpretation of the species. The plants flowering and fruiting at widely 
different seasons usually results in the pn dd of incomplete specimens.—The 
berries of many species are gathered for the market. Several kinds are cul- 
tivated in order to supply the demand.. The "rre species were heretofore 
included in Vaccinium. 
Leaves evergreen: blades fleshy-coriaceo I. NITIDI. 
Leaves deciduous, sometimes partly persistent with the blades 
membranous or thin-coriaceous southward. 
Hypanthium and calyx glabrous, often pig cono: II. CORYMBOSI. 
Hypanthium and calyx glandular-pubescent. III. HIRSUTI. 
ITIDI 
Shrub with numerous small green or moon glaucous leaves, white or pink 
corollas, and black or sometimes eines: fruit 1. C. Myrsinites, 
